Aya Gold & Silver Inc. (TSE:AYA) Given Consensus Rating of “Buy” by Analysts

Aya Gold & Silver Inc. (TSE:AYA) has earned a consensus recommendation of “Buy” from the eight ratings firms that are covering the firm, Marketbeat.com reports. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating, five have issued a buy rating and two have given a strong buy rating to the company. The average 1-year price target among brokerages that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is C$20.91.

AYA has been the topic of several recent analyst reports. Stifel Nicolaus upped their price target on Aya Gold & Silver from C$22.50 to C$23.00 in a research report on Monday, April 21st. National Bankshares lowered their target price on Aya Gold & Silver from C$20.75 to C$19.75 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, April 2nd. CIBC reduced their price target on shares of Aya Gold & Silver from C$23.00 to C$22.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Monday, March 31st. Desjardins upgraded shares of Aya Gold & Silver to a “moderate buy” rating in a report on Thursday, April 3rd. Finally, Stifel Canada upgraded shares of Aya Gold & Silver to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, March 19th.

Insider Activity at Aya Gold & Silver

In related news, Director John Feliks Burzynski purchased 5,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, May 27th. The stock was bought at an average price of C$11.77 per share, for a total transaction of C$58,850.00. Insiders own 10.18% of the company’s stock.

Aya Gold & Silver Price Performance

AYA stock opened at C$12.63 on Tuesday. Aya Gold & Silver has a one year low of C$8.52 and a one year high of C$19.56. The firm has a 50-day moving average of C$10.58 and a two-hundred day moving average of C$11.55. The firm has a market capitalization of C$1.17 billion, a PE ratio of 149.21 and a beta of 1.40. The company has a current ratio of 2.06, a quick ratio of 3.28 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 34.69.

About Aya Gold & Silver

Aya Gold & Silver Inc, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the exploration, evaluation, and development of precious metals projects in Morocco. The company primarily explores for gold and silver deposits. Its flagship project is the Zgounder property located approximately 265 kms east of Agadir in the Proterozoic Siroua Massif of the Anti-Atlas Range, Morocco.