Aya Gold & Silver (TSE:AYA) Upgraded to “Strong-Buy” at Stifel Canada

Aya Gold & Silver (TSE:AYA) was upgraded by Stifel Canada to a “strong-buy” rating in a report issued on Wednesday,Zacks.com reports.

A number of other brokerages have also issued reports on AYA. Desjardins lowered their target price on shares of Aya Gold & Silver from C$24.00 to C$23.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, February 13th. National Bankshares lowered their target price on shares of Aya Gold & Silver from C$21.25 to C$20.75 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, February 11th. CIBC set a C$24.00 target price on shares of Aya Gold & Silver and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, November 22nd. Cormark lowered their target price on shares of Aya Gold & Silver from C$14.00 to C$13.00 in a research note on Thursday, January 30th. Finally, Cibc World Mkts raised shares of Aya Gold & Silver to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Friday, November 22nd. One research analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating, five have given a buy rating and two have assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Aya Gold & Silver presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of C$20.97.

Aya Gold & Silver Stock Down 0.2 %

TSE AYA opened at C$13.26 on Wednesday. The company has a quick ratio of 3.28, a current ratio of 2.06 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 34.69. The company has a fifty day moving average of C$11.90 and a two-hundred day moving average of C$13.82. The firm has a market capitalization of C$1.23 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 156.66 and a beta of 1.40. Aya Gold & Silver has a 52 week low of C$10.12 and a 52 week high of C$19.56.

Insider Activity at Aya Gold & Silver

In other Aya Gold & Silver news, Senior Officer Alex Ball sold 20,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, January 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of C$12.08, for a total value of C$241,600.00. Also, Director Benoit La Salle sold 64,244 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, January 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of C$11.27, for a total transaction of C$724,145.52. Insiders sold 152,835 shares of company stock worth $1,761,507 over the last three months. 10.18% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Aya Gold & Silver Company Profile

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.