Aura Minerals Inc. (TSE:ORA - Get Free Report)'s stock price reached a new 52-week high during mid-day trading on Monday . The company traded as high as C$44.73 and last traded at C$43.62, with a volume of 9649 shares changing hands. The stock had previously closed at C$43.77.
Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth
Separately, National Bank Financial upgraded shares of Aura Minerals to a "strong-buy" rating in a research note on Wednesday, August 13th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of "Strong Buy".
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Aura Minerals Stock Performance
The company has a market capitalization of C$3.62 billion, a P/E ratio of -52.90 and a beta of 1.19. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 147.80, a current ratio of 1.13 and a quick ratio of 1.22. The stock's 50 day simple moving average is C$36.66 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is C$31.07.
Aura Minerals Cuts Dividend
The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, August 26th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, August 26th were paid a dividend of $0.33 per share. The ex-dividend date was Monday, August 18th. This represents a $1.32 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.0%. Aura Minerals's payout ratio is currently -108.54%.
Insider Activity at Aura Minerals
In other news, insider Northwestern Enterprises Ltd. bought 15,200 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, June 11th. The stock was bought at an average cost of C$34.27 per share, for a total transaction of C$520,904.00. Insiders own 57.96% of the company's stock.
About Aura Minerals
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Aura Minerals Inc is a mid-tier gold and copper production company focused on the development and operation of gold and base metal projects in the Americas. The company's producing assets include the San Andres gold mine in Honduras, the Ernesto/Paua -Pique gold mine in Brazil, the Aranzazu copper-gold-silver mine in Mexico and the Gold Road mine in the United States.
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