Aya Gold & Silver Inc. (TSE:AYA) Receives C$20.91 Average Price Target from Brokerages

Aya Gold & Silver Inc. (TSE:AYA - Get Free Report) has received a consensus rating of "Buy" from the eight research firms that are presently covering the company, Marketbeat reports. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating, five have assigned a buy rating and two have issued a strong buy rating on the company. The average 12 month target price among brokerages that have covered the stock in the last year is C$20.91.

AYA has been the topic of several recent analyst reports. CIBC cut their target price on Aya Gold & Silver from C$23.00 to C$22.00 and set an "outperform" rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, March 31st. Desjardins upgraded shares of Aya Gold & Silver to a "moderate buy" rating in a research report on Thursday, April 3rd. Scotiabank set a C$19.00 target price on shares of Aya Gold & Silver and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research note on Wednesday, April 30th. National Bankshares dropped 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 report on Wednesday, April 2nd. Finally, Cormark dropped their price target on shares of Aya Gold & Silver from C$14.00 to C$13.00 in a research report on Thursday, January 30th.

Aya Gold & Silver Stock Performance

Aya Gold & Silver stock traded down C$0.56 during midday trading on Friday, reaching C$10.68. 526,127 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 897,556. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of C$10.84 and a two-hundred day moving average price of C$12.07. Aya Gold & Silver has a fifty-two week low of C$8.52 and a fifty-two week high of C$19.56. The firm has a market cap of C$987.60 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 126.17 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.

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.