Aya Gold & Silver Inc. (TSE:AYA) Director Purchases C$57,100.00 in Stock

Aya Gold & Silver Inc. (TSE:AYA - Get Free Report) Director John Feliks Burzynski purchased 5,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, May 23rd. The shares were acquired at an average cost of C$11.42 per share, for a total transaction of C$57,100.00.

John Feliks Burzynski also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Tuesday, May 27th, John Feliks Burzynski bought 5,000 shares of Aya Gold & Silver stock. The stock was bought at an average price of C$11.77 per share, for a total transaction of C$58,850.00.

Aya Gold & Silver Price Performance

AYA traded down C$0.15 during trading on Tuesday, reaching C$11.72. 1,074,712 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 913,731. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 34.69, a quick ratio of 3.28 and a current ratio of 2.06. Aya Gold & Silver Inc. has a 12-month low of C$8.52 and a 12-month high of C$19.56. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of C$10.66 and a 200 day simple moving average of C$11.62. The company has a market cap of C$1.08 billion, a P/E ratio of 138.46 and a beta of 1.40.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

AYA has been the subject of several research analyst reports. CIBC cut their price objective on Aya Gold & Silver from C$23.00 to C$22.00 and set an "outperform" rating for the company in a report on Monday, March 31st. Stifel Nicolaus boosted their price objective on shares of Aya Gold & Silver from C$22.50 to C$23.00 in a research report on Monday, April 21st. Scotiabank set a C$19.00 target price on Aya Gold & Silver and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research report on Wednesday, April 30th. National Bankshares reduced their target price on shares of Aya Gold & Silver from C$20.75 to C$19.75 and set an "outperform" rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, April 2nd. Finally, Stifel Canada raised shares of Aya Gold & Silver to a "strong-buy" rating in a report on Wednesday, March 19th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating, five have issued a buy rating and two have issued a strong buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of "Buy" and an average target price of C$20.91.

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.