Western Copper and Gold Co. (TSE:WRN) Receives C$3.58 Average PT from Analysts

Western Copper and Gold Co. (TSE:WRN - Get Free Report) NYSE: WRN has been assigned a consensus recommendation of "Buy" from the four research firms that are covering the stock, MarketBeat Ratings reports. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a buy recommendation and one has assigned a strong buy recommendation to the company. The average 12 month price objective among brokers that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is C$3.58.

Several brokerages have recently issued reports on WRN. BMO Capital Markets set a C$3.00 price target on Western Copper and Gold and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research note on Thursday, January 30th. Cormark upgraded Western Copper and Gold to a "moderate buy" rating in a research report on Tuesday, February 18th.

Western Copper and Gold Price Performance

Shares of TSE WRN traded up C$0.01 during trading hours on Monday, hitting C$1.59. 15,900 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 88,265. Western Copper and Gold has a 1-year low of C$1.28 and a 1-year high of C$2.15. The company has a market cap of C$310.24 million, a PE ratio of -52.93 and a beta of 2.04. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.02, a quick ratio of 5.52 and a current ratio of 25.74. The company's fifty day simple moving average is C$1.54 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is C$1.54.

Western Copper and Gold Company Profile

Western Copper & Gold Corp is a Canada-based exploration-stage company. It is engaged in the acquisition, exploration, and future development of resource properties. The company is developing the Casino project into Canada's premier copper-gold mine. It holds significant gold, copper reserves in its Casino project located in the Yukon, Canada.