Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores S.A. provides a range of financial services and products to public and private sector customers in Colombia and Central America. It offers traditional deposit services and products, including checking accounts, savings accounts, time deposits, and other deposits. The company also provides commercial loans comprising general purpose loans, working capital loans, leases, loans funded by development banks, corporate credit cards, and overdraft loans; consumer loans, such as payroll loans, personal loans, automobile and other vehicle loans, credit cards, overdrafts, leases, and general purpose loans; and microcredit and mortgage loans. In addition, the company offers pension and severance fund management services; investment banking, including services relating to capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, and project finance transactions; mobile and online banking services; and bancassurance, insurance, trust, bonded warehousing and brokerage transactions, real estate escrow services, merchandise and document storage and deposit, customs agency, cargo management, surety bond and merchandise distribution services, and payment and collection services. Further, it is involved in equity investments in various sectors, including infrastructure, energy and gas, agribusiness, and hospitality; and treasury operations. Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores S.A. was incorporated in 1994 and is headquartered in Bogotá, Colombia.
Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores Price Performance
Shares of Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores stock opened at $3.63 on Thursday. The firm has a market cap of $4.03 billion, a P/E ratio of 3.42 and a beta of 1.27. Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores has a twelve month low of $3.24 and a twelve month high of $6.15. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.03, a quick ratio of 1.08 and a current ratio of 1.08. The firm's 50-day simple moving average is $3.70 and its 200-day simple moving average is $4.45.
Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores (NYSE:AVAL - Get Rating) last released its quarterly earnings results on Friday, May 20th. The bank reported $0.34 EPS for the quarter. The firm had revenue of $922.71 million for the quarter. Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores had a net margin of 16.85% and a return on equity of 8.81%. As a group, research analysts expect that Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores will post 0.82 EPS for the current fiscal year.
Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores Increases Dividend
The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, June 7th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, June 2nd were paid a $0.245 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, June 1st. This is an increase from Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores's previous quarterly dividend of $0.04. This represents a $0.98 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 27.00%. Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores's payout ratio is currently 24.53%.