Benoit La Salle Sells 64,244 Shares of Aya Gold & Silver Inc. (TSE:AYA) Stock

Aya Gold & Silver Inc. (TSE:AYA) Director Benoit La Salle sold 64,244 shares of Aya Gold & Silver stock in a transaction on Thursday, January 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of C$11.27, for a total value of C$724,145.52.

Aya Gold & Silver Trading Up 3.0 %

Shares of TSE:AYA opened at C$11.00 on Wednesday. The stock has a market capitalization of C$1.43 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 122.22 and a beta of 1.40. Aya Gold & Silver Inc. has a 1-year low of C$9.40 and a 1-year high of C$19.56. The company has a 50 day moving average price of C$13.29 and a 200 day moving average price of C$14.82. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 36.42, a quick ratio of 3.28 and a current ratio of 2.66.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of brokerages have recently commented on AYA. National Bankshares lowered their price target on Aya Gold & Silver from C$24.00 to C$23.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, October 23rd. Stifel Nicolaus dropped their price target on shares of Aya Gold & Silver from C$23.00 to C$22.25 in a research report on Monday, November 25th. Cibc World Mkts upgraded shares of Aya Gold & Silver to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Friday, November 22nd. Desjardins raised Aya Gold & Silver to a “moderate buy” rating in a report on Thursday, October 31st. Finally, Cormark downgraded Aya Gold & Silver from a “speculative buy” rating to a “market perform” rating and cut their target price for the stock from C$20.00 to C$14.00 in a research report on Friday, November 15th. One analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating, four have issued a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, Aya Gold & Silver currently has an average rating of “Buy” and an average target price of C$21.72.

About Aya Gold & Silver

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.