Insider Selling: Aya Gold & Silver Inc. (TSE:AYA) Senior Officer Sells C$435,761.85 in Stock

Aya Gold & Silver Inc. (TSE:AYA) Senior Officer Ugo Landry-Tolszczuk sold 38,591 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, January 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of C$11.29, for a total value of C$435,761.85.

Aya Gold & Silver Price Performance

Shares of AYA opened at C$11.19 on Thursday. The company has a market cap of C$1.46 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 124.33 and a beta of 1.40. The company has a current ratio of 2.66, a quick ratio of 3.28 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 36.42. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is C$13.16 and its 200 day simple moving average is C$14.81. Aya Gold & Silver Inc. has a 1-year low of C$9.40 and a 1-year high of C$19.56.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several research firms have recently weighed in on AYA. National Bankshares reduced their price target on shares of Aya Gold & Silver from C$24.00 to C$23.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, October 23rd. Cibc World Mkts upgraded Aya Gold & Silver to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Friday, November 22nd. Stifel Nicolaus cut their target price on Aya Gold & Silver from C$23.00 to C$22.25 in a research note on Monday, November 25th. Cormark cut shares of Aya Gold & Silver from a “speculative buy” rating to a “market perform” rating and decreased their price target for the stock from C$20.00 to C$14.00 in a research note on Friday, November 15th. Finally, CIBC set a C$24.00 price objective on shares of Aya Gold & Silver and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday, November 22nd. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating, four have issued a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average price target 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.