Raymond James Brokers Reduce Earnings Estimates for TSE:AYA

Aya Gold & Silver Inc. (TSE:AYA) – Investment analysts at Raymond James dropped their Q1 2025 EPS estimates for shares of Aya Gold & Silver in a research note issued to investors on Monday, January 6th. Raymond James analyst C. Stanley now expects that the company will earn $0.01 per share for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $0.15. The consensus estimate for Aya Gold & Silver’s current full-year earnings is $0.64 per share. Raymond James also issued estimates for Aya Gold & Silver’s Q2 2025 earnings at $0.09 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $0.11 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.17 EPS and FY2025 earnings at $0.39 EPS.

Several other equities analysts also recently commented on AYA. Cormark downgraded shares of Aya Gold & Silver from a “speculative buy” rating to a “market perform” rating and lowered their target price for the stock from C$20.00 to C$14.00 in a report on Friday, November 15th. Cibc World Mkts raised shares of Aya Gold & Silver to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Friday, November 22nd. Stifel Nicolaus reduced their target price on Aya Gold & Silver from C$23.00 to C$22.25 in a report on Monday, November 25th. Desjardins raised Aya Gold & Silver to a “moderate buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, October 31st. Finally, CIBC set a C$24.00 price objective on Aya Gold & Silver and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday, November 22nd. 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, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average price target of C$21.72.

Aya Gold & Silver Stock Up 1.7 %

AYA opened at C$11.19 on Thursday. The firm’s fifty day moving average is C$13.16 and its 200 day moving average is C$14.81. Aya Gold & Silver has a fifty-two week low of C$9.40 and a fifty-two week high of C$19.56. The stock 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 debt-to-equity ratio of 36.42, a quick ratio of 3.28 and a current ratio of 2.66.

Insider Activity

In other news, Senior Officer Ugo Landry-Tolszczuk sold 38,591 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred 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. Also, Director Benoit La Salle sold 64,244 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, January 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of C$11.27, for a total value of C$724,145.52. Corporate insiders own 10.18% of the company’s stock.

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.