Aya Gold & Silver (AYA) versus Its Competitors Head-To-Head Comparison

Aya Gold & Silver (NASDAQ:AYA) is one of 1,986 publicly-traded companies in the “Metals & Mining” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare Aya Gold & Silver to similar businesses based on the strength of its profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, dividends and earnings.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Aya Gold & Silver and its peers top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Aya Gold & Silver	$202.10 million	$45.56 million	48.43
Aya Gold & Silver Competitors	$4.67 billion	$277.91 million	-28.36

Aya Gold & Silver’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Aya Gold & Silver. Aya Gold & Silver is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares Aya Gold & Silver and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Aya Gold & Silver	32.92%	25.49%	17.70%
Aya Gold & Silver Competitors	-1,164,884,689,320,590,400.00%	-48.97%	-2.12%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for Aya Gold & Silver and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Aya Gold & Silver	0	1	1	2	3.25
Aya Gold & Silver Competitors	6338	22478	32101	1769	2.47

As a group, “Metals & Mining” companies have a potential upside of 17.02%. Given Aya Gold & Silver’s peers higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Aya Gold & Silver has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

16.0% of shares of all “Metals & Mining” companies are owned by institutional investors. 17.7% of shares of all “Metals & Mining” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

About Aya Gold & Silver

Aya Gold & Silver Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the exploration, evaluation and development of precious metals projects principally in Morocco. The company primarily explores for gold and silver deposits. Its flagship project holds Zgounder property. Aya Gold & Silver Inc. is based in Mount Royal, Canada.