FY2025 EPS Estimate for Aya Gold & Silver Reduced by Analyst

Aya Gold & Silver Inc. (TSE:AYA) – Equities researchers at National Bank Financial decreased their FY2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Aya Gold & Silver in a report released on Monday, February 10th. National Bank Financial analyst D. Demarco now forecasts that the company will post earnings of $0.13 per share for the year, down from their previous forecast of $0.28. The consensus estimate for Aya Gold & Silver’s current full-year earnings is $0.64 per share.

Several other research analysts also recently issued reports on the stock. CIBC set a C$24.00 target price on shares of Aya Gold & Silver and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, November 22nd. Cormark lowered their price objective on Aya Gold & Silver from C$14.00 to C$13.00 in a research report on Thursday, January 30th. 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. National Bankshares decreased their price target on Aya Gold & Silver from C$21.25 to C$20.75 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday. Finally, Desjardins raised Aya Gold & Silver to a “moderate buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, October 31st. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating, four have given a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of C$21.31.

Aya Gold & Silver Stock Performance

Shares of AYA stock opened at C$12.16 on Thursday. The company has a market capitalization of C$1.59 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 135.11 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. Aya Gold & Silver has a one year low of C$9.40 and a one year high of C$19.56. The company’s 50-day moving average is C$11.74 and its 200 day moving average is C$14.33.

Insider Buying and Selling at Aya Gold & Silver

In other news, Senior Officer Alex Ball sold 20,000 shares of Aya Gold & Silver stock in a transaction on Monday, January 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of C$12.08, for a total transaction of C$241,600.00. Also, Senior Officer Ugo Landry-Tolszczuk sold 38,591 shares of the company’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. Over the last 90 days, insiders have sold 152,835 shares of company stock valued at $1,761,507. 10.18% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

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.