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 the stock in a transaction dated Thursday, January 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of C$11.27, for a total transaction of C$724,145.52.

Aya Gold & Silver Trading Down 0.6 %

TSE AYA opened at C$11.16 on Monday. The firm’s fifty day moving average is C$13.58 and its two-hundred day moving average is C$14.87. Aya Gold & Silver Inc. has a one year low of C$9.40 and a one year high of C$19.56. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 36.42, a quick ratio of 3.28 and a current ratio of 2.66. The firm has a market cap of C$1.46 billion, a PE ratio of 124.00 and a beta of 1.40.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

AYA has been the subject of several recent research reports. Cormark cut shares of Aya Gold & Silver from a “speculative buy” rating to a “market perform” rating and decreased their price target for the company from C$20.00 to C$14.00 in a research report on Friday, November 15th. Desjardins raised Aya Gold & Silver to a “moderate buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, October 31st. Stifel Nicolaus reduced their target price on shares of Aya Gold & Silver from C$23.00 to C$22.25 in a 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. Finally, National Bankshares decreased their price target on 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. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating, four have assigned a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Aya Gold & Silver presently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus 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.