Raymond James Issues Negative Forecast for TSE:AYA Earnings

Aya Gold & Silver Inc. (TSE:AYA) – Stock analysts at Raymond James dropped their Q1 2025 EPS estimates for Aya Gold & Silver in a research note issued on Monday, January 6th. Raymond James analyst C. Stanley now forecasts that the company will post earnings of $0.01 per share for the quarter, down from their prior 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 brokerages have also recently weighed in on AYA. National Bankshares reduced their price objective on shares of Aya Gold & Silver from C$21.75 to C$21.25 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday. Cormark cut shares of Aya Gold & Silver from a “speculative buy” rating to a “market perform” rating and reduced their price objective for the stock from C$20.00 to C$14.00 in a research note on Friday, November 15th. Desjardins raised shares of Aya Gold & Silver to a “moderate buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, October 31st. Stifel Nicolaus dropped their target price on shares of Aya Gold & Silver from C$23.00 to C$22.25 in a report on Monday, November 25th. Finally, CIBC set a C$24.00 target price on shares of Aya Gold & Silver and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday, November 22nd. 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. According to MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of C$21.50.

Aya Gold & Silver Stock Performance

TSE AYA opened at C$11.95 on Thursday. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is C$12.91 and its two-hundred day moving average price is C$14.77. The stock has a market cap of C$1.56 billion, a PE ratio of 132.78 and a beta of 1.40. Aya Gold & Silver has a fifty-two week low of C$9.40 and a fifty-two week 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.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, Director Benoit La Salle sold 64,244 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, January 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of C$11.27, for a total transaction of C$724,145.52. Also, Senior Officer Ugo Landry-Tolszczuk sold 38,591 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, January 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of C$11.29, for a total transaction of C$435,761.85. 10.18% of the stock is currently 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.