Insider Selling: Aya Gold & Silver Inc. (TSE:AYA) Senior Officer Sells 30,000 Shares of Stock

Aya Gold & Silver Inc. (TSE:AYA) Senior Officer Alex Ball sold 30,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, January 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of C$12.00, for a total transaction of C$360,000.00.

Alex Ball also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Monday, January 20th, Alex Ball sold 20,000 shares of Aya Gold & Silver stock. The stock was sold at an average price of C$12.08, for a total transaction of C$241,600.00.

Aya Gold & Silver Stock Up 0.8 %

AYA opened at C$11.43 on Thursday. The firm has a market cap of C$1.49 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 127.00 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. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is C$12.15 and its 200-day simple moving average is C$14.68. Aya Gold & Silver Inc. has a twelve month low of C$9.40 and a twelve month high of C$19.56.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several research firms recently weighed in on AYA. Desjardins upgraded shares of Aya Gold & Silver to a “moderate buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, October 31st. 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. Cormark lowered Aya Gold & Silver from a “speculative buy” rating to a “market perform” rating and cut their target price for the company from C$20.00 to C$14.00 in a research note on Friday, November 15th. National Bankshares decreased their price target 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, January 9th. Finally, Cibc World Mkts upgraded shares of Aya Gold & Silver to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note 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 company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of C$21.50.

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.