Alex Ball Sells 20,000 Shares of Aya Gold & Silver Inc. (TSE:AYA) Stock

Aya Gold & Silver Inc. (TSE:AYA) 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.

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

• On Wednesday, January 15th, Alex Ball sold 30,000 shares of Aya Gold & Silver stock. The shares were sold at an average price of C$12.00, for a total value of C$360,000.00.

Aya Gold & Silver Stock Performance

Shares of AYA stock traded down C$0.02 during midday trading on Monday, hitting C$12.08. 196,356 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 678,646. Aya Gold & Silver Inc. has a 52 week low of C$9.40 and a 52 week high of C$19.56. The firm has a market capitalization of C$1.58 billion, a P/E ratio of 134.22 and a beta of 1.40. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is C$12.36 and its two-hundred day moving average price is C$14.73. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 36.42, a quick ratio of 3.28 and a current ratio of 2.66.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several research analysts recently commented on the company. CIBC set a C$24.00 price target on Aya Gold & Silver and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday, November 22nd. Cibc World Mkts raised shares of Aya Gold & Silver to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Friday, November 22nd. National Bankshares lowered their target price on shares of Aya Gold & Silver from C$21.75 to C$21.25 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, January 9th. Cormark cut shares of Aya Gold & Silver from a “speculative buy” rating to a “market perform” rating and cut their price target for the company from C$20.00 to C$14.00 in a research note on Friday, November 15th. Finally, Desjardins upgraded shares of Aya Gold & Silver to a “moderate buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, October 31st. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating, four have given a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of C$21.50.

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.