Cormark Has Pessimistic Outlook of TSE:AYA FY2025 Earnings

Aya Gold & Silver Inc. (TSE:AYA) – Equities researchers at Cormark dropped their FY2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Aya Gold & Silver in a research report issued to clients and investors on Wednesday, February 12th. Cormark analyst N. Dion now forecasts that the company will post earnings of $0.33 per share for the year, down from their previous forecast of $0.62. The consensus estimate for Aya Gold & Silver’s current full-year earnings is $0.64 per share.

Several other equities research analysts have also recently weighed in on the stock. CIBC set a C$24.00 price objective on shares of Aya Gold & Silver and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday, November 22nd. Desjardins cut their price target on shares of Aya Gold & Silver from C$24.00 to C$23.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, February 13th. National Bankshares reduced their price target on shares of Aya Gold & Silver from C$21.25 to C$20.75 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, February 11th. Stifel Nicolaus lowered their price objective on shares of Aya Gold & Silver from C$23.00 to C$22.25 in a research report on Monday, November 25th. Finally, Cibc World Mkts upgraded Aya Gold & Silver to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Friday, November 22nd. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating, five have given a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of C$20.94.

Aya Gold & Silver Stock Performance

AYA opened at C$11.77 on Monday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 34.69, a quick ratio of 3.28 and a current ratio of 2.06. Aya Gold & Silver has a 52-week low of C$9.45 and a 52-week high of C$19.56. The firm has a market cap of C$1.09 billion, a P/E ratio of 139.05 and a beta of 1.40. The business’s fifty day moving average is C$11.62 and its 200-day moving average is C$14.23.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, Senior Officer Alex Ball sold 20,000 shares of Aya Gold & Silver stock in a transaction dated Monday, January 20th. The stock was 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 that occurred on Thursday, January 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of C$11.29, for a total value of C$435,761.85. Insiders sold a total of 152,835 shares of company stock worth $1,761,507 in the last three months. 10.18% of the stock is owned by corporate 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.