Raymond James Has Negative Forecast for TSE:AYA Q1 Earnings

Aya Gold & Silver Inc. (TSE:AYA) – Raymond James decreased their Q1 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Aya Gold & Silver in a research report issued to clients and investors on Monday, January 6th. Raymond James analyst C. Stanley now expects that the company will earn $0.01 per share for the quarter, down from their prior forecast 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.

AYA has been the subject of several other research reports. National Bankshares lowered their price target on shares of Aya Gold & Silver from C$21.75 to C$21.25 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday. Desjardins raised shares of Aya Gold & Silver to a “moderate buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, October 31st. Cormark downgraded Aya Gold & Silver from a “speculative buy” rating to a “market perform” rating and reduced their target price for the company from C$20.00 to C$14.00 in a report on Friday, November 15th. CIBC set a C$24.00 price objective on shares of Aya Gold & Silver and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, November 22nd. Finally, Cibc World Mkts upgraded Aya Gold & Silver to a “strong-buy” 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 given a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of C$21.50.

Aya Gold & Silver Trading Up 3.8 %

TSE:AYA opened at C$11.62 on Thursday. The company has a quick ratio of 3.28, a current ratio of 2.66 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 36.42. Aya Gold & Silver has a 52 week low of C$9.40 and a 52 week high of C$19.56. The business’s 50 day moving average is C$13.03 and its two-hundred day moving average is C$14.79. The company has a market cap of C$1.52 billion, a PE ratio of 129.11 and a beta of 1.40.

Insider Activity at Aya Gold & Silver

In other news, Director Benoit La Salle sold 64,244 shares of Aya Gold & Silver 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 company’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, January 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of C$11.29, for a total value of C$435,761.85. Corporate insiders own 10.18% of the company’s stock.

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.