Critical Contrast: Aya Gold & Silver (AYA) and Its Rivals

Aya Gold & Silver (NASDAQ:AYA) is one of 1,987 publicly-traded companies in the “Metals & Mining” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare Aya Gold & Silver to related businesses based on the strength of its earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Aya Gold & Silver and its competitors revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Aya Gold & Silver	$343.72 million	$45.56 million	49.95
Aya Gold & Silver Competitors	$5.44 billion	$277.89 million	-25.66

Aya Gold & Silver’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Aya Gold & Silver. Aya Gold & Silver is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Aya Gold & Silver and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Aya Gold & Silver	0	1	1	2	3.25
Aya Gold & Silver Competitors	6300	22403	31962	1765	2.47

As a group, “Metals & Mining” companies have a potential upside of 10.31%. Given Aya Gold & Silver’s competitors higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Aya Gold & Silver has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

16.1% of shares of all “Metals & Mining” companies are owned by institutional investors. 17.7% of shares of all “Metals & Mining” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Aya Gold & Silver and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Aya Gold & Silver	32.92%	25.49%	17.70%
Aya Gold & Silver Competitors	-1,161,736,352,322,426,800.00%	-9.09%	-2.06%

About Aya Gold & Silver

Aya Gold & Silver Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the exploration, evaluation and development of precious metals projects principally in Morocco. The company primarily explores for gold and silver deposits. Its flagship project holds Zgounder property. Aya Gold & Silver Inc. is based in Mount Royal, Canada.