Financial Review: Aya Gold & Silver (AYA) & Its Peers

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for Aya Gold & Silver and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.

	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	22405	31964	1765	2.47

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

Profitability

This table compares Aya Gold & Silver and its rivals’ 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%	-9.08%	-2.06%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

16.0% of shares of all “Metals & Mining” companies are held by institutional investors. 17.7% of shares of all “Metals & Mining” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation and Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Aya Gold & Silver	$202.10 million	$45.56 million	49.95
Aya Gold & Silver Competitors	$4.63 billion	$277.23 million	-25.70

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

Aya Gold & Silver Company Profile

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.