Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores (NYSE:AVAL) Hits New 12-Month High – Should You Buy?

Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores S.A. (NYSE:AVAL)’s stock price hit a new 52-week high during trading on Tuesday . The company traded as high as $4.52 and last traded at $4.4990, with a volume of 99773 shares traded. The stock had previously closed at $4.33.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities analysts have issued reports on AVAL shares. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores in a report on Friday, January 9th. Citigroup raised Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, October 20th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy”.

Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores Trading Up 3.9%

The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.69, a current ratio of 1.01 and a quick ratio of 1.01. The business’s 50-day moving average is $4.16 and its two-hundred day moving average is $3.64. The firm has a market cap of $5.34 billion, a P/E ratio of 13.64 and a beta of 0.64.

Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores (NYSE:AVAL) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, November 13th. The bank reported $0.11 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.10 by $0.01. The company had revenue of $1.15 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.23 billion. Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores had a net margin of 4.61% and a return on equity of 5.95%. As a group, analysts predict that Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores S.A. will post 0.21 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Pekin Hardy Strauss Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $264,000. Jane Street Group LLC acquired a new position in Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores during the second quarter worth $155,000. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP increased its holdings in Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores by 34.7% during the third quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 139,173 shares of the bank’s stock worth $458,000 after buying an additional 35,862 shares during the last quarter. BTG Pactual Asset Management US LLC bought a new stake in Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores during the second quarter worth $99,000. Finally, XTX Topco Ltd acquired a new stake in Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores in the second quarter valued at $78,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 0.21% of the company’s stock.

Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores Company Profile

Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores SA is a leading Colombian financial holding company that offers a diversified range of banking and financial services across Latin America. As one of the largest financial conglomerates in Colombia, Grupo Aval provides commercial and retail banking, leasing, insurance brokerage, pension fund management and investment banking through its principal subsidiaries.

Its core banking operations are conducted through a network of well-established institutions, including Banco de Bogotá, Banco de Occidente, Banco Popular and Banco AV Villas, which together serve individual consumers, small and medium-sized enterprises and large corporate clients.