Aya Gold & Silver (AYA) versus Its Peers Head-To-Head Review

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 peers? We will compare Aya Gold & Silver to related companies based on the strength of its risk, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership and valuation.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for Aya Gold & Silver and its peers, as provided 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	22403	31962	1765	2.47

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

Profitability

This table compares Aya Gold & Silver and its peers’ 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%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Aya Gold & Silver and its peers gross 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	$5.04 billion	$277.89 million	-25.66

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

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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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.