Weekly Analysts’ Ratings Changes for Aura Minerals (AUGO)

Several brokerages have updated their recommendations and price targets on shares of Aura Minerals (NASDAQ: AUGO) in the last few weeks:

• 9/7/2026 – Aura Minerals was upgraded by Zacks Research from “strong sell” to “hold”.
• 9/6/2026 – Aura Minerals was downgraded by Wall Street Zen from “buy” to “hold”.
• 8/31/2026 – Aura Minerals was downgraded by Santander from “outperform” to “neutral”.
• 8/29/2026 – Aura Minerals was upgraded by Wall Street Zen from “hold” to “buy”.
• 8/8/2026 – Aura Minerals was downgraded by Wall Street Zen from “buy” to “hold”.
• 8/7/2026 – Aura Minerals was upgraded by Weiss Ratings from “hold (c)” to “hold (c+)”.
• 7/28/2026 – Aura Minerals was downgraded by Zacks Research from “hold” to “strong sell”.

Aura Minerals Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, August 28th. Investors of record on Tuesday, August 18th were issued a $0.72 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, August 18th. This represents a $2.88 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.3%. Aura Minerals’s payout ratio is currently 81.36%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Aura Minerals news, Director Mauad Sousa sold 280,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, August 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $81.67, for a total transaction of $22,867,600.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 168,765 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $13,783,037.55. This trade represents a 62.39% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Also, COO Glauber Luvizotto sold 64,713 shares of Aura Minerals stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, August 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $80.20, for a total transaction of $5,189,982.60. Following the sale, the chief operating officer owned 224,515 shares in the company, valued at approximately $18,006,103. The trade was a 22.37% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. In the last three months, insiders acquired 263,011 shares of company stock worth $22,662,070 and sold 1,435,840 shares worth $118,268,784.

Aura Minerals Inc is a mining company focused on the exploration, development, and production of precious and base metals. Its operations primarily produce gold, with copper and silver recovered as additional products from certain deposits. The company sells its output in the form of gold doré and metal concentrates.

Aura’s operating portfolio includes the Almas and Apoena gold operations in Brazil, the Aranzazu copper-gold-silver mine in Mexico, and the San Andrés gold mine in Honduras.