Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores (NYSE:AVAL) Reaches New 12-Month High – What’s Next?

Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores S.A. (NYSE:AVAL) reached a new 52-week high during trading on Thursday . The stock traded as high as $5.79 and last traded at $5.7960, with a volume of 391151 shares traded. The stock had previously closed at $5.58.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Separately, Weiss Ratings reiterated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores in a research note on Wednesday, April 8th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Hold rating, According to MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Hold”.

Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores Stock Performance

The company has a market cap of $6.88 billion, a PE ratio of 15.67 and a beta of 0.61. The company has a current ratio of 1.01, a quick ratio of 1.01 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.56. The business’s 50 day moving average is $4.66 and its two-hundred day moving average is $4.42.

Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores (NYSE:AVAL) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May 13th. The bank reported $0.08 earnings per share for the quarter. Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores had a return on equity of 6.24% and a net margin of 4.99%. On average, equities research analysts anticipate that Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores S.A. will post 0.43 EPS for the current year.

Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Monday, May 11th. Stockholders of record on Friday, May 1st were issued a $0.0144 dividend. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.0%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, May 1st. Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores’s payout ratio is 37.84%.

Institutional Trading of Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of AVAL. Pekin Hardy Strauss Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores by 384.2% during the 4th quarter. Pekin Hardy Strauss Inc. now owns 387,400 shares of the bank’s stock valued at $1,569,000 after purchasing an additional 307,400 shares during the last quarter. Marshall Wace LLP increased its holdings in shares of Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores by 683.5% in the fourth quarter. Marshall Wace LLP now owns 275,148 shares of the bank’s stock worth $1,114,000 after purchasing an additional 240,028 shares during the last quarter. Jane Street Group LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores in the second quarter worth about $155,000. Renaissance Technologies LLC lifted its position in shares of Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores by 6.0% in the first quarter. Renaissance Technologies LLC now owns 895,772 shares of the bank’s stock worth $3,941,000 after buying an additional 50,912 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP boosted its stake 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 valued at $458,000 after buying an additional 35,862 shares during the last quarter. 0.21% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

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.