Aya Gold & Silver (AYA) vs. Its Rivals Critical Analysis

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

Earnings and Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Aya Gold & Silver	$202.10 million	$45.56 million	50.82
Aya Gold & Silver Competitors	$5.06 billion	$278.43 million	-29.08

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

Profitability

This table compares Aya Gold & Silver and its competitors’ 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%	-8.87%	-2.11%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for Aya Gold & Silver and its competitors, 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	6310	22435	32022	1768	2.47

As a group, “Metals & Mining” companies have a potential upside of 10.25%. Given Aya Gold & Silver’s competitors higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Aya Gold & Silver has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

15.8% 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 endowments, large money managers 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.