Aura Minerals (TSE:ORA) Hits New 1-Year High at $13.00

Shares of Aura Minerals Inc. (TSE:ORA) hit a new 52-week high during trading on Friday . The stock traded as high as C$13.00 and last traded at C$13.00, with a volume of 12135 shares trading hands. The stock had previously closed at C$12.76.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Separately, National Bankshares boosted their price target on shares of Aura Minerals from C$15.00 to C$16.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Monday.

Aura Minerals Stock Performance

The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 119.13, a quick ratio of 1.22 and a current ratio of 1.95. The company has a market cap of C$939.12 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 182.29 and a beta of 0.45. The firm’s 50-day moving average price is C$11.45 and its 200 day moving average price is C$10.03.

Aura Minerals (TSE:ORA) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Monday, May 6th. The company reported C$0.21 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of C$0.39 by C($0.18). Aura Minerals had a return on equity of 1.26% and a net margin of 0.89%. The company had revenue of C$178.06 million during the quarter. On average, sell-side analysts anticipate that Aura Minerals Inc. will post 1.1825243 EPS for the current year.

Aura Minerals Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a Semi-Annual dividend, which will be paid on Friday, June 28th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, June 20th will be issued a $0.482 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, June 20th. This is a positive change from Aura Minerals’s previous Semi-Annual dividend of $0.35. Aura Minerals’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 957.14%.

Aura Minerals Company Profile

Aura Minerals Inc, a gold and copper production company, focuses on the development and operation of gold and base metal projects in the Americas. It operates through Minosa Mine, Apoena Mines, The Aranzazu Mine, Corporate, Almas, and Projects segments. The company primarily explores for gold and copper in Brazil, Mexico, and Honduras.