Aura Minerals (TSE:ORA) Sets New 52-Week High – Here’s What Happened

Aura Minerals Inc. (TSE:ORA)’s share price hit a new 52-week high on Wednesday . The stock traded as high as C$21.95 and last traded at C$21.64, with a volume of 35860 shares trading hands. The stock had previously closed at C$21.73.

Aura Minerals Stock Performance

The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 147.20, a current ratio of 1.52 and a quick ratio of 1.22. The firm has a market cap of C$1.57 billion, a P/E ratio of -34.90 and a beta of 0.59. The stock’s 50 day moving average is C$18.23 and its two-hundred day moving average is C$16.37.

Aura Minerals Cuts Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a Semi-Annual dividend, which was paid on Monday, December 2nd. Stockholders of record on Monday, December 2nd were paid a $0.24 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Friday, November 15th. This represents a dividend yield of 1.37%. Aura Minerals’s dividend payout ratio is currently -154.84%.

Insider Transactions at Aura Minerals

In related news, Senior Officer Joao Kleber Dos Santos Cardoso sold 10,000 shares of Aura Minerals stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, November 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of C$16.15, for a total transaction of C$161,500.00. 57.96% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

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.