Aura Minerals (TSE:ORA) Shares Pass Above 200-Day Moving Average – Here’s What Happened

Aura Minerals Inc. (TSE:ORA) shares crossed above its 200-day moving average during trading on Tuesday . The stock has a 200-day moving average of C$15.93 and traded as high as C$17.95. Aura Minerals shares last traded at C$17.95, with a volume of 20,707 shares changing hands.

Aura Minerals Trading Down 0.2 %

The company has a current ratio of 1.52, a quick ratio of 1.22 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 147.20. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of C$17.59 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of C$15.93. The firm has a market capitalization of C$1.30 billion, a P/E ratio of -28.95 and a beta of 0.59.

Aura Minerals (TSE:ORA) last issued its earnings results on Monday, November 4th. The company reported C$0.82 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of C$0.62 by C$0.20. Aura Minerals had a negative return on equity of 11.41% and a negative net margin of 6.61%. On average, equities research analysts anticipate that Aura Minerals Inc. will post 4.2025641 earnings per share for the current year.

Aura Minerals Cuts Dividend

The company also recently announced a Semi-Annual dividend, which was paid on Monday, December 2nd. Shareholders of record on Monday, December 2nd were given a dividend of $0.24 per share. This represents a yield of 1.37%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, November 15th. Aura Minerals’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently -154.84%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Aura Minerals

In other news, Senior Officer Joao Kleber Dos Santos Cardoso sold 10,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, November 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of C$16.15, for a total value of C$161,500.00. 57.96% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

About Aura Minerals

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.