Yesterday it was reported that the Senior Vice-President of Exploration of Yamana Gold (AUY), Henry Marsden, exercised options to sell 19,731 AUY shares for a total transaction value of $117.6K.
Following this transaction Henry Marsden’s holding in the company was decreased by 61% to a total of $176.4K. In addition to Henry Marsden, 7 other AUY executives reported Sell trades in the last month.
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Based on Yamana Gold’s latest earnings report for the quarter ending December 31, the company posted quarterly revenue of $462 million and quarterly net profit of $103 million. In comparison, last year the company earned revenue of $384 million and had a net profit of $14.6 million. AUY’s market cap is $4.32 billion and the company has a P/E ratio of 21.80. The company has a one-year high of $7.02 and a one-year low of $2.23.
Based on 10 analyst ratings, the analyst consensus is Moderate Buy with an average price target of $7.11, reflecting a -35.4% downside. One of the top 25 analysts, according to TipRanks.com, recently recommended Buy AUY with a $9.75 price target.
In the last 30 days, insiders have sold $1.7M worth of AUY shares and purchased $152.8K worth of AUY shares. The insider sentiment on Yamana Gold has been negative according to 63 insider trades in the past three months. This sentiment is lower than the average sentiment of company insiders in this sector.
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Yamana Gold, Inc. is a Canadian-based company, which produces gold, silver and copper. It operates through the following segments: Chapada, El Peñón, Canadian Malartic, Jacobina, Minera Florida, Gualcamayo, Brio Gold, and Corporate & other. The company was founded on February 7, 1995 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.
