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

Shares of Aura Minerals Inc. (TSE:ORA) hit a new 52-week high during trading on Thursday . The company traded as high as C$20.81 and last traded at C$20.80, with a volume of 17985 shares trading hands. The stock had previously closed at C$20.38.

Aura Minerals Price 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 company has a fifty day moving average price of C$17.94 and a 200 day moving average price of C$16.19. The company has a market capitalization of C$1.54 billion, a P/E ratio of -34.35 and a beta of 0.59.

Aura Minerals Cuts Dividend

The business also recently announced a Semi-Annual dividend, which was paid on Monday, December 2nd. Shareholders of record on Monday, December 2nd were given a $0.24 dividend. This represents a yield of 1.37%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, November 15th. Aura Minerals’s dividend payout ratio 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 that occurred on Tuesday, November 19th. The stock was 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 company 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.