News articles about Yamana Gold (NYSE:AUY) (TSE:YRI) have trended somewhat positive this week, Accern reports. The research group identifies positive and negative news coverage by analyzing more than twenty million blog and news sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Yamana Gold earned a daily sentiment score of 0.00 on Accern’s scale. Accern also gave press coverage about the basic materials company an impact score of 47.4744299670437 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company’s share price in the immediate future.
These are some of the news stories that may have effected Accern Sentiment’s scoring:
- Yamana Gold Inc. (NYSE:AUY) – Worth Watching Stocks under Consideration - Stock Watch (stocksnewstimes.com)
- Have a grip on this -:- Yamana Gold Inc. (NYSE:AUY), YY Inc. (NASDAQ:YY), McDermott International, Inc. (NYSE:MDR) - Market Breaking Point (press release) (journalfinance.net)
- Yamana Gold (AUY) versus Freeport-McMoran (FCX) Critical Contrast (americanbankingnews.com)
- Needle Action Activity Spotted in Yamana Gold Inc (AUY) - Financial News Review (finnewsreview.com)
- Gold Prices Surge After Fed Minutes and Geopolitical Tensions - PR Newswire (press release) (prnewswire.com)
A number of brokerages have recently issued reports on AUY. National Bank Financial restated an “outperform market weight” rating on shares of Yamana Gold in a report on Sunday, June 4th. BidaskClub cut shares of Yamana Gold from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research report on Tuesday, June 20th. TD Securities reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $5.50 price objective on shares of Yamana Gold in a research report on Thursday, May 4th. Scotiabank increased their price objective on shares of Yamana Gold from $3.50 to $4.00 and gave the stock a “sector perform” rating in a research report on Monday, May 15th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada set a $4.00 price objective on shares of Yamana Gold and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, July 18th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, six have issued a hold rating, three have given a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. Yamana Gold presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $3.71.
Shares of Yamana Gold (NYSE:AUY) opened at 2.69 on Friday. The company’s 50-day moving average is $2.51 and its 200 day moving average is $2.73. Yamana Gold has a 52 week low of $2.21 and a 52 week high of $5.24. The firm’s market capitalization is $2.55 billion.
Yamana Gold (NYSE:AUY) (TSE:YRI) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July 27th. The basic materials company reported ($0.04) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Zacks’ consensus estimate of $0.03 by $0.07. Yamana Gold had a positive return on equity of 0.42% and a negative net margin of 23.63%. The business had revenue of $428.10 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $428.65 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $0.01 earnings per share. The company’s quarterly revenue was down 2.3% compared to the same quarter last year. Analysts anticipate that Yamana Gold will post $0.02 EPS for the current fiscal year.
The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, October 13th. Investors of record on Friday, September 29th will be issued a $0.005 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, September 28th. This represents a $0.02 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.74%. Yamana Gold’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently -4.44%.
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Yamana Gold Company Profile
Yamana Gold Inc is a gold producer with gold production, gold development stage properties, exploration properties, and land positions throughout the Americas, including Canada, Brazil, Chile and Argentina. The Company’s segments include Chapada mine in Brazil; El Penon mine in Chile; Canadian Malartic mine in Canada; Gualcamayo mine in Argentina; Minera Florida mine in Chile; Jacobina mine in Brazil; Brio Gold Inc (Brio Gold), and Corporate and other.
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