Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores S.A. (NYSE:AVAL) Short Interest Update

Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores S.A. (NYSE:AVALGet Free Report) saw a significant decrease in short interest in June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 267,119 shares, a decrease of 54.4% from the June 15th total of 586,080 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 390,816 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.7 days. Approximately 0.0% of the shares of the stock are sold short.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Renaissance Technologies LLC lifted its stake in shares of Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores by 6.0% during the first quarter. Renaissance Technologies LLC now owns 895,772 shares of the bank’s stock worth $3,941,000 after purchasing an additional 50,912 shares in the last quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP raised its stake in shares of Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores by 7.0% during the first quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 132,619 shares of the bank’s stock valued at $580,000 after purchasing an additional 8,692 shares during the period. Sage Investment Counsel LLC boosted its stake in shares of Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores by 79.3% in the first quarter. Sage Investment Counsel LLC now owns 60,955 shares of the bank’s stock valued at $268,000 after purchasing an additional 26,955 shares during the period. Apollon Wealth Management LLC purchased a new position in Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores in the 1st quarter valued at about $55,000. Finally, Stokes Family Office LLC lifted its stake in shares of Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores by 5.1% in the fourth quarter. Stokes Family Office LLC now owns 87,317 shares of the bank’s stock worth $354,000 after acquiring an additional 4,198 shares in the last quarter. 0.21% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Separately, Weiss Ratings raised shares of Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores from a “hold (c)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a research note on Thursday, June 18th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Hold rating, Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Hold”.

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Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores Trading Up 0.3%

AVAL traded up $0.02 during trading on Tuesday, hitting $4.93. 209,834 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 222,773. The company has a current ratio of 1.01, a quick ratio of 1.01 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.56. Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores has a 1 year low of $2.80 and a 1 year high of $6.20. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $4.87 and a 200 day moving average price of $4.55. The firm has a market cap of $5.85 billion, a P/E ratio of 13.30 and a beta of 0.59.

Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores (NYSE:AVALGet Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, May 13th. The bank reported $0.08 EPS for the quarter. Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores had a net margin of 4.99% and a return on equity of 6.24%. As a group, analysts expect that Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores will post 0.43 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores Company Profile

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Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores SA is a leading Colombian financial holding company that offers a diversified range of banking and financial services across Latin America. As one of the largest financial conglomerates in Colombia, Grupo Aval provides commercial and retail banking, leasing, insurance brokerage, pension fund management and investment banking through its principal subsidiaries.

Its core banking operations are conducted through a network of well-established institutions, including Banco de Bogotá, Banco de Occidente, Banco Popular and Banco AV Villas, which together serve individual consumers, small and medium-sized enterprises and large corporate clients.

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