Banyan Gold (CVE:BYN) PT Set at C$3.00 by National Bank Financial

Banyan Gold (CVE:BYN – Get Free Report) has been assigned a C$3.00 price target by equities research analysts at National Bank Financial in a research report issued to clients and investors on Wednesday, BayStreet reports. The firm currently has an “outperform” rating on the stock. National Bank Financial’s target price would indicate a potential upside of 57.48% from the company’s current price.

Several other equities analysts also recently weighed in on the stock. Desjardins set a C$3.00 price target on shares of Banyan Gold and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, September 11th. Scotiabank set a C$3.00 target price on shares of Banyan Gold and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Monday, September 14th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating and three have given a Buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Buy” and an average price target of C$2.81.

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Banyan Gold Stock Performance

Shares of CVE BYN traded down C$0.03 during trading on Wednesday, hitting C$1.91. The company had a trading volume of 281,369 shares, compared to its average volume of 856,431. Banyan Gold has a 12 month low of C$0.64 and a 12 month high of C$2.20. The firm has a market capitalization of C$849.01 million, a P/E ratio of -476.25 and a beta of 2.80. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of C$1.78 and a 200 day simple moving average of C$1.51.

Insider Activity at Banyan Gold

In other news, Director David Rutt sold 60,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, August 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of C$1.43, for a total value of C$85,800.00. Following the transaction, the director owned 2,864,224 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately C$4,095,840.32. The trade was a 2.05% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Insiders have sold a total of 170,000 shares of company stock valued at $251,400 over the last quarter. 17.73% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Banyan Gold Company Profile

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Banyan Gold Corp. engages in the exploration and development of precious metals. The company explores for gold and silver deposits. It holds 100% interest in the AurMac project that consists of 506 quartz mineral claims covering an area of approximately 9,230 hectares located in the Mayo Mining District, Yukon Territory; Hyland gold project comprises of 927 quartz mineral claims covering an area of totaling 18,620 hectares located in the Watson Lake Mining District, Yukon Territory; and Nitra gold project, which consists of 1,442 claims covering an area of approximately 296 square kilometers located in the Mayo Mining District, Yukon Territory.

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