Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores (NYSE:AVAL) Reaches New 1-Year Low at $1.94

Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores S.A. (NYSE:AVAL) reached a new 52-week low on Tuesday . The company traded as low as $1.94 and last traded at $1.94, with a volume of 146206 shares. The stock had previously closed at $2.02.

Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores Trading Up 1.5 %

The firm has a market capitalization of $2.45 billion, a PE ratio of 25.75 and a beta of 0.99. The company has a current ratio of 0.89, a quick ratio of 1.05 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.77. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $2.09 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $2.25.

Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores (NYSE:AVAL) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, August 14th. The bank reported $0.04 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.05 by ($0.01). Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores had a return on equity of 1.46% and a net margin of 1.30%. The firm had revenue of $953.94 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $994.03 million. Analysts expect that Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores S.A. will post 0.2 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores Cuts Dividend

The company also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Friday, August 9th. Investors of record on Thursday, August 1st were paid a dividend of $0.0084 per share. This represents a yield of 4.86%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, July 31st. Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores’s payout ratio is 125.00%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores

A number of hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Catalina Capital Group LLC purchased a new position in shares of Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores in the 1st quarter valued at about $25,000. Fermata Advisors LLC purchased a new position in shares of Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores in the 1st quarter valued at about $26,000. Simplicity Wealth LLC purchased a new position in shares of Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores in the 2nd quarter valued at about $30,000. Stokes Family Office LLC increased its holdings in shares of Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores by 64.5% in the 2nd quarter. Stokes Family Office LLC now owns 51,000 shares of the bank’s stock valued at $111,000 after acquiring an additional 20,000 shares during the last quarter. Finally, First Affirmative Financial Network increased its holdings in shares of Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores by 17.9% in the 1st quarter. First Affirmative Financial Network now owns 54,549 shares of the bank’s stock valued at $126,000 after acquiring an additional 8,268 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 0.21% of the company’s stock.

About Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores

Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores SA provides a range of financial services and products to public and private sector customers in Colombia and Central America. It offers traditional deposit services and products, including checking accounts, savings accounts, time deposits, and other deposits. The company also provides commercial loans comprising general purpose loans, working capital loans, leases, loans funded by development banks, corporate credit cards, and overdraft loans; consumer loans, such as payroll loans, personal loans, automobile and other vehicle loans, credit cards, overdrafts, leases, and general purpose loans; and microcredit and mortgage loans.