Short Interest in Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores S.A. (NYSE:AVAL) Decreases By 55.3%

Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores S.A. (NYSE:AVAL) saw a large decrease in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totaling 70,444 shares, a decrease of 55.3% from the December 15th total of 157,547 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 85,308 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.8 days. Currently, 0.0% of the shares of the stock are sold short. Currently, 0.0% of the shares of the stock are sold short. Based on an average daily volume of 85,308 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.8 days.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Pekin Hardy Strauss Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores in the 3rd quarter valued at $264,000. Jane Street Group LLC acquired a new stake in Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores in the second quarter worth about $155,000. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP raised its holdings in Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores by 34.7% during the 3rd quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 139,173 shares of the bank’s stock worth $458,000 after purchasing an additional 35,862 shares during the last quarter. BTG Pactual Asset Management US LLC acquired a new position in Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores during the 2nd quarter valued at about $99,000. Finally, XTX Topco Ltd bought a new position in shares of Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores in the 2nd quarter valued at about $78,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 0.21% of the company’s stock.

Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores Price Performance

NYSE AVAL traded up $0.03 on Wednesday, hitting $4.30. 100,861 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 83,121. Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores has a 1-year low of $2.21 and a 1-year high of $4.50. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $4.16 and a two-hundred day moving average of $3.60. The company has a current ratio of 1.01, a quick ratio of 1.01 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.69. The company has a market cap of $5.10 billion, a P/E ratio of 13.02 and a beta of 0.64.

Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores (NYSE:AVAL) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, November 13th. The bank reported $0.11 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.10 by $0.01. Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores had a net margin of 4.61% and a return on equity of 5.95%. The firm had revenue of $1.15 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.23 billion. On average, equities analysts predict that Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores will post 0.21 EPS for the current year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of brokerages have issued reports on AVAL. Weiss Ratings reissued a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores in a report on Friday, January 9th. Citigroup upgraded shares of Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, October 20th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has assigned a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy”.

About Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores

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.