Yamana Gold Target of Unusually High Options TradingYamana Gold (NYSE:AUY) was the recipient of unusually large options trading on Tuesday. Investors acquired 17,026 call options on the stock,AnalystRatings.NET reports. This represents an increase of 422% compared to the average volume of 3,262 call options. A number of research firms have recently commented on AUY. Analysts at Davy Research upgraded shares of Yamana Gold to an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, April 23rd. Separately, analysts at HSBC upgraded shares of Yamana Gold from an “underweight” rating to a “neutral” rating in a research note on Thursday, April 10th. They now have a $9.10 price target on the stock. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, five have issued a hold rating and ten have issued a buy rating to the company. Yamana Gold has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $12.28. Yamana Gold (NYSE:AUY) traded up 2.96% on Tuesday, hitting $7.64. 9,407,362 shares of the company’s stock traded hands. Yamana Gold has a one year low of $7.41 and a one year high of $12.55. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $8.87 and its 200-day moving average is $9.25. The company’s market cap is $5.756 billion. Yamana Gold (NYSE:AUY) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, April 29th. The company reported $0.02 EPS for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $0.04 by $0.02. The company had revenue of $353.90 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $422.90 million. On average, analysts predict that Yamana Gold will post $0.33 earnings per share for the current fiscal year. Yamana Gold Inc (NYSE:AUY) is a gold producer, engaged in gold production, gold development stage properties, exploration properties and land positions in Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Mexico and Colombia. https://www.wkrb13.com/markets/299173/yamana-gold-target-of-unusually-high-options-trading-auy/