How to buy Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores S-A stock

Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores S.A is a banks-regional business based in the US. Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores S-A shares (AVAL) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars.

How to buy shares in Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores S-A

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3. Search for Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores S-A. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: AVAL. Research its history to confirm it's a solid investment against your financial goals.
4. Purchase now or later. Buy today with a market order or use a limit order to delay your purchase until Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores S-A reaches your desired price. To spread out your purchase, look into dollar-cost averaging, which smooths out buying at consistent intervals and amounts.
5. Decide on how many to buy. Weigh your budget against a diversified portfolio that can minimize risk through the market's ups and downs. You may be able to buy a fractional share of Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores S-A, depending on your broker.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores S-A. Optimize your portfolio by tracking how your stock — and even the business — performs with an eye on the long term. You may be eligible for dividends and shareholder voting rights on directors and management that can affect your stock.

Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores S-A share price

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Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores S-A shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2021-03-18.

52-week range	USD$3.1144 - USD$6.9714
50-day moving average	USD$6.5397
200-day moving average	USD$5.7718
Wall St. target price	USD$6.47
PE ratio	8.4079
Dividend yield	USD$0.33 (5.12%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$0.76

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Is Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores S-A under- or over-valued?

Valuing Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores S-A stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores S-A's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores S-A's P/E ratio

Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores S-A's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 8x. In other words, Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores S-A shares trade at around 8x recent earnings.

That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.

Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores S-A financials

Gross profit TTM	USD$17,128 billion
Return on assets TTM	1.54%
Return on equity TTM	13.47%
Profit margin	13.72%
Book value	$5.16
Market capitalisation	USD$7.1 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores S-A shares

There are currently 1.0 million Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores S-A shares held short by investors – that's known as Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores S-A's "short interest". This figure is 13.9% up from 919,529 last month.

There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores S-A shares can be evaluated.

Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores S-A's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores S-A's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores S-A shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores S-A shares traded daily (recently around 120135.89449541). Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores S-A's SIR currently stands at 8.72. In other words for every 100,000 Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores S-A shares traded daily on the market, roughly 8720 shares are currently held short.

However Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores S-A's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores S-A shares, or, against the total number of tradable Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores S-A shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores S-A's short interest could be expressed as 0% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores S-A shares in existence, roughly 0 shares are currently held short) or 0% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores S-A shares, roughly 0 shares are currently held short).

A SIR below 10% would generally be considered to indicate a fairly optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores S-A.

Find out more about how you can short Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores S-A stock.

Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores S-A share dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 18.08% of net profits

Recently Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores S-A has paid out, on average, around 18.08% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 5.12% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores S-A shareholders could enjoy a 5.12% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores S-A's case, that would currently equate to about $0.33 per share.

While Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores S-A's payout ratio might seem low, this can signify that Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores S-A is investing more in its future growth.

Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores S-A's most recent dividend payout was on 8 March 2021. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 24 February 2021 (the "ex-dividend date").

Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores S-A share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores S-A's shares have ranged in value from as little as $3.1144 up to $6.9714. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores S-A's is 0.6628. This would suggest that Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores S-A's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).

Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores S-A overview

Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores S. A. provides a range of financial services and products to public and private sector customers in Colombia and Central America. The company offers deposit products and services, such as checking and savings accounts, and time deposits, as well as other deposits, including deposits from correspondent banks, cashier checks, and collection services. It also provides commercial loans, which include general purpose loans, working capital loans, leases, loans funded by development banks, corporate credit cards, and overdraft loans; consumer loans comprising payroll, personal, automobile, and other vehicle loans, as well as microcredit loans and mortgage loans. In addition, the company offers pension and severance fund management services; and bancassurance, trust, bonded warehousing and brokerage transactions, real estate escrow, merchandise and document storage and deposit, customs agency, cargo management, surety bond and merchandise distribution, and payment and collection services. Further, it is involved in merchant and investment banking activities; trading activities, such as fixed income trading, and derivatives and foreign exchange operations, as well as the provision of the treasury, pension plan administration, investment fund advice, financial advisory, leasing, private banking, and insurance services; and deposit and lending operations in foreign currencies.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores S-A is owned by institutions?

  Currently 12.264% of Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores S-A shares are held by institutions.

• When does the fiscal year end for Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores S-A?

  Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores S-A's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores S-A based?

  Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores S-A's address is: Carrera 13 No. 26A - 47, Bogotá, Colombia

• What is Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores S-A's ISIN number?

  Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores S-A's international securities identification number is: US40053W1018

• What is Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores S-A's CUSIP number?

  Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores S-A's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 40053W101