Anglo American (LON:AAL) Sets New 52-Week Low - Time to Sell?

Anglo American plc (LON:AAL - Get Free Report)'s stock price hit a new 52-week low during trading on Tuesday . The company traded as low as GBX 20.76 ($0.28) and last traded at GBX 2,055.50 ($27.83), with a volume of 16331997 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 2,017 ($27.31).

Analyst Ratings Changes

Separately, Berenberg Bank restated a "sell" rating and set a GBX 2,100 ($28.43) target price on shares of Anglo American in a report on Wednesday, April 9th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, one has assigned a hold rating, two have given a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of GBX 2,522.50 ($34.15).

Anglo American Price Performance

The firm has a market capitalization of £31.29 billion, a P/E ratio of -18.95, a P/E/G ratio of 2.05 and a beta of 1.10. The stock's fifty day simple moving average is GBX 2,126.54 and its 200 day simple moving average is GBX 2,262.49. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 78.84, a current ratio of 1.98 and a quick ratio of 1.28.

Insider Transactions at Anglo American

In related news, insider John Heasley sold 18,877 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, April 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 2,133 ($28.88), for a total transaction of £402,646.41 ($545,148.13). Insiders have bought a total of 31 shares of company stock valued at $66,496 in the last 90 days. Insiders own 9.78% of the company's stock.

About Anglo American

Anglo American is a leading global mining company and our products are the essential ingredients in almost every aspect of modern life. Our portfolio of world-class competitive operations, with a broad range of future development options, provides many of the future-enabling metals and minerals for a cleaner, greener, more sustainable world and that meet the fast growing every day demands of billions of consumers.

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