Anglo American plc (LON:AAL) Receives GBX 2,698.33 Consensus PT from Analysts

Shares of Anglo American plc (LON:AAL - Get Free Report) have been given a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" by the six research firms that are presently covering the firm, Marketbeat reports. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation, one has issued a hold recommendation, three have issued a buy recommendation and one has given a strong buy recommendation to the company. The average 1 year price objective among analysts that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is GBX 2,698.33 ($35.88).

AAL has been the topic of several research analyst reports. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their price objective on Anglo American from GBX 2,160 ($28.72) to GBX 2,190 ($29.12) and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a research note on Wednesday, February 19th. Berenberg Bank restated a "sell" rating and issued a GBX 2,100 ($27.92) price target on shares of Anglo American in a research report on Wednesday, April 9th.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Anglo American news, insider Duncan Wanblad sold 22,708 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Monday, February 24th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 2,388 ($31.75), for a total value of £542,267.04 ($721,003.91). Also, insider John Heasley sold 18,877 shares of Anglo American stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, April 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 2,133 ($28.36), for a total value of £402,646.41 ($535,362.86). 9.78% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Anglo American Stock Performance

LON:AAL traded down GBX 9.50 ($0.13) during trading hours on Tuesday, reaching GBX 2,024.50 ($26.92). 2,642,337 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 4,075,310. Anglo American has a 52 week low of GBX 1,673.40 ($22.25) and a 52 week high of GBX 2,813 ($37.40). The company has a quick ratio of 1.28, a current ratio of 1.98 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 78.84. The stock has a market capitalization of £30.79 billion, a P/E ratio of -18.64, a P/E/G ratio of 2.05 and a beta of 1.10. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of GBX 2,223.42 and a 200-day simple moving average of GBX 2,338.09.

Anglo American Company Profile

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.