Analysts Set Anglo American plc (LON:AAL) Price Target at GBX 2,698.33

Anglo American plc (LON:AAL - Get Free Report) has received a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" from the five brokerages that are presently covering the stock, Marketbeat.com reports. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, one has given a hold rating, two have issued a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company. The average 12-month price objective among brokers that have covered the stock in the last year is GBX 2,618 ($34.84).

A number of equities analysts recently commented on AAL shares. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their target price on Anglo American from GBX 2,160 ($28.75) to GBX 2,190 ($29.15) and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a report on Wednesday, February 19th. Berenberg Bank restated a "sell" rating and issued a GBX 2,100 ($27.95) price objective on shares of Anglo American in a report on Wednesday, April 9th.

Anglo American Trading Up 2.6%

Shares of LON AAL traded up GBX 55.14 ($0.73) during trading hours on Friday, hitting GBX 2,217.14 ($29.51). The company's stock had a trading volume of 4,018,880 shares, compared to its average volume of 4,136,907. Anglo American has a 12 month low of GBX 1,673.40 ($22.27) and a 12 month high of GBX 2,762 ($36.76). The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 78.84, a quick ratio of 1.28 and a current ratio of 1.98. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of GBX 2,127.38 and a 200-day simple moving average of GBX 2,312.37. The stock has a market cap of £33.72 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -20.42, a P/E/G ratio of 2.05 and a beta of 1.10.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, insider Duncan Wanblad sold 22,708 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, February 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 2,388 ($31.78), for a total value of £542,267.04 ($721,675.59). Also, insider John Heasley sold 18,877 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction on Tuesday, April 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 2,133 ($28.39), for a total value of £402,646.41 ($535,861.61). 9.78% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

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.