Insider Buying: Anglo American plc (LON:AAL) Insider Buys 5 Shares of Stock

Anglo American plc (LON:AAL - Get Free Report) insider Duncan Wanblad purchased 5 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Thursday, June 19th. The stock was purchased at an average cost of GBX 2,149 ($28.84) per share, for a total transaction of £107.45 ($144.19).

Duncan Wanblad also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Wednesday, May 14th, Duncan Wanblad acquired 6 shares of Anglo American stock. The shares were purchased at an average cost of GBX 2,206 ($29.60) per share, with a total value of £132.36 ($177.62).
• On Monday, April 14th, Duncan Wanblad bought 6 shares of Anglo American stock. The stock was acquired at an average cost of GBX 2,005 ($26.91) per share, for a total transaction of £120.30 ($161.43).

Anglo American Stock Performance

Anglo American stock opened at GBX 2,043 ($27.42) on Thursday. Anglo American plc has a fifty-two week low of GBX 1,900.01 ($25.50) and a fifty-two week high of GBX 2,999.77 ($40.25). The stock's 50 day simple moving average is GBX 2,122.35 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is GBX 2,275.94. 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 stock has a market cap of £31.07 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -18.81, a PEG ratio of 2.05 and a beta of 1.10.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several equities research analysts have weighed in on AAL shares. Berenberg Bank reiterated a "sell" rating and issued a GBX 2,100 ($28.18) price objective on shares of Anglo American in a report on Wednesday, April 9th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their price target on Anglo American from GBX 2,160 ($28.99) to GBX 2,190 ($29.39) and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a research note on Wednesday, February 19th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, one has assigned a hold rating, two have assigned a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of GBX 2,522.50 ($33.85).

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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