Antofagasta (ANTO) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Antofagasta plc is a copper mining group with significant by-product production and interests in transportation. The Group creates value for its stakeholders through the discovery, development and operation of copper mines. The Group is committed to generating value in a safe and sustainable way throughout the commodity cycle.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 3,229 to 3,305
• 50-Day Range: 3,025 to 4,086.70
• 52-Week Range: 2,499 to 4,475
• Volume: 2.59 million shs
• Average Volume: 12.15 million shs
• Market Capitalization: £31.92 billion
• P/E Ratio: 19.30
• Dividend Yield: 1.84%
• Price Target: GBX 3,843.75
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Antofagasta Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Antofagasta scored higher than 63% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Antofagasta has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.13, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 3 buy ratings, 3 hold ratings, and 2 sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Antofagasta has a consensus price target of GBX 3,843.75, representing about 17.3% upside from its current price of GBX 3,277.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Antofagasta has only been the subject of 3 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Antofagasta is 19.53, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 27.05.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Antofagasta is 19.53, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Materials sector average P/E ratio of about 29.49.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Due to a projected decrease in earnings for Antofagasta, their PEG ratio cannot be calculated.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Antofagasta has a P/B Ratio of 2.63. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for ANTO.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Antofagasta pays a meaningful dividend of 1.84%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Antofagasta does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Antofagasta is 38.47%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

News and Social Media

• Score: 4.1 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.63

News Sentiment

Antofagasta has a news sentiment score of 0.63. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.38 average news sentiment score of Materials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 4 news articles for Antofagasta this week, compared to 2 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

1 people have searched for ANTO on MarketBeat in the last 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

1 people have added Antofagasta to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Antofagasta insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

4.26% of the stock of Antofagasta is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

27.12% of the stock of Antofagasta is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 2/17/2026
• Today: 10/29/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Materials
• Industry: Metals & Mining
• Sub-Industry: Copper
• Current Symbol: LON:ANTO
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.antofagasta.co.uk
• Phone: +44-20-78080988
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 8,457
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Antofagasta: GBX 3,843.75
• High Price Target: GBX 4,500
• Low Price Target: GBX 2,700
• Potential Upside/Downside: +18.8%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.13
• Research Coverage: 8 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): GBX 167.80
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 19.28
• Forward P/E Ratio: 37.17
• P/E Growth: -1.08
• Net Income: £955.17 million
• Net Margins: 17.79%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 15.70%
• Return on Assets: 5.23%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 75.57
• Current Ratio: 2.58
• Quick Ratio: 2.78

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £9.30 billion
• Price / Sales: 3.43
• Cash Flow: GBX 655.99 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 4.93
• Book Value: GBX 1,244.86 per share
• Price / Book: 2.60

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 985,857,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £31.89 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 1.41