Anglo American plc (LON:AAL) Insider Duncan Wanblad Purchases 5 Shares

Anglo American plc (LON:AAL - Get Free Report) insider Duncan Wanblad bought 5 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Tuesday, May 14th. The stock was purchased at an average price of GBX 2,640 ($33.16) per share, for a total transaction of £132 ($165.79).

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

• On Monday, March 4th, Duncan Wanblad sold 24,467 shares of Anglo American stock. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 1,737 ($21.82), for a total value of £424,991.79 ($533,775.17).

Anglo American Price Performance

AAL traded up GBX 50.20 ($0.63) during trading on Friday, hitting GBX 2,679.20 ($33.65). 7,072,547 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 4,622,586. The business has a 50 day moving average price of GBX 2,224.30 and a 200 day moving average price of GBX 2,030. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 53.49, a current ratio of 1.85 and a quick ratio of 1.28. Anglo American plc has a twelve month low of GBX 1,630 ($20.47) and a twelve month high of GBX 2,813 ($35.33). The company has a market cap of £35.90 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14,884.42, a PEG ratio of 1.76 and a beta of 1.30.

Anglo American Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Friday, May 3rd. Investors of record on Thursday, March 14th were given a dividend of $0.41 per share. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, March 14th. This represents a dividend yield of 1.89%. Anglo American's dividend payout ratio is currently 42,777.78%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities research analysts have commented on AAL shares. Berenberg Bank boosted their target price on Anglo American from GBX 1,600 ($20.10) to GBX 3,000 ($37.68) and gave the company a "hold" rating in a research note on Wednesday. Royal Bank of Canada upped their price objective on Anglo American from GBX 2,300 ($28.89) to GBX 3,100 ($38.93) and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research note on Monday. Jefferies Financial Group reiterated a "buy" rating and set a GBX 2,500 ($31.40) price objective on shares of Anglo American in a research note on Friday, February 9th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reiterated an "overweight" rating on shares of Anglo American in a research note on Tuesday, April 9th. Finally, Barclays reiterated an "overweight" rating and set a GBX 2,630 ($33.03) price objective on shares of Anglo American in a research note on Friday, February 9th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and four have assigned a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, Anglo American has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of GBX 2,793.33 ($35.08).

Anglo American Company Profile

Anglo American plc operates as a mining company in the United Kingdom and internationally. It explores for rough and polished diamonds, copper, platinum group metals and nickel, steelmaking coal, and iron ore; and nickel, polyhalite, and manganese ores. Anglo American plc was founded in 1917 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.