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: 3,542 to 3,696
• 50-Day Range: 3,528.03 to 4,086.70
• 52-Week Range: 2,499 to 4,475
• Volume: 895,560 shs
• Average Volume: 12.28 million shs
• Market Capitalization: £35.21 billion
• P/E Ratio: 21.29
• Dividend Yield: 1.55%
• Price Target: GBX 3,843.75
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Antofagasta Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Antofagasta scored higher than 34% 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: 2.4 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Antofagasta has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.00, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 3 buy ratings, 2 hold ratings, and 3 sell ratings.

Upside/Downside

The consensus price target for Antofagasta is close to its current price, suggesting limited near-term upside or downside.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Antofagasta has only been the subject of 4 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 21.29, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.75.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Antofagasta is 21.29, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Materials sector average P/E ratio of about 23.48.

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 2.87. 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 1.55%, 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: 1.8 / 5
• News Sentiment: N/A

News Sentiment

Antofagasta has a news sentiment score of -0.19. 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 lower news sentiment than the 0.43 average news sentiment score of Materials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 1 news article 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.

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: 10/14/2026

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: +7.6%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.00
• Research Coverage: 8 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): GBX 167.80
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 21.29
• Forward P/E Ratio: 41.04
• 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: 3.79
• Cash Flow: GBX 724.32 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 4.93
• Book Value: GBX 1,244.86 per share
• Price / Book: 2.87

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 985,857,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £35.21 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 1.41