NYSE:AU - AngloGold Ashanti Stock Price, Forecast & News

AngloGold Ashanti's stock was trading at $17.34 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, AU shares have increased by 2.2% and is now trading at $17.72. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus.

5 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for AngloGold Ashanti in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for AngloGold Ashanti.

AngloGold Ashanti Limited (NYSE:AU) announced its quarterly earnings results on Monday, February, 22nd. The mining company reported $0.16 earnings per share for the quarter. The mining company earned $1.06 billion during the quarter. View AngloGold Ashanti's earnings history.

AngloGold Ashanti declared an annual dividend on Monday, February 24th. Investors of record on Friday, March 13th will be given a dividend of $0.1102 per share on Monday, April 6th. This represents a yield of 0.3%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 12th. This is an increase from AngloGold Ashanti's previous annual dividend of $0.07. View AngloGold Ashanti's dividend history.

5 brokers have issued 12-month target prices for AngloGold Ashanti's shares. Their forecasts range from $17.05 to $26.10. On average, they anticipate AngloGold Ashanti's share price to reach $21.38 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 20.7% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for AngloGold Ashanti.

Media headlines about AU stock have been trending very negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group scores the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. AngloGold Ashanti earned a news impact score of -3.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the mining company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days. View the latest news aboutAngloGold Ashanti.

Some companies that are related to AngloGold Ashanti include Franco Nevada (FNV), Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM), Kirkland Lake Gold (KL), Kinross Gold (KGC), Gold Fields (GFI), Sibanye Gold (SBGL), Pan American Silver (PAAS), Yamana Gold (AUY), Alamos Gold (AGI), First Majestic Silver (AG), Harmony Gold Mining (HMY), Osisko gold royalties (OR), Eldorado Gold (EGO) and Iamgold (IAG).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other AngloGold Ashanti investors own include Goldcorp (GG), Broadwind Energy (BWEN), Hawkins (HWKN), Barrick Gold (GOLD), General Electric (GE), Newmont Goldcorp (NEM), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Alibaba Group (BABA), United States Steel (X) and Micron Technology (MU).

AngloGold Ashanti trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "AU."

Shares of AU can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of AU stock can currently be purchased for approximately $17.72.

AngloGold Ashanti has a market capitalization of $7.35 billion and generates $3.53 billion in revenue each year. The mining company earns $-12,000,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or $0.91 on an earnings per share basis. AngloGold Ashanti employs 44,249 workers across the globe. View additional information about AngloGold Ashanti.

The official website for AngloGold Ashanti is http://www.anglogoldashanti.com/.

AngloGold Ashanti's mailing address is 76 Rahima Moosa Street Newtown, Johannesburg T3, 2001. The mining company can be reached via phone at 27-11-637-6000 or via email at [email protected]