NYSE:AUAngloGold Ashanti Stock Price, Forecast & News

AngloGold Ashanti's stock was trading at $17.34 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, AU shares have increased by 43.6% and is now trading at $24.90. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

6 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for AngloGold Ashanti in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings 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 data on Monday, February, 22nd. The mining company reported $0.16 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. The mining company had revenue of $1.06 billion for the quarter. View AngloGold Ashanti's earnings history.

AngloGold Ashanti declared an annual dividend on Monday, February 24th. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 13th will be paid 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 a positive change from AngloGold Ashanti's previous annual dividend of $0.07. View AngloGold Ashanti's dividend history.

6 analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for AngloGold Ashanti's shares. Their forecasts range from $21.00 to $31.00. On average, they anticipate AngloGold Ashanti's share price to reach $26.03 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 4.6% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for AngloGold Ashanti.

Headlines about AU stock have been trending somewhat negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group identifies negative and positive media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. AngloGold Ashanti earned a news sentiment score of -1.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the mining company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future. 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), Pan American Silver (PAAS), Sibanye Gold (SBGL), Yamana Gold (AUY), Alamos Gold (AGI), First Majestic Silver (AG), Harmony Gold Mining (HMY), Iamgold (IAG), Osisko gold royalties (OR) and Eldorado Gold (EGO). View all competitors.

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

AngloGold Ashanti's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Van ECK Associates Corp (6.41%), BlackRock Inc. (4.77%), RWC Asset Advisors US LLC (1.29%), Ruffer LLP (1.06%), Russell Investments Group Ltd. (0.68%) and Franklin Resources Inc. (0.67%). View institutional ownership trends for AngloGold Ashanti.

AU stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including AQR Capital Management LLC, Morgan Stanley, Morgan Stanley, BlackRock Inc., APG Asset Management N.V., APG Asset Management N.V., APG Asset Management N.V., and Van ECK Associates Corp. View insider buying and selling activity for AngloGold Ashanti.

AU stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including RWC Asset Advisors US LLC, Ruffer LLP, Schroder Investment Management Group, Capital International Investors, Russell Investments Group Ltd., SG Americas Securities LLC, JPMorgan Chase & Co., and USS Investment Management Ltd. View insider buying and selling activity for AngloGold Ashanti.

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 $24.90.

AngloGold Ashanti has a market capitalization of $10.33 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.

The official website for AngloGold Ashanti is 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]