Anglo American plc (LON:AAL) Receives Consensus Recommendation of "Moderate Buy" from Brokerages

Anglo American plc (LON:AAL - Get Free Report) has earned a consensus recommendation of "Moderate Buy" from the six research firms that are currently covering the company, MarketBeat reports. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, one has issued a hold rating, three have given a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company. The average twelve-month price target among analysts that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is GBX 2,698.33 ($34.84).

A number of analysts have recently issued reports on the company. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their target price on Anglo American from GBX 2,160 ($27.89) to GBX 2,190 ($28.28) and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a research report on Wednesday, February 19th. Berenberg Bank restated a "sell" rating and set a GBX 2,100 ($27.12) price objective on shares of Anglo American in a report on Tuesday, February 18th. Finally, Citigroup reiterated a "top pick" rating on shares of Anglo American in a research note on Thursday, December 12th.

Insider Buying and Selling at Anglo American

In other news, insider Duncan Wanblad sold 22,708 shares of the company's stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, February 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 2,388 ($30.84), for a total transaction of £542,267.04 ($700,241.53). 9.78% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Anglo American Stock Up 1.4 %

AAL stock traded up GBX 31.44 ($0.41) during trading on Friday, reaching GBX 2,305.50 ($29.77). The stock had a trading volume of 1,972,067 shares, compared to its average volume of 3,965,933. The company has a current ratio of 1.98, a quick ratio of 1.28 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 78.84. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of GBX 2,406.99 and a 200 day moving average price of GBX 2,356.07. The company has a market capitalization of £35.06 billion, a P/E ratio of -21.23, a PEG ratio of 2.05 and a beta of 1.10. Anglo American has a 1-year low of GBX 1,882.20 ($24.31) and a 1-year high of GBX 2,813 ($36.32).

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About Anglo American

Anglo American is a leading global mining company and our products are the essential ingredients in almost every aspect of modern life. Our portfolio of world-class competitive operations, with a broad range of future development options, provides many of the future-enabling metals and minerals for a cleaner, greener, more sustainable world and that meet the fast growing every day demands of billions of consumers.