Anglo American plc (LON:AAL - Get Free Report) has received a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" from the six ratings firms that are covering the firm, Marketbeat.com reports. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, one has issued a hold rating, three have issued a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company. The average twelve-month target price among brokers that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is GBX 2,698.33 ($35.58).
A number of brokerages recently commented on AAL. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their target price on Anglo American from GBX 2,160 ($28.48) to GBX 2,190 ($28.88) and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a report on Wednesday, February 19th. Berenberg Bank restated a "sell" rating and issued a GBX 2,100 ($27.69) price target on shares of Anglo American in a research report on Wednesday, April 9th.
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Insiders Place Their Bets
In related news, insider John Heasley sold 18,877 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction on Tuesday, April 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 2,133 ($28.13), for a total transaction of £402,646.41 ($530,915.63). Also, insider Duncan Wanblad sold 22,708 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Monday, February 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 2,388 ($31.49), for a total transaction of £542,267.04 ($715,014.56). 9.78% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.
Anglo American Stock Up 1.7 %
AAL opened at GBX 1,986.80 ($26.20) on Tuesday. Anglo American has a 1-year low of GBX 1,673.40 ($22.06) and a 1-year high of GBX 2,813 ($37.09). The firm's 50 day simple moving average is GBX 2,259.36 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is GBX 2,342.40. 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 company has a market capitalization of £30.21 billion, a PE ratio of -18.30, a PEG ratio of 2.05 and a beta of 1.10.
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Get Free ReportAnglo 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.
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