Analysts Set Anglo American plc (LON:AAL) Price Target at GBX 2,715

Shares of Anglo American plc (LON:AAL - Get Free Report) have received a consensus recommendation of "Moderate Buy" from the eight research firms that are covering the company, Marketbeat Ratings reports. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, one has issued a hold rating, five have assigned a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating on the company. The average 1 year target price among brokers that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is GBX 2,715 ($33.74).

A number of equities research analysts have issued reports on AAL shares. Berenberg Bank reissued a "sell" rating and issued a GBX 2,100 ($26.10) price target on shares of Anglo American in a report on Thursday, October 24th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft cut their target price on Anglo American from GBX 2,900 ($36.04) to GBX 2,700 ($33.55) and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, September 9th. Citigroup reaffirmed a "top pick" rating on shares of Anglo American in a research report on Thursday, December 12th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. reiterated a "neutral" rating on shares of Anglo American in a report on Friday, November 22nd.

Insider Transactions at Anglo American

In other news, insider Nonkululeko Nyembezi purchased 297 shares of Anglo American stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, December 19th. The stock was bought at an average price of GBX 2,348 ($29.18) per share, with a total value of £6,973.56 ($8,666.04). Insiders own 9.78% of the company's stock.

Anglo American Trading Down 1.5 %

Shares of Anglo American stock traded down GBX 35 ($0.43) on Friday, hitting GBX 2,346.50 ($29.16). The stock had a trading volume of 1,174,588 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,016,002. The company has a quick ratio of 1.28, a current ratio of 1.98 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 62.94. Anglo American has a one year low of GBX 1,657.60 ($20.60) and a one year high of GBX 2,813 ($34.96). The stock's 50-day simple moving average is GBX 2,394.96 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is GBX 2,330.56. The stock has a market cap of £28.39 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -2,256.25, a PEG ratio of 2.05 and a beta of 1.10.

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.