Anglo American plc (LON:AAL) Receives GBX 2,715 Average Price Target from Brokerages

Anglo American plc (LON:AAL) has been assigned a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” from the eight research firms that are currently covering the firm, MarketBeat Ratings reports. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation, one has issued a hold recommendation, five have issued a buy recommendation and one has assigned a strong buy recommendation to the company. The average 1 year target price among brokerages that have covered the stock in the last year is GBX 2,715 ($33.78).

A number of brokerages have issued reports on AAL. Citigroup reaffirmed a “top pick” rating on shares of Anglo American in a research report on Thursday, December 12th. Berenberg Bank reiterated a “sell” rating and set a GBX 2,100 ($26.13) price target on shares of Anglo American in a report on Thursday, October 24th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. restated a “neutral” rating on shares of Anglo American in a research note on Friday, November 22nd.

Insider Activity at Anglo American

In other news, insider Nonkululeko Nyembezi acquired 297 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, December 19th. The shares were acquired at an average cost of GBX 2,348 ($29.21) per share, for a total transaction of £6,973.56 ($8,675.74). 9.78% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Anglo American Stock Performance

LON AAL opened at GBX 2,342.50 ($29.14) on Thursday. The company has a fifty day moving average price of GBX 2,431.86 and a 200-day moving average price of GBX 2,334.05. The firm has a market cap of £28.34 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -2,252.40, a PEG ratio of 2.05 and a beta of 1.10. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 62.94, a current ratio of 1.98 and a quick ratio of 1.28. Anglo American has a 1 year low of GBX 1,657.60 ($20.62) and a 1 year high of GBX 2,813 ($35.00).

Anglo American Company Profile

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.