Anglo American plc (LON:AAL) Given Consensus Rating of “Moderate Buy” by Brokerages

Anglo American plc (LON:AAL) has been given an average recommendation of “Moderate Buy” by the eight ratings firms that are presently covering the stock, MarketBeat.com reports. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation and seven have assigned a buy recommendation to the company. The average twelve-month price target among brokers that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is GBX 2,715 ($34.22).

Several equities research analysts recently commented on AAL shares. Berenberg Bank reaffirmed a “sell” rating and issued a GBX 2,100 ($26.47) price objective on shares of Anglo American in a research report on Thursday, October 24th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft lowered their price target on shares of Anglo American from GBX 2,900 ($36.55) to GBX 2,700 ($34.03) and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, September 9th.

Anglo American Trading Up 1.6 %

Shares of LON AAL opened at GBX 2,280.50 ($28.74) on Friday. The stock has a market cap of £27.59 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -2,192.79, a P/E/G ratio of 2.05 and a beta of 1.10. Anglo American has a twelve month low of GBX 1,630 ($20.54) and a twelve month high of GBX 2,813 ($35.45). The company’s fifty day moving average is GBX 2,284.05 and its 200-day moving average is GBX 2,369.82. The company has a quick ratio of 1.28, a current ratio of 1.98 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 62.94.

Insider Activity at Anglo American

In other Anglo American news, insider Marcelo Bastos acquired 1,200 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, September 24th. The stock was purchased at an average price of GBX 2,131 ($26.86) per share, with a total value of £25,572 ($32,226.84). 9.78% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Anglo American Company Profile

Anglo American plc operates as a mining company in the United Kingdom and internationally. It explores for rough and polished diamonds, copper, platinum group metals and nickel, steelmaking coal, and iron ore; and nickel, polyhalite, and manganese ores. Anglo American plc was founded in 1917 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.