Anglo American plc (LON:AAL) Insider John Heasley Sells 18,877 Shares

Anglo American plc (LON:AAL) insider John Heasley sold 18,877 shares of Anglo American stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, April 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 2,133 ($27.70), for a total value of £402,646.41 ($522,849.51).

Anglo American Stock Up 0.4 %

Shares of AAL stock opened at GBX 2,150 ($27.92) on Thursday. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is GBX 2,365.14 and its 200 day moving average price is GBX 2,356.19. Anglo American plc has a 1-year low of GBX 1,989 ($25.83) and a 1-year high of GBX 2,813 ($36.53). The company has a market cap of £32.70 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -19.80, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.05 and a beta of 1.10. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 78.84, a current ratio of 1.98 and a quick ratio of 1.28.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities analysts have recently issued reports on the stock. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price objective on shares of Anglo American from GBX 2,160 ($28.05) to GBX 2,190 ($28.44) and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Wednesday, February 19th. Berenberg Bank restated a “sell” rating and set a GBX 2,000 ($25.97) price objective on shares of Anglo American in a research note on Monday. Finally, Citigroup reaffirmed a “top pick” rating on shares of Anglo American in a research report on Thursday, December 12th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, one has assigned a hold rating, three have assigned a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of GBX 2,681.67 ($34.82).

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.