Insider Buying: Anglo American plc (LON:AAL) Insider Acquires 6 Shares of Stock

Anglo American plc (LON:AAL) insider Duncan Wanblad purchased 6 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, March 14th. The stock was bought at an average cost of GBX 2,325 ($30.25) per share, for a total transaction of £139.50 ($181.48).

Duncan Wanblad also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Monday, February 24th, Duncan Wanblad sold 22,708 shares of Anglo American stock. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 2,388 ($31.07), for a total transaction of £542,267.04 ($705,433.90).

Anglo American Trading Down 0.2 %

LON:AAL opened at GBX 2,367 ($30.79) on Thursday. Anglo American plc has a 12 month low of GBX 1,810.20 ($23.55) and a 12 month high of GBX 2,813 ($36.59). The stock has a market cap of £36.00 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -21.80, a P/E/G ratio of 2.05 and a beta of 1.10. The company has a 50-day moving average price of GBX 2,412.58 and a 200-day moving average price of GBX 2,354.82. The company has a current ratio of 1.98, a quick ratio of 1.28 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 78.84.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several brokerages have issued reports on AAL. Citigroup reaffirmed a “top pick” rating on shares of Anglo American in a research note on Thursday, December 12th. Berenberg Bank restated a “sell” rating and issued a GBX 2,100 ($27.32) target price on shares of Anglo American in a research report on Tuesday, February 18th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price target on shares of Anglo American from GBX 2,160 ($28.10) to GBX 2,190 ($28.49) and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Wednesday, February 19th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, one has issued a hold rating, three have given a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of GBX 2,698.33 ($35.10).

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.