John Heasley Purchases 4 Shares of Anglo American (LON:AAL) Stock

Anglo American plc (LON:AAL) insider John Heasley purchased 4 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, May 14th. The shares were purchased at an average cost of GBX 4,056 per share, with a total value of £162.24.

John Heasley also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Tuesday, April 14th, John Heasley purchased 4 shares of Anglo American stock. The shares were purchased at an average cost of GBX 3,592 per share, with a total value of £143.68.
• On Monday, March 16th, John Heasley purchased 5 shares of Anglo American stock. The shares were purchased at an average cost of GBX 3,067 per share, with a total value of £153.35.

Anglo American Price Performance

Shares of Anglo American stock traded up GBX 18.25 on Monday, reaching GBX 3,777. 372,216,469 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 54,632,859. The firm’s 50 day moving average is GBX 3,438.56 and its 200-day moving average is GBX 3,250.22. Anglo American plc has a one year low of GBX 1,987.20 and a one year high of GBX 4,118.50. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 91.60, a quick ratio of 1.28 and a current ratio of 1.98. The firm has a market cap of £40.47 billion, a PE ratio of -11.45, a P/E/G ratio of 2.05 and a beta of 0.96.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of analysts have recently weighed in on AAL shares. UBS Group reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a GBX 3,500 price target on shares of Anglo American in a report on Friday, January 23rd. Berenberg Bank upped their price objective on shares of Anglo American from GBX 3,600 to GBX 4,100 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, April 29th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their price objective on shares of Anglo American from GBX 2,770 to GBX 2,780 and gave the stock an “underweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, April 29th. Finally, Citigroup upgraded shares of Anglo American to a “buy” rating and upped their price objective for the stock from GBX 3,300 to GBX 4,500 in a research report on Monday, February 2nd. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, two have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of GBX 3,125.71.

About Anglo American

Anglo American is a leading global mining company focused on the responsible production of copper, premium iron ore and crop nutrients – future-enabling products that are essential for decarbonising the global economy, improving living standards, and food security. Our portfolio of world-class operations and outstanding resource endowments offers value-accretive growth potential across all three businesses, positioning us to deliver into structurally attractive major demand growth trends.

Our integrated approach to sustainability and innovation drives our decision-making across the value chain, from how we discover new resources to how we mine, process, move and market our products to our customers – safely, efficiently and responsibly.