Anglo American plc (LON:AAL – Get Rating) announced a dividend on Thursday, February 24th, Upcoming.Co.Uk reports. Stockholders of record on Thursday, March 17th will be given a dividend of $1.68 per share by the mining company on Tuesday, April 26th. This represents a dividend yield of 3.52%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, March 17th. The official announcement can be accessed at this link.
Shares of AAL stock opened at GBX 3,735 ($50.80) on Friday. Anglo American has a 1-year low of GBX 2,350 ($31.96) and a 1-year high of GBX 3,739.50 ($50.86). The company has a current ratio of 2.06, a quick ratio of 1.43 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 34.75. The stock has a 50-day moving average of GBX 3,321.64 and a 200-day moving average of GBX 3,051.49. The stock has a market cap of £50.01 billion and a price-to-earnings ratio of 9.37.
In other Anglo American news, insider Nonkululeko Nyembezi bought 211 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Monday, December 20th. The stock was purchased at an average cost of GBX 2,897 ($39.40) per share, for a total transaction of £6,112.67 ($8,313.16).
AAL has been the subject of a number of analyst reports. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their price target on Anglo American from GBX 2,750 ($37.40) to GBX 2,900 ($39.44) and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Monday, February 7th. Berenberg Bank upped their target price on Anglo American from GBX 3,500 ($47.60) to GBX 3,600 ($48.96) and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday. Citigroup reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 3,800 ($51.68) price objective on shares of Anglo American in a research report on Monday, December 20th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft upped their price objective on Anglo American from GBX 3,500 ($47.60) to GBX 3,600 ($48.96) and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday. Finally, Morgan Stanley reissued an “equal weight” rating and set a GBX 3,200 ($43.52) price objective on shares of Anglo American in a report on Monday, February 14th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and five have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average price target of GBX 3,374.44 ($45.89).
About Anglo American (Get Rating)
Anglo American plc operates as a mining company worldwide. The company explores for rough and polished diamonds, copper, platinum group metals, metallurgical and thermal coal, and iron; and nickel, polyhalite, and manganese ores, as well as alloys. Anglo American plc was founded in 1917 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.
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