Anglo American plc (LON:AAL) Insider Purchases £152.81 in Stock

Anglo American plc (LON:AAL) insider John Heasley bought 7 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, November 14th. The shares were bought at an average cost of GBX 2,183 ($27.67) per share, with a total value of £152.81 ($193.70).

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

• On Monday, September 16th, John Heasley bought 7 shares of Anglo American stock. The shares were bought at an average cost of GBX 2,089 ($26.48) per share, with a total value of £146.23 ($185.36).

Anglo American Stock Up 1.6 %

Anglo American stock opened at GBX 2,318 ($29.38) on Tuesday. Anglo American plc has a fifty-two week low of GBX 1,630 ($20.66) and a fifty-two week high of GBX 2,813 ($35.66). The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 62.94, a quick ratio of 1.28 and a current ratio of 1.98. The company has a market capitalization of £28.05 billion, a P/E ratio of -2,228.85, a PEG ratio of 2.05 and a beta of 1.10. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of GBX 2,285.36 and a 200-day simple moving average of GBX 2,370.65.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several research firms have recently issued reports on AAL. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft lowered their price objective on Anglo American from GBX 2,900 ($36.76) to GBX 2,700 ($34.22) and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Monday, September 9th. Berenberg Bank reaffirmed a “sell” rating and set a GBX 2,100 ($26.62) price objective on shares of Anglo American in a research report on Thursday, October 24th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating and seven have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of GBX 2,715 ($34.42).

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.