Insider Selling: Anglo American plc (LON:AAL) Insider Sells 18,877 Shares of Stock

Anglo American plc (LON:AAL) insider John Heasley sold 18,877 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, April 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 2,133 ($27.58), for a total transaction of £402,646.41 ($520,551.27).

Anglo American Trading Up 0.4 %

AAL traded up GBX 7.50 ($0.10) during trading on Wednesday, hitting GBX 2,150 ($27.80). The company’s stock had a trading volume of 1,988,294 shares, compared to its average volume of 3,947,281. Anglo American plc has a twelve month low of GBX 1,989 ($25.71) and a twelve month high of GBX 2,813 ($36.37). The stock has a market cap of £32.70 billion, a PE ratio of -19.80, a PEG ratio of 2.05 and a beta of 1.10. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is GBX 2,373.27 and its 200-day moving average price is GBX 2,357.61. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 78.84, a current ratio of 1.98 and a quick ratio of 1.28.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research firms have commented on AAL. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their target price on Anglo American from GBX 2,160 ($27.93) to GBX 2,190 ($28.31) and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Wednesday, February 19th. Citigroup restated a “top pick” rating on shares of Anglo American in a research report on Thursday, December 12th. Finally, Berenberg Bank reiterated a “sell” rating and issued a GBX 2,000 ($25.86) price target on shares of Anglo American in a research report on Monday. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, one has given a hold rating, three have assigned a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Anglo American currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of GBX 2,681.67 ($34.67).

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.