TD Forecasts Strong Price Appreciation for Agnico Eagle Mines (NYSE:AEM) Stock

Agnico Eagle Mines (NYSE:AEMGet Free Report) (TSE:AEM) had its target price hoisted by TD from $251.00 to $252.00 in a research note issued on Tuesday,BayStreet.CA reports. The brokerage currently has a “buy” rating on the mining company’s stock. TD’s price target suggests a potential upside of 22.17% from the stock’s current price.

AEM has been the topic of several other research reports. TD Securities boosted their price objective on Agnico Eagle Mines from $241.00 to $251.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, March 3rd. Raymond James Financial reissued an “outperform” rating and issued a $225.00 price objective on shares of Agnico Eagle Mines in a research report on Wednesday, January 14th. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce set a $304.00 price objective on Agnico Eagle Mines and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday. Citigroup boosted their price objective on Agnico Eagle Mines from $198.00 to $256.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, January 15th. Finally, Weiss Ratings raised Agnico Eagle Mines from a “buy (b+)” rating to a “buy (a-)” rating in a research report on Monday, April 13th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have assigned a Buy rating and five have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $239.36.

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Agnico Eagle Mines Stock Down 4.7%

Agnico Eagle Mines stock traded down $10.12 during trading on Tuesday, hitting $206.27. 1,427,710 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,751,839. The business’s 50 day moving average is $215.00 and its 200 day moving average is $190.50. Agnico Eagle Mines has a 52 week low of $103.38 and a 52 week high of $255.24. The company has a market capitalization of $103.25 billion, a P/E ratio of 23.26 and a beta of 0.71. The company has a current ratio of 2.02, a quick ratio of 1.33 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.01.

Agnico Eagle Mines (NYSE:AEMGet Free Report) (TSE:AEM) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 12th. The mining company reported $2.69 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.56 by $0.13. Agnico Eagle Mines had a return on equity of 18.09% and a net margin of 37.47%.The business had revenue of $3.53 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $3.40 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $1.26 earnings per share. The business’s revenue was up 60.3% on a year-over-year basis. Analysts predict that Agnico Eagle Mines will post 13.35 earnings per share for the current year.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Silver Oak Securities Incorporated grew its position in Agnico Eagle Mines by 3.2% during the first quarter. Silver Oak Securities Incorporated now owns 3,980 shares of the mining company’s stock valued at $808,000 after purchasing an additional 124 shares in the last quarter. Ritholtz Wealth Management grew its position in Agnico Eagle Mines by 47.6% during the first quarter. Ritholtz Wealth Management now owns 29,684 shares of the mining company’s stock valued at $6,025,000 after purchasing an additional 9,579 shares in the last quarter. Blue Trust Inc. grew its position in Agnico Eagle Mines by 2.9% during the first quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 3,641 shares of the mining company’s stock valued at $739,000 after purchasing an additional 101 shares in the last quarter. RFG Advisory LLC grew its position in Agnico Eagle Mines by 3.8% during the first quarter. RFG Advisory LLC now owns 6,870 shares of the mining company’s stock valued at $1,394,000 after purchasing an additional 252 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Fifth Third Wealth Advisors LLC purchased a new position in Agnico Eagle Mines during the first quarter valued at approximately $222,000. 68.34% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

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About Agnico Eagle Mines

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Agnico Eagle Mines Limited (NYSE: AEM) is a Canadian-based senior gold producer headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The company is principally engaged in the exploration, development, production and reclamation of gold-bearing properties. Agnico Eagle pursues both greenfield and brownfield exploration to expand its resource base and operates a portfolio of producing mines and development projects to generate long-life gold production.

Its core business activities span the full mining lifecycle: grassroots and advanced-stage exploration, prefeasibility and feasibility studies, mine construction, underground and open-pit mining, ore processing and metal recovery, and post-mining reclamation and closure.

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