Insider Selling: Anglo American plc (LON:AAL) Insider Sells 22,708 Shares of Stock

Anglo American plc (LON:AAL) insider Duncan Wanblad sold 22,708 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Monday, February 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 2,388 ($30.27), for a total value of £542,267.04 ($687,283.95).

Anglo American Trading Up 2.7 %

Shares of AAL traded up GBX 64 ($0.81) during mid-day trading on Wednesday, reaching GBX 2,398 ($30.39). 19,499,234 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 3,760,399. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 78.84, a current ratio of 1.98 and a quick ratio of 1.28. The stock’s 50-day moving average is GBX 2,420.20 and its two-hundred day moving average is GBX 2,344.62. Anglo American plc has a 12 month low of GBX 1,657.60 ($21.01) and a 12 month high of GBX 2,813 ($35.65). The stock has a market cap of £36.47 billion, a P/E ratio of -22.08, a P/E/G ratio of 2.05 and a beta of 1.10.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of analysts have recently weighed in on AAL shares. Citigroup restated a “top pick” rating on shares of Anglo American in a research report on Thursday, December 12th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their target price on Anglo American from GBX 2,160 ($27.38) to GBX 2,190 ($27.76) and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Wednesday, February 19th. Finally, Berenberg Bank restated a “sell” rating and issued a GBX 2,100 ($26.62) price target on shares of Anglo American in a research report on Tuesday, February 18th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, one has given a hold rating, three have issued a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, Anglo American currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of GBX 2,698.33 ($34.20).

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.