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AngloGold Ashanti Plc (NYSE: AU) closed the day trading at $46.4 down -3.93% from the previous closing price of $48.3. In other words, the price has decreased by -$3.93% from its previous closing price. On the day, 3.41 million shares were traded. AU stock price reached its highest trading level at $46.84 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $45.1.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of AU, let’s look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 15.44 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 26.85. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 1.57 and its Current Ratio is at 2.34. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.33 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.30.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for this company, Roth Capital on June 12, 2025, initiated with a Buy rating and assigned the stock a target price of $52.
On April 17, 2025, HSBC Securities Downgraded its rating to Reduce which previously was Hold but kept the price unchanged to $35.
RBC Capital Mkts Upgraded its Sector Perform to Outperform on December 03, 2024, while the target price for the stock was maintained at $31.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Jun 11 ’25 when Marwick Lizelle bought 3,756 shares for $46.38 per share.
Ali Lisa bought 21,066 shares of AU for $903,310 on May 23 ’25. On May 15 ’25, another insider, Doran Gillian, who serves as the Officer of the company, bought 8,260 shares for $39.87 each.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, AU now has a Market Capitalization of 23390146560 and an Enterprise Value of 26048143360. As of this moment, AngloGold’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 19.92, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 8.75. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 0.69. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 4.03 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 3.45. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 3.956 whereas that against EBITDA is 9.019.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for AU is 0.49, which has changed by 0.88694596 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.11213791 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, AU has reached a high of $51.11, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $22.45. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 5.51%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 42.61%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, AU traded about 3.35M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, AU traded about 3598230 shares per day. A total of 503.51M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 502.67M. Insiders hold about 0.17% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 63.90% stake in the company. Shares short for AU as of 1748563200 were 5763232 with a Short Ratio of 1.72, compared to 1745971200 on 4408630. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 5763232 and a Short% of Float of 1.2899999500000001.
Dividends & Splits
AU’s forward annual dividend rate is 1.03, up from 0.0 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.0The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 1.68.
