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AngloGold Ashanti Plc (NYSE: AU) closed the day trading at $24.63 down -1.24% from the previous closing price of $24.94. In other words, the price has decreased by -$1.24 from its previous closing price. On the day, 3.07 million shares were traded. AU stock price reached its highest trading level at $24.86 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $24.51.
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 8.33 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 37.36. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 1.14 and its Current Ratio is at 1.73. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.56 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.49.
Scotiabank Downgraded its Sector Perform to Sector Underperform on August 19, 2024, whereas the target price for the stock was revised from $27 to $30.
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 Nov 26 ’24 when Ali Lisa bought 3,650 shares for $25.95 per share.
Marwick Lizelle bought 16,356 shares of AU for $392,708 on Nov 18 ’24. On Nov 18 ’24, another insider, Briggs Terry, who serves as the Officer of the company, bought 7,434 shares for $24.01 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 12389160960 and an Enterprise Value of 11486188544. As of this moment, AngloGold’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 301.84, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 6.45. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 15.72. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 2.11 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 2.50. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 2.168 whereas that against EBITDA is 5.642.
Stock Price History:
Over the past 52 weeks, AU has reached a high of $32.57, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $15.80. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -8.87%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -3.58%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, AU traded about 2.85M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, AU traded about 5385340 shares per day. A total of 419.73M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 419.73M. Insiders hold about 0.23% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 90.65% stake in the company. Shares short for AU as of 1731628800 were 13222970 with a Short Ratio of 4.64, compared to 1728950400 on 8332134. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 13222970 and a Short% of Float of 3.58.
Dividends & Splits
The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 0.66.
