AngloGold Ashanti Plc (NYSE:AU) traded at $37.25 at last check on current trade day and made a downward move of -0.61% on its previous day’s price.
Looking at the stock we see that its previous close was $37.48 and the beta (5Y monthly) reads 0.924 with the day’s price range being $36.7 – $37.5266. The company has a trailing 12-month PE ratio of 456.50. In terms of its 52-week price range, AU has a high of $38.63 and a low of $21.65. The company’s stock has gained about 22.61% over that past 30 days.
AngloGold Ashanti Plc has a market cap of $18.76 billion and is expected to release its quarterly earnings report on 2025-Feb-18. With its Forward Dividend at 0.91 and a yield of 2.44%, the company’s investors could be anxious for the AU stock to gain ahead of the earnings release.
Analysts tracking the company’s growth have also given it a consensus growth in revenue estimated at 1.84B, with a low of 1.84B and a high of 1.84B. According to analyst consensus estimates figures, the company’s yearly revenue forecast for current year is expected to hit 7.74B, or 36.45% up from figures reported last year.
On the other hand, looking at the outlook for the AU stock, short term indicators assign the stock an average of 100% Buy, while medium term indicators assign it an average of 100% Buy.
Based on estimates by 15 analysts, where scores have ranged from 1.00 for a strong buy to 5.00 for a strong sell, 3 have rated the AngloGold Ashanti Plc (AU) stock as a Hold, while 11 rate it as a Buy. 0 analyst(s) rate it as overweight while 0 of them rated it as underweight, whereas 1 suggest the stock as a Sell. The stock has an overall rating of Buy and investors could take advantage and scoop up stock of the company.
Looking further, we note that the PEG ratio for the AU stock currently stands at 24.78, and the most recent price level today is 8.42% off its SMA20 and 15.73% from its 50-day simple moving average. The RSI (14) is pointing at 69.46 while the volatility over the past week is 2.62% and jumps to 2.99% over the past one month. The beta value is 0.51, while the average true range (ATR) is currently pointing at 1.18. The average price target for the stock over the next 12 months is $30.5, with the estimates having a low of $30 and a high of $31. These price ends are 19.46% and 16.78% off the today’s price level respectively, although investors could be excited at the prospect of a 18.12% if the AU share price touches on the median price of $30.5.
Coming back to AngloGold Ashanti Plc (NYSE:AU), we note that the average 3-month trading volume was 2.57 million, while that of the preceding 10-day period stands at 2.93 million. Current shares outstanding are 503.51 million.
The insiders hold 0.19% of the company’s shares while institutions hold 65.27%. The data shows that short shares as of 2025-03-14, stood at 4.42 million at a short ratio of 1.7. This represents a 98.00 short interest in shares outstanding on 2025-03-14. Shares short fall in March from the previous month at 4.73 million. Investors should be excited about this stock as its upside potential is great, with today’s price pushing the stock 61.40% up in year-to-date price movement.
