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Dimensional Fund Advisors LP decreased its position in shares of AngloGold Ashanti plc ( NYSE:AU – Free Report ) by 31.8% in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 1,511,567 shares of the mining company’s stock after selling 706,351 shares during the quarter.
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP owned about 0.36% of AngloGold Ashanti worth $37,978,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. A number of other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of AU.
Cibc World Markets Corp bought a new position in shares of AngloGold Ashanti in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $1,268,000. Oaktree Capital Management LP grew its stake in AngloGold Ashanti by 8.2% in the 4th quarter.
Oaktree Capital Management LP now owns 5,874,951 shares of the mining company’s stock valued at $109,803,000 after purchasing an additional 446,132 shares during the period. Oaktree Fund Advisors LLC increased its position in shares of AngloGold Ashanti by 4.2% during the 4th quarter.
Oaktree Fund Advisors LLC now owns 603,911 shares of the mining company’s stock valued at $11,287,000 after purchasing an additional 24,100 shares during the last quarter. Prudential PLC raised its stake in shares of AngloGold Ashanti by 2.7% during the 4th quarter.
Prudential PLC now owns 57,452 shares of the mining company’s stock worth $1,074,000 after purchasing an additional 1,486 shares during the period. Finally, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. raised its stake in shares of AngloGold Ashanti by 23.
0% during the 4th quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 2,032,491 shares of the mining company’s stock worth $37,987,000 after purchasing an additional 379,701 shares during the period.
36.09% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds. AngloGold Ashanti Price Performance Shares of NYSE:AU opened at $26.
63 on Tuesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.48, a quick ratio of 1.
19 and a current ratio of 1.83. The firm has a market cap of $11.
18 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 8.33 and a beta of 0.98.
The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $28.94 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $25.83.
AngloGold Ashanti plc has a fifty-two week low of $14.91 and a fifty-two week high of $32.57.
AngloGold Ashanti Increases Dividend The company also recently announced a Semi-Annual dividend, which was paid on Friday, September 13th. Investors of record on Friday, August 30th were paid a dividend of $0.22 per share.
This is a boost from AngloGold Ashanti’s previous Semi-Annual dividend of $0.19. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, August 30th.
This represents a dividend yield of 0.7%. AngloGold Ashanti’s payout ratio is 13.
75%. Analysts Set New Price Targets AU has been the topic of several research analyst reports. JPMorgan Chase & Co.
dropped their price objective on AngloGold Ashanti from $33.00 to $32.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, July 3rd.
StockNews.com raised AngloGold Ashanti from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, August 8th. Scotiabank reissued a “sector underperform” rating and issued a $30.
00 price objective (up previously from $27.00) on shares of AngloGold Ashanti in a report on Monday, August 19th. Finally, BMO Capital Markets boosted their price objective on AngloGold Ashanti from $28.
00 to $34.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, August 7th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, one has issued a hold rating and three have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock.
According to MarketBeat, AngloGold Ashanti presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $32.00. Check Out Our Latest Stock Analysis on AngloGold Ashanti AngloGold Ashanti Company Profile ( Free Report ) AngloGold Ashanti plc operates as a gold mining company in Africa, Australia, and the Americas.
The company primarily explores for gold, as well as produces silver and sulphuric acid as by-products. Its flagship property is a 100% owned Geita mine located in the Lake Victoria goldfields of the Mwanza region in north-western Tanzania. See Also Five stocks we like better than AngloGold Ashanti TSX Venture Exchange (Formerly Canadian Venture Exchange) TJX Stock: A Buying Opportunity Before the Holiday Rush Business Services Stocks Investing Micron’s Blowout Results Pave the Way for Seagate’s Stock Surge Energy and Oil Stocks Explained Zeta Global’s AI Cloud: Your Secret Weapon for Massive Growth Want to see what other hedge funds are holding AU? Visit HoldingsChannel.
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