Anglo American plc (LON:AAL)‘s stock had its “sector perform” rating reaffirmed by RBC Capital in a research note issued to investors on Monday, MarketBeat.Com reports. They presently have a GBX 300 ($4.27) price target on the mining company’s stock. RBC Capital’s price objective would indicate a potential upside of 8.74% from the company’s previous close.

In other Anglo American plc news, insider Dlamini,Nobuhle Judith (Judy) purchased 2,653 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, January 6th. The stock was bought at an average cost of GBX 260 ($3.70) per share, for a total transaction of £6,897.80 ($9,827.33).

Several other analysts also recently commented on the stock. Goldman Sachs decreased their price objective on shares of Anglo American plc from GBX 580 ($8.26) to GBX 450 ($6.41) and set a “sell” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, October 9th. Citigroup Inc. raised their price objective on shares of Anglo American plc from GBX 600 ($8.55) to GBX 650 ($9.26) and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Tuesday, October 27th. Sanford C. Bernstein restated an “outperform” rating and set a GBX 1,010 ($14.39) price objective on shares of Anglo American plc in a research report on Friday, January 8th. Deutsche Bank restated a “buy” rating on shares of Anglo American plc in a research report on Tuesday, October 6th. Finally, Morgan Stanley upgraded shares of Anglo American plc to an “equal weight” rating and set a GBX 680 ($9.69) price objective on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, October 7th. Twelve research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, ten have issued a hold rating and four have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. Anglo American plc has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of GBX 488.31 ($6.96).

Anglo American plc (LON:AAL) opened at 265.0000 on Monday. The firm has a 50 day moving average of GBX 266.34 and a 200-day moving average of GBX 553.31. Anglo American plc has a 52-week low of GBX 215.55 and a 52-week high of GBX 1,277.59. The stock’s market cap is GBX 3.41 billion.

Anglo American PLC (LON:AAL) is a mining company. The Company’s segments include Iron Ore and Manganese, which includes iron ore, manganese ore and alloys; Coal, which includes metallurgical coal and thermal coal; Copper, which includes copper; Nickel, which includes nickel; Niobium, which includes niobium; Phosphates, which includes phosphates; Platinum, which includes platinum group metals, and De Beers, which includes rough and polished diamonds. Its portfolio offers bulk commodities and base metals to precious metals and diamonds (through De Beers). Its bulk commodities include iron ore, manganese, metallurgical coal and thermal coal. The Company’s base metals and minerals include copper, nickel, niobium and phosphates. In precious metals and minerals, the Company produces both platinum and diamonds. Its mining operations, projects and exploration and marketing activities extend across southern Africa, South America, Australia, North America, Asia and Europe.

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