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AngloGold Ashanti plc AU
$94.92 +0.76% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $48.01B
Strong growthHigh qualityInexpensive vs sector
Next earnings report: Nov 5, 2026
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Three things to know
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $7.49, up 99.2% year over year.
- Operating margin widened to 50.4% from 36.5% a year earlier.
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $11.82B, up 54.6% from a year earlier, slowing from 75.2% a quarter earlier.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Basic Materials sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
Growth90Exceptional
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 9%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 17%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 12%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 7%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 5%
Quality99Exceptional
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 3%
- Gross marginTop 8%
- Operating marginTop 4%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 46%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 11%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 15%
- Interest coverTop 10%
Value83Strong
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 11%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 14%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 9%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 26%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 42%
Momentum68Positive
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 18%
- 6-month returnBottom 50%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 24%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 46%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 42%
Revisions16Very weak
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 42%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 21%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 49%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 22%
Stability68Positive
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 36%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 29%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 41%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 15%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 75.2% | 54.6% | ↓ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 143.8% | 99.2% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 43.8% | 53.5% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 36.5% | 50.4% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 23.7% | 35.8% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 54.6% | 75.2% | ↓ | Top 9% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 99.2% | 143.8% | ↓ | Top 17% |
| Gross margin | 53.5% | 43.8% | ↑ | Top 8% |
| Operating margin | 50.4% | 36.5% | ↑ | Top 4% |
| Net margin | 32.2% | 23.6% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 35.8% | 23.7% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 31.3% | — | Top 3% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 30.0% | — | Top 7% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 1.60×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -14.7%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.0%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -61.5 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- -0.14×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 30.1×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 6.41%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 0.00%
- Shareholder yield
- 6.41%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +0.9%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +6.7%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 31, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 0
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 1 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +0.8%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +3.8%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 5 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $110.14
- Target vs current price
- +16.0%
- Analysts with a rating
- 14
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 57%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 2026 | -2.5% | -3.7% | +6.4% | +43.8% | — |
| May 8, 2026 | +11.0% | +6.8% | +1.8% | -16.1% | -18.7% |
| Feb 20, 2026 | -4.0% | +6.2% | +17.1% | -20.4% | -14.3% |
| Nov 11, 2025 | -1.5% | +7.1% | +4.9% | +8.4% | +40.3% |
| Aug 1, 2025 | -4.6% | +5.4% | +25.5% | +19.4% | +48.3% |
| May 9, 2025 | -7.4% | +7.0% | -3.4% | +9.8% | +34.8% |
| Feb 19, 2025 | -29.9% | -3.5% | -4.3% | +6.2% | +23.9% |
| Nov 7, 2024 | -34.6% | +5.0% | -8.1% | -2.3% | +21.8% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 2026 | $1.98 | $2.03 | -2.5% | $3.10B |
| May 8, 2026 | $2.52 | $2.27 | +11.0% | $3.15B |
| Feb 20, 2026 | $1.90 | $1.98 | -4.0% | $3.02B |
| Nov 11, 2025 | $1.32 | $1.34 | -1.5% | $2.37B |
| Aug 1, 2025 | $1.25 | $1.31 | -4.6% | $2.44B |
| May 9, 2025 | $0.88 | $0.95 | -7.4% | $1.93B |
| Feb 19, 2025 | $0.89 | $1.27 | -29.9% | $1.75B |
| Nov 7, 2024 | $0.53 | $0.81 | -34.6% | $1.47B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 12.7× | 14.4× | 38th | Top 11% |
| P/E (forward) | 10.6× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 6.6× | — | — | Top 9% |
| EV / Sales | 3.98× | — | — | Bottom 26% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 8.82% | — | — | Top 14% |
| Earnings yield | 7.89% | — | — | Top 11% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 9.9× – 41.0× since Sep 30, 2024. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- +32.4%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +99.2%
- Change in P/E multiple
- -12.6%
Most of the move came from earnings growth.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +8.9%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +1.9%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -4.8%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -2.0%
- RSI (14)
- 40.8
- Relative volume
- 0.54×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 54.6%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 73th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.13
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.28
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -26.0%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -41.6%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 14, 2020 | Sep 23, 2022 | -56.5% | 489 days | 138 days (Apr 13, 2023) |
| May 4, 2023 | Oct 3, 2023 | -48.4% | 104 days | 194 days (Jul 12, 2024) |
| Mar 2, 2026 | Jul 20, 2026 | -41.6% | 96 days | Not yet recovered |
| Aug 21, 2024 | Dec 30, 2024 | -29.3% | 90 days | 27 days (Feb 10, 2025) |
| Jan 28, 2026 | Jan 30, 2026 | -19.8% | 2 days | 15 days (Feb 23, 2026) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $48.01B
- P/E (TTM)
- 12.7
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $7.49
- Revenue (TTM)
- $11.82B
- Dividend yield
- 4.76%
- 52-week range
- $62.55 – $129.14
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $4.03B | $4.50B | $4.58B | $5.79B | $9.89B |
| Gross profit | $1.17B | $1.13B | $1.03B | $2.07B | $4.60B |
| Operating income | $935.0M | $519.0M | $575.0M | $1.55B | $4.47B |
| Net income | $614.0M | $233.0M | -$235.0M | $1.00B | $2.64B |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.46 | $0.55 | -$0.56 | $2.33 | $5.19 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.49B | $1.75B | $1.96B | $2.44B | $2.42B | $3.07B | $3.24B | $3.10B |
| Net income | $223.0M | $470.0M | $443.0M | $669.0M | $669.0M | $855.0M | $1.28B | $1.00B |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.53 | $1.03 | $0.88 | $1.32 | $1.31 | $1.68 | $2.54 | $1.96 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $1.22B | $1.80B | $981.0M | $1.97B | $4.71B |
| Capital expenditure | -$1.03B | -$1.54B | -$1.04B | -$1.09B | -$1.61B |
| Free cash flow | $196.0M | $257.0M | -$61.0M | $878.0M | $3.10B |
| Dividends paid | -$240.0M | -$203.0M | -$107.0M | -$244.0M | -$1.87B |
| Net share buybacks | $0 | $0 | -$19.0M | $0 | $0 |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $2.78B
- Total assets
- $15.55B
- Total liabilities
- $4.81B
- Total debt
- $1.79B
- Net debt
- -$991.0M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $8.96B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 31, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 21, 2026 | $0.72 | Sep 4, 2026 |
| May 29, 2026 | $1.16 | Jun 12, 2026 |
| Mar 13, 2026 | $1.73 | Mar 27, 2026 |
| Nov 28, 2025 | $0.91 | Dec 12, 2025 |
| Aug 22, 2025 | $0.80 | Sep 5, 2025 |
| May 30, 2025 | $0.13 | Jun 13, 2025 |
| Mar 14, 2025 | $0.69 | Mar 28, 2025 |
| Aug 28, 2024 | $0.22 | Sep 13, 2024 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 3,853,330
- Days to cover
- 1.72
- Change vs previous report
- -37.3%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- May 30, 2008
- 267-for-250
- Aug 5, 1998
- 1-for-5