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AngloGold Ashanti plc (AU) — chart, structure and Closelook read

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Company snapshot — AngloGold Ashanti plc

AU in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
AngloGold Ashanti mines gold and by-products such as silver and sulphuric acid, with operations across Africa, Australia and the Americas. Its largest asset is the wholly owned Geita mine in the Lake Victoria goldfields of northwestern Tanzania. The company is headquartered in Greenwood Village, Colorado, though its roots and much of its production lie in Africa.
Where it sits in the stack
AngloGold Ashanti carries no seat in Closelook's Rubin or Halo indices and sits outside the AI build-out stack entirely. It belongs to our Basic Materials sector, within the gold mining sub-sector of the wider universe the diary tracks.
Who it is priced against
Closelook's peer group here is built from scored Basic Materials names sharing its country, which places it alongside Gold Fields, Kinross, Barrick, IAMGold, Agnico Eagle, Harmony Gold, Pan American Silver and First Majestic Silver. The market also names Newmont as a comparable gold producer.
Why Closelook tracks it
The name carries a Closelook score, with the quality module reading strongest and the momentum module reading weakest among the seven the diary checks. It holds no seat in either Closelook index and has not featured in the diary's quoted coverage.
What the diary watches
The diary watches how the gold price and production from Geita and the other mines feed through, given the capital-allocation and momentum readings sit weaker than the quality score.

AngloGold Ashanti plc (AU) trades on US exchanges, classified under Basic Materials.

The Closelook company score reads 73/100 composite (momentum 57, quality 87, valuation 67) across 7 modules — the full breakdown, chart structure and analog history load live above.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for AU, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

The Street on this name 6 analyst actions on the wire · latest: initiation by BMO Capital, 2026-09-17

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for AU from the Closelook wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Initiation BMO Capital — at Outperform Initiated to Outperform from Market Perform 2026-09-17
  • Upgrade UBS — Neutral → Buy Upgraded to Buy from Neutral 2026-09-11
  • Downgrade Morgan Stanley — Overweight → Underweight Downgraded to Underweight from Overweight 2026-09-07

6 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 3 upgrades, 2 downgrades, 1 initiation. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Who it is priced against Gold · US · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Gold · US

Names in the same industry from the Closelook universe; scored names rank on their Closelook score, the rest on trend state.

Compared against AU on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 4.38%, quarterly · last 0.72 USD on 2026-08-21

Dividends and capital return

What AU pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 4.52 USD per share · a 4.38% yield on the 2026-09-18 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-18
  • Change on the year +179.9% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 1.62 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.72 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-08-21
  • By calendar year 2025: 2.53 USD (partial) · 2026: 3.61 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2025-03-14
  • Dividends paid, FY2025 1.87 bn USD 59% of earnings
  • Share count +17.9% in FY2025
  • Capital returned 1.87 bn USD · 60% of free cash flow dividends and buybacks together, against the year’s free cash flow

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 4 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sector × region …

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 50/100 · S&P 500 fund at 49, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-18
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 97th percentile of the window, +4.9% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-18
  • Sector × region Materials in US: −1.9% week · −4.8% month · −3.2% quarter · −2.9% yearThe Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from XLB.US; the 11 × 4 matrix shows where its sector is being bought and where it is being sold. Sector Engine → 2026-09-20
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.07 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-18

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-19

Quick answers

What is AngloGold Ashanti plc (AU)?

AngloGold Ashanti plc trades as AU on the US exchange (US) and is classified under Basic Materials in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-19.

Is AU in a Closelook index?

Not currently — AngloGold Ashanti plc is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-19.

What is AngloGold Ashanti plc's Closelook composite score?

73 out of 100, with momentum 57, quality 87 and valuation 67 sub-scores, as of 2026-09-19. Scores are Closelook's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does AU trade against its moving averages?

Uptrend stack intact: Trades +7.9% vs the 50-day and +9.5% vs the 200-day average, 17.2% below the 52-week high and +72.8% off the 52-week low; a golden cross printed 5 sessions ago. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-18 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does AngloGold Ashanti plc do?

AngloGold Ashanti mines gold and by-products such as silver and sulphuric acid, with operations across Africa, Australia and the Americas. Its largest asset is the wholly owned Geita mine in the Lake Victoria goldfields of northwestern Tanzania. The company is headquartered in Greenwood Village, Colorado, though its roots and much of its production lie in Africa. Closelook's peer group here is built from scored Basic Materials names sharing its country, which places it alongside Gold Fields, Kinross, Barrick, IAMGold, Agnico Eagle, Harmony Gold, Pan American Silver and First Majestic Silver. The market also names Newmont as a comparable gold producer.

Where does AngloGold Ashanti plc sit in the AI build-out?

AngloGold Ashanti carries no seat in Closelook's Rubin or Halo indices and sits outside the AI build-out stack entirely. It belongs to our Basic Materials sector, within the gold mining sub-sector of the wider universe the diary tracks. The name carries a Closelook score, with the quality module reading strongest and the momentum module reading weakest among the seven the diary checks. It holds no seat in either Closelook index and has not featured in the diary's quoted coverage.

Does AngloGold Ashanti plc pay a dividend?

AngloGold Ashanti plc has paid 4.52 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 4.38% on the 2026-09-18 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.72 USD on 2026-08-21. In fiscal 2025 the company paid 1.87 bn USD in dividends, 60% of that year’s free cash flow. The share count rose 17.9% over the fiscal year. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What has Wall Street done on AngloGold Ashanti plc recently?

The most recent analyst action on AngloGold Ashanti plc on the Closelook wire is a initiation by BMO Capital on 2026-09-17 (at Outperform). 6 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 3 upgrades, 2 downgrades, 1 initiation. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelook readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for AU, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

then Gold, then Basic Materials. Scored names rank on their Closelook score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.