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

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Signals for this name

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

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 56/100 · S&P 500 fund at 61, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-10-15
  • Factor regime Defensive rotation — low-vol leading, regime-change watchMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): below its 50-day trend, 85th percentile of the window, -2.5% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-10-15
  • Sector × region Materials in US: +2.6% week · +0.9% month · +0.5% quarter · +3.9% 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 → 2026-10-15
  • Sovereign pressure Index -0.32 · down 0.76 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-10-14
How it trades on rate days beta 1.59 to TLT · on the worst bond days it fell more than the market

How it trades on rate days

How AU has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year 1.59 — moves strongly with bonds for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), AngloGold Ashanti plc moved 1.59% on average · correlation 0.25 · higher than 96% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months 1.65 about the same as over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days −2.33% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days −0.25% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Who it is priced against Gold · US · 6 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Gold · US

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

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

Company snapshot — AngloGold Ashanti plc

AU in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelooknet 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 Closelooknet'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
Closelooknet'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 Closelooknet tracks it
The name carries a Closelooknet 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 Closelooknet 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 Closelooknet company score reads 73/100 composite (momentum 51, 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 Closelooknet’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.

The Street on this name 11 analyst actions on the wire · latest: initiation by UBS, 2026-10-15

The Street on this name

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

  • Initiation UBS — at Buy Initiated to Buy from Reduce 2026-10-15
  • Price target Goldman Sachs — target 104 Target set to $104 (+17.1% to spot) 2026-10-15
  • Initiation Jefferies — at Buy Initiated to Buy from Reduce 2026-10-13

11 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 4 upgrades, 3 downgrades, 3 initiations, 1 target change. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 4.94%, 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 4.94% yield on the 2026-10-15 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-10-15
  • 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.

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-10-16

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 Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-10-16.

Is AU in a Closelooknet index?

Not currently — AngloGold Ashanti plc is tracked in the Closelooknet research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelooknet functional index as of 2026-10-16.

What is AngloGold Ashanti plc's Closelooknet composite score?

73 out of 100, with momentum 51, quality 87 and valuation 67 sub-scores, as of 2026-10-16. Scores are Closelooknet's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does AU trade against its moving averages?

Mixed moving-average stack: Trades -9.9% vs the 50-day and -4.1% vs the 200-day average, 26.6% below the 52-week high and +53.2% off the 52-week low; a golden cross printed 24 sessions ago. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-10-15 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How does AngloGold Ashanti plc compare with its peers?

Against its peer group (Gold · US), AngloGold Ashanti plc (AU) sits 26.6% below its 52-week high, 9.9% below its 50-day average; Barrick Mining Corporation (B) is 24.6% below, Gold Fields Ltd ADR (GFI) is 38.1% below, Kinross Gold Corporation (KGC) is 38.8% below. Put any of them next to AU in the chart grid (2×1 or 2×2) and the page lays the companies side by side: performance, trend, valuation, margins and our money-flow reading.

How does AngloGold Ashanti plc trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year AngloGold Ashanti plc had a beta of 1.59 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it moves strongly with bonds, higher than 96% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved −2.33% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

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. Closelooknet'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 Closelooknet'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 Closelooknet 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 Closelooknet 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 4.94% on the 2026-10-15 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 Closelooknet wire is a initiation by UBS on 2026-10-15 (at Buy). 11 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 4 upgrades, 3 downgrades, 3 initiations, 1 target change. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelooknet 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 Closelooknet structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelooknet universe

then Gold, then Basic Materials. Scored names rank on their Closelooknet 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.