AngloGold Ashanti (AU) Stock Analysis & Winston Score

AngloGold Ashanti is one of the largest gold mining companies in the world. It digs gold out of the ground at mines across multiple continents and sells that gold to banks, jewelry makers, and industrial buyers. The company owns and operates mines in Africa, the Americas, and Australia.

AngloGold makes money by selling the gold it produces, so its profits rise and fall with the price of gold on global markets. It operates in roughly a dozen countries, making it one of the most geographically spread-out gold miners on earth, which helps reduce the risk of any single mine or region hurting the whole business. The company's main growth driver is expanding production at existing mines and developing new ones, but its biggest risk is that gold prices can drop sharply, squeezing profits even if the company is running well.

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Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+75.3% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue accelerating

EPS Growth

+63.1% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

Insider Activity

0.1%ownership

→ Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$2.9B cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Revenue accelerating

AngloGold Ashanti grew revenue 75% year-over-year and the growth rate is speeding up. That's the kind of momentum growth investors look for — the question is whether margins can follow.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Gross Margin

50.6%

Healthy — 50.6% gross margin

Operating Margin

49.2%

Excellent — 49.2% operating margin

ROCE

14.5%

Good — 14.5% return on capital

ROIC between 5% and 15%. They earn 5 to 15 cents back per year on every dollar invested.

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Growth

Sales YoY

+70.8%

Fast-growing sales (70.8% YoY)

EPS YoY

+123.2%

Earnings growing fast (123.2% YoY)

Earnings growing 25%+ a year. The compounder zone.

EPS Consistency

8/8 quarters

Every recent quarter grew earnings vs last year

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion

178%

Turns 178% of profit into real cash

FCF Margin

31.2%

Converts sales into free cash efficiently (31.2%)

Free cash flow margin above 20%. Out of every $100 in sales, more than $20 is real cash they keep.

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Stability

Debt / Equity

0.28

Conservative — low debt load (0.28)

Interest Cover

19.45x

Comfortably covers interest (19.5x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)

15.8x

no trend

Fair value — P/E 15.8

P/E in the normal range. Price is roughly $15 for every $1 of yearly profit.

P/E vs Forward

+7.8

GROWING

Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (15.8 → 7.9)

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Dividends

Dividend Yield

5.64%

no trend

Healthy income — 5.64% yield

Generous yield. Worth checking whether the payout is sustainable.

Dividend Growth

+304.5%

no trend

Dividend growing fast (304.5% YoY)

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