Antofagasta (ANTO)

Sector:

Mining

Index:

FTSE 100

2,039.00p
   
  • Change Today:
      54.00p
  • 52 Week High: 2,045.00p
  • 52 Week Low: 1,293.00p
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 985.86m
  • Volume: 769,321
  • Market Cap: £20,102m
  • RiskGrade: 186

Antofagasta profits fall on volatile copper price

By Frank Prenesti

Date: Thursday 11 Aug 2022

LONDON (ShareCast) - (Sharecast News) - Miner Antofagasta reported lower interim profits due to a volatile copper price, a drought in Chile and concentrate pipeline problems at its Los Pelambres operation.
Core earnings fell 47.5% to $1.24bn on lower revenue and operating costs that increased by 6.9%, mainly due to higher input prices. Revenue was down by a third to $2.53bn due to lower copper and by-product sales volumes and lower realised copper prices.

"We expect the remainder of the year to look very different from the first half - as production improves quarter-on-quarter, we ship and sell the concentrate that was impacted by the concentrate pipeline incident, and the desalination plant at Los Pelambres starts, significantly alleviating the issue of water availability," the company said on Thursday.

The interim dividend was slashed to 9.2 cents a share compared to a record 23.6 cents last year when copper prices had surged to record levels, allowing it to make a record shareholder payout of $1.4bn.

Antofagasta said it was still on track to produce its revised guidance of 640,000-660,000 tonnes of copper for the full year.

"The London-listed Chilean miner is struggling with tough year-on-year comparables, given last year's surge in copper to record highs, which lifted the share price to all-time highs as well," said Interactive Investor analyst Victoria Scholar.

"Post the peak in April 2021, the stock suffered, reaching fresh lows last month. However with copper back up at six-week highs, the recent trajectory for the stock has started to look more bullish as fears of more aggressive rate hikes ease off."

Reporting by Frank Prenesti at Sharecast.com

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Antofagasta Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 2,039.00p
Change Today 54.00p
% Change 2.72 %
52 Week High 2,045.00p
52 Week Low 1,293.00p
Volume 769,321
Shares Issued 985.86m
Market Cap £20,102m
RiskGrade 186

Antofagasta Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
99.6% below the market average99.6% below the market average99.6% below the market average99.6% below the market average99.6% below the market average
100% below the sector average100% below the sector average100% below the sector average100% below the sector average100% below the sector average
Price Trend
89.26% above the market average89.26% above the market average89.26% above the market average89.26% above the market average89.26% above the market average
90.21% above the sector average90.21% above the sector average90.21% above the sector average90.21% above the sector average90.21% above the sector average
Income
98.23% below the market average98.23% below the market average98.23% below the market average98.23% below the market average98.23% below the market average
91.3% below the sector average91.3% below the sector average91.3% below the sector average91.3% below the sector average91.3% below the sector average
Growth
54.22% below the market average54.22% below the market average54.22% below the market average54.22% below the market average54.22% below the market average
12.5% below the sector average12.5% below the sector average12.5% below the sector average12.5% below the sector average12.5% below the sector average

What The Brokers Say

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Buy 0
Neutral 6
Sell 6
Strong Sell 1
Total 17
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Antofagasta Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Final Interim
Ex-Div 18-Apr-24 31-Aug-23
Paid 10-May-24 29-Sep-23
Amount 24.30¢ 11.70¢

Trades for 28-Mar-2024

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Antofagasta Key Personnel

Chair Jean-Paul Luksic

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