Carol-Ann Plummer-Theriault Sells 10,000 Agnico Eagle Mines Limited (TSE:AEM) Shares

Agnico Eagle Mines Limited (TSE:AEM – Get Your Free Report ) (NYSE:AEM) SVP Carol-Ann Plummer-Theriault sold 10,000 shares of Agnico Eagle Mines stock in a transaction on Thursday, August 22nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $110.34, for a total transaction of $1,103,400.00.

Carol-Ann Plummer-Theriault also recently made the following transactions:

• On Tuesday, August 6th, Carol-Ann Plummer-Theriault sold 25,000 shares of Agnico Eagle Mines stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $101.85, for a total value of $2,546,250.00.

Agnico Eagle Mines Trading Up 0.9%

Shares of AEM stock opened at $111.84 on Friday. The company’s 50-day moving average is $99.57, and its two-hundred-day moving average is $87.48. The company has a quick ratio of 0.89, a current ratio of 1.51, and a debt-to-equity ratio of 9.94. Agnico Eagle Mines Limited has a 12-month low of $59.36 and a 12-month high of $112.70. The company has a market cap of $55.91 billion, a PE ratio of 70.34, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 22.97 and a beta of 1.05.

Agnico Eagle Mines (TSE:AEM – Get Your Free Report ) (NYSE:AEM) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, July 31st. The company reported $1.46 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.27 by $0.19. Agnico Eagle Mines had a net margin of 8.49% and a return on equity of 3.10%. The company had revenue of $2.84 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.36 billion. equities analysts predict that Agnico Eagle Mines Limited will post 5.0386385 EPS for the current year.

Agnico Eagle Mines Raises Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, September 16th. Investors of record on Friday, August 30th will be paid a dividend of $0.547 per share. This represents an annualized dividend of $2.19 and a dividend yield of 1.96%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, August 30. This is a boost from Agnico Eagle Mines’ previous quarterly dividend of $0.40. Agnico Eagle Mines’ payout ratio is currently 136.48%.

The Wall Street analyst weighs in

AEM has been the subject of several recent research reports. National Bankshares set a $104.00 target price on Agnico Eagle Mines and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Monday, June 24th. Cormark lifted their price objective on shares of Agnico Eagle Mines from $110.00 to $115.00 in a research report on Monday, June 24th. Canaccord Genuity Group upped their target price on shares of Agnico Eagle Mines from $105.00 to $118.00 in a research report on Tuesday, July 23rd. Finally, Eight Capital raised their price objective on shares of Agnico Eagle Mines from $105.00 to $115.00 in a research note on Thursday, July 11th. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a buy rating. Agnico Eagle Mines has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $105.14, according to MarketBeat.

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Agnico Eagle Mines Company Profile

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Agnico Eagle Mines Limited, a gold mining, precious metals exploration, development and production company. Explore for gold. The company’s mines are located in Canada, Australia, Finland and Mexico, with exploration and development activities in Canada, Australia, Europe, Latin America and the United States.

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