General American Investors Co. Inc. Decreases Stock Holdings in Agnico Eagle Mines Limited $AEM

General American Investors Co. Inc. reduced its stake in shares of Agnico Eagle Mines Limited (NYSE:AEMFree Report) (TSE:AEM) by 25.3% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 179,272 shares of the mining company’s stock after selling 60,728 shares during the quarter. Agnico Eagle Mines makes up 1.7% of General American Investors Co. Inc.’s holdings, making the stock its 13th largest position. General American Investors Co. Inc.’s holdings in Agnico Eagle Mines were worth $30,392,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

A number of other hedge funds have also recently made changes to their positions in AEM. Brighton Jones LLC raised its stake in shares of Agnico Eagle Mines by 11.5% in the fourth quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 3,216 shares of the mining company’s stock worth $252,000 after purchasing an additional 331 shares during the last quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC raised its stake in shares of Agnico Eagle Mines by 36.4% in the first quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 19,829 shares of the mining company’s stock worth $2,150,000 after purchasing an additional 5,293 shares during the last quarter. Sivia Capital Partners LLC raised its stake in shares of Agnico Eagle Mines by 57.2% in the second quarter. Sivia Capital Partners LLC now owns 3,188 shares of the mining company’s stock worth $379,000 after purchasing an additional 1,160 shares during the last quarter. Rhumbline Advisers raised its stake in shares of Agnico Eagle Mines by 8.0% in the second quarter. Rhumbline Advisers now owns 1,810 shares of the mining company’s stock worth $215,000 after purchasing an additional 134 shares during the last quarter. Finally, EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC raised its stake in shares of Agnico Eagle Mines by 25.2% in the second quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 929 shares of the mining company’s stock worth $110,000 after purchasing an additional 187 shares during the last quarter. 68.34% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Agnico Eagle Mines Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE:AEM opened at $162.70 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.01, a current ratio of 3.15 and a quick ratio of 2.18. The business’s 50 day moving average price is $190.08 and its 200-day moving average price is $194.36. The firm has a market capitalization of $81.43 billion, a PE ratio of 15.29, a P/E/G ratio of 3.57 and a beta of 0.56. Agnico Eagle Mines Limited has a 1 year low of $114.60 and a 1 year high of $255.24.

Agnico Eagle Mines (NYSE:AEMGet Free Report) (TSE:AEM) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, April 30th. The mining company reported $3.40 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.19 by $0.21. Agnico Eagle Mines had a return on equity of 21.09% and a net margin of 39.46%.The firm had revenue of $4 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.96 billion. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $1.53 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue was up 66.1% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, equities research analysts expect that Agnico Eagle Mines Limited will post 13.2 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several brokerages have recently issued reports on AEM. TD raised their price objective on Agnico Eagle Mines from $251.00 to $252.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, April 21st. Weiss Ratings lowered Agnico Eagle Mines from a “buy (b+)” rating to a “buy (b)” rating in a report on Wednesday, May 13th. Zacks Research lowered Agnico Eagle Mines from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, March 30th. ATB Cormark Capital Markets raised Agnico Eagle Mines from a “hold” rating to an “outperform” rating in a report on Monday, May 4th. Finally, UBS Group dropped their price objective on Agnico Eagle Mines from $240.00 to $210.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, March 27th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eleven have given a Buy rating and five have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $236.08.

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About Agnico Eagle Mines

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Agnico Eagle Mines Limited (NYSE: AEM) is a Canadian-based senior gold producer headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The company is principally engaged in the exploration, development, production and reclamation of gold-bearing properties. Agnico Eagle pursues both greenfield and brownfield exploration to expand its resource base and operates a portfolio of producing mines and development projects to generate long-life gold production.

Its core business activities span the full mining lifecycle: grassroots and advanced-stage exploration, prefeasibility and feasibility studies, mine construction, underground and open-pit mining, ore processing and metal recovery, and post-mining reclamation and closure.

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