AngloGold Ashanti Ltd DRC dividends and buy backs

AngloGold Ashanti Ltd DRC quarterly dividends per share.

Dividends per share are defined as the amount paid to common share holders. The payment is announced on the declaration date and paid on the payment date. Share prices typically fall by the dividend amount on the date the dividend is paid. The size and steadiness of dividends is an important component of the valuation of many companies, particularly income companies. The following plot shows the earnings and dividends for AngloGold Ashanti Ltd DRC

AngloGold Ashanti Ltd DRC dividends

date	dividend	payment	period	unadjusted	currency
25 Aug 2022	0.08443	9 Sep 2022	Final	0.08443	ZAR
10 Mar 2022	0.03123	25 Mar 2022	Interim	0.03123	ZAR
26 Aug 2021	0.01597	10 Sep 2021	Final	0.01597	ZAR
17 Mar 2021	0.11869	26 Mar 2021	Interim	0.11869	ZAR
12 Mar 2020	0.03116	27 Mar 2020	Interim	0.03116	ZAR
21 Mar 2019	0.01492	8 Apr 2019	Interim	0.01492	ZAR
22 Mar 2018	0.01514	6 Apr 2018	Interim	0.01514	ZAR
23 Mar 2017	0.02223	7 Apr 2017	Interim	0.02223	ZAR
27 May 2013	0.0091	14 Jun 2013	Interim	0.0091	ZAR
8 Mar 2013	0.0092	28 Mar 2013	Final	0.0092	ZAR

date	dividend	epsactual
2013-03-08	0.0092
2013-05-27	0.0091
2017-03-23	0.02223
2018-03-22	0.01514
2019-03-21	0.01492
2020-03-12	0.03116
2020-09-30		0.0
2020-12-31		0.4869
2021-03-17	0.11869
2021-03-31		0.48
2021-06-30		0.39
2021-08-26	0.01597
2021-09-30		0.0917
2021-12-31		0.0917
2022-03-10	0.03123
2022-03-31		0.0948
2022-06-30		0.3
2022-08-25	0.08443
2022-12-31		0.1965
2023-03-31		0.056

AngloGold Ashanti Ltd DRC dividends and earnings

Dividend and Buybacks

Another way companies can generate income for shareholders it to buy back their shares, increasing the share price. This can have tax advantages for shareholders, but is also similar to paying a stock-based dividend to the remaining shareholders. The company accounts show the amount spent on dividends and share buybacks during the year. As these are costs (not income), they are shown as negatives in the accounts.

.	Predection	Mar 31,23	Dec 31,22	Jun 30,22	Mar 31,22	Dec 31,21
. dividendsPaid	72.0	75M	203M	34M	34M	12M
. salePurchaseOfStock. .

Buyback per share

By comparing the amount spent on buybacks with the amount of outstanding shares, the buybacks can be converted into a dividend per share format.

.	Predection	Mar 31,23	Dec 31,22	Jun 30,22	Mar 31,22	Dec 31,21
. dividend	-0.172	-0.17	-0.48	-0.01	-0.01	-0.00
. buyback. .

Comparison

To compare dividends accross stocks, we can compare a number of metrics including the actual dividend, the dividend yeild and the payout ratio.

AngloGold Ashanti Ltd DRC	AGG

name	symbol	exchange	date	sector	payout	eps yield %	div yield %	buy yield %	m cap
AngloGold Ashanti Ltd DRC	AGG	AU	Mar 31,23	Basic Materials	-113.64	2.42	-2.75		13938M	-

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