AngloGold Ashanti
AngloGold Ashanti's revenue rose 70.8% to $9.9 billion in fiscal 2025. Its net margin was 32.1%, up from 18.1% a year earlier. Free cash flow was $3.3 billion, up 279.8%. The diluted share count rose 18.1%.
Net margin is net income as a share of revenue. Free cash flow is cash from operations minus capital spending. Return on capital is after-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
Revenue and margins
Net income and earnings per share
From fiscal 2021 to 2025, earnings per share grew 37.2% a year and net income 49.3% a year, as new shares raised the share count by 21% and diluted each share's earnings.
Returns on capital
Cash flow
Payouts and share count
Balance sheet
| Fiscal year end | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and short-term investments | 1,154 | 1,108 | 964 | 1,425 | 2,905 |
| Debt incl. finance leases | 1,909 | 1,983 | 2,239 | 1,984 | 2,044 |
| Net debt (negative means net cash) | 755 | 875 | 1,275 | 559 | −861 |
| Net debt to EBITDA | 0.4x | 0.5x | 0.9x | 0.2x | −0.1x |
| Debt to equity | 0.5x | 0.5x | 0.6x | 0.3x | 0.2x |
| Interest coverage | 9.7x | 5.6x | 1.6x | 14.8x | 37.9x |
| Current ratio | 2.6x | 2.4x | 1.7x | 2.0x | 2.9x |
| Quick ratio | 1.7x | 1.6x | 1.1x | 1.4x | 2.2x |
Piotroski F-score
The F-score counts how many of nine simple tests of profitability, funding and efficiency a company passed in a year (Piotroski, 2000). The more tests passed, the stronger the year: 8 or 9 is strong, 0 to 2 weak. Companies that report no gross profit are scored on the other eight.
| Test | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net income is positive | Fail | Pass | Pass |
| Cash from operations is positive | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Return on assets rose | Fail | Pass | Pass |
| Cash from operations exceeds net income | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Debt fell relative to assets | Fail | Pass | Pass |
| Current ratio rose | Fail | Pass | Pass |
| Share count didn't rise | Fail | Fail | Fail |
| Gross margin rose | Fail | Pass | Pass |
| Revenue rose relative to assets | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| F-score | 3 of 9 | 8 of 9 | 8 of 9 |
| Accruals ratio | −14.7% | −8.6% | −11.4% |
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5 years of figures
| Fiscal year | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income statement | |||||
| Revenue | 4,029 | 4,501 | 4,582 | 5,793 | 9,893 |
| Revenue growth | — | 11.7% | 1.8% | 26.4% | 70.8% |
| Gross profit | 1,170 | 1,129 | 1,027 | 2,067 | 4,871 |
| Research and development | — | — | — | — | — |
| Operating income | — | — | — | — | — |
| Net income | 638 | 251 | −222 | 1,049 | 3,174 |
| Diluted EPS (US$) | 1.46 | 0.55 | −0.56 | 2.33 | 5.18 |
| Diluted shares (millions) | 420 | 421 | 421 | 431 | 509 |
| Cash flow | |||||
| Cash from operations | 1,268 | 1,804 | 971 | 1,968 | 4,784 |
| Capital expenditure | 1,028 | 1,028 | 1,042 | 1,090 | 1,449 |
| Free cash flow | 240 | 776 | −71 | 878 | 3,335 |
| Dividends paid | 240 | 203 | 107 | 244 | 0 |
| Share buybacks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Acquisitions | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 0 |
| Stock-based compensation | — | — | — | — | — |
| Balance sheet at fiscal year end | |||||
| Cash and short-term investments | 1,154 | 1,108 | 964 | 1,425 | 2,905 |
| Debt incl. finance leases | 1,909 | 1,983 | 2,239 | 1,984 | 2,044 |
| Total assets | 8,007 | 8,013 | 8,257 | 13,230 | 15,078 |
| Total liabilities | 3,906 | 3,938 | 4,517 | 4,717 | 5,162 |
| Shareholders' equity | 4,047 | 4,040 | 3,711 | 6,629 | 8,091 |
| Margins and ratios | |||||
| Gross margin | 29.0% | 25.1% | 22.4% | 35.7% | 49.2% |
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | — |
| Net margin | 15.8% | 5.6% | −4.8% | 18.1% | 32.1% |
| Free cash flow margin | 6.0% | 17.2% | −1.6% | 15.2% | 33.7% |
| Return on capital | — | 6.2% | 1.8% | 16.0% | 36.0% |
| Return on equity | — | 6.2% | −5.7% | 20.3% | 43.1% |
| Return on assets | — | 3.1% | −2.7% | 9.8% | 22.4% |
| Net debt to EBITDA | 0.4x | 0.5x | 0.9x | 0.2x | −0.1x |