South32 (LON:S32) Hits New 1-Year High – What’s Next?

South32 Limited (LON:S32)’s stock price reached a new 52-week high on Friday . The stock traded as high as GBX 250 and last traded at GBX 244.50, with a volume of 64316 shares trading hands. The stock had previously closed at GBX 240.50.

South32 Trading Up 1.0%

The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of GBX 211.79 and a 200 day simple moving average of GBX 169.97. The stock has a market capitalization of £10.88 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 51.70, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 7.26 and a beta of 0.91.

South32 Company Profile

South32 Limited operates as a diversified metals and mining company in Australia, India, China, Japan, the Middle East, Mozambique, the Netherlands, Brazil, Russia, South Africa, South Korea, the United States, and internationally. The company operates through Worsley Alumina, Brazil Alumina, Brazil Aluminium, Hillside Aluminium, Mozal Aluminium, Sierra Gorda, Cannington, Hermosa, Cerro Matoso, Illawarra Metallurgical Coal, Australia Manganese, and South Africa Manganese segments. It has a portfolio of assets producing bauxite, alumina, aluminum, copper, silver, lead, zinc, nickel, metallurgical coal, manganese, ferronickel, and other base metals.