AMS - Anglo American Platinum Limited

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AMS share price on Johannesburg Stock Exchange

Anglo American Platinum Limited is the holding company for a group of companies which operate platinum mines. In addition to platinum, the Group mines and produces platinum group metals such as palladium, rhodium, iridium, ruthenium, osmium, nickel, copper, and cobalt.

Anglo American Platinum Ltd. is a member of the Anglo American plc Group and the world's leading primary producer of platinum group metals. Amplats' production accounts for 40% of the world's newly mined platinum. The company is listed on the Johannesburg Securities Exchange (JSE). Its mining, smelting and refining operations are based in South Africa. Elsewhere in the world, the Group is ramping up Unki Platinum Mine in Zimbabwe and is actively exploring in Brazil. It has exploration partners in Canada, Russia and China. Amplats has a number of joint ventures with several historically disadvantaged South African consortia as part of its commitment to the transformation of the mining industry. Amplats is committed to the highest standards of safety and continues to make meaningful and sustainable difference in the development of the communities around its operations.

Anglo American Platinum Limited is listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE). Anglo American Platinum is traded on the JSE under the ticker symbol “AMS”. The International Securities Identification Number (ISIN) of JSE:AMS is ZAE000013181. Anglo American Platinum Limited is currently the 18th most valuable stock on the JSE with a market capitalization of ZAR 168 billion, which makes about 0.791% of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange equity market.

AMS Stock Market Performance

The current share price of Anglo American Platinum Limited (AMS) is ZAR 635.10. AMS closed its last trading day (Wednesday, April 23, 2025) at 635.10 ZAR per share on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE), recording a 13.3% drop from its previous closing price of 732.19 ZAR. Anglo American Platinum began the year with a share price of 568.95 ZAR and has since gained 11.6% on that price valuation, ranking it 38th on the JSE in terms of year-to-date performance. Investors should, however, take caution of AMS’s recent poor performance, having lost 10% of its value in the past four weeks.

Anglo American Platinum is the 94th most traded stock on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange over the past three months (Jan 22 - Apr 23, 2025). AMS has traded a total volume of 48.2 million shares—in 455,693 deals—valued at ZAR 32 billion over the period, with an average of 765,399 traded shares per session. A volume high of 3.71 million was achieved on March 20th, and a low of 269,304 on January 24th, for the same period. The table below details the last 10 trading days of activity of Anglo American Platinum on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange.

Profile of Anglo American Platinum Limited

Anglo American Platinum Limited was founded on July 13, 1946 and operates in the Basic Materials sector, specifically, the Mining industry. Anglo American Platinum contracts an estimated total number of 25,268 employees.

AMS Industrial Market Competitors

Anglo American Platinum Limited, issuers of the AMS stock on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, have a number of market competitors who are also engaged in the Basic Materials sector and/or Mining industry. The table below presents an overview of the market standing of the top 10 by year-to-date performance.

Index of African Stock Exchanges:

1. Botswana Stock Exchange
2. BRVM Stock Exchange
3. Ghana Stock Exchange
4. Johannesburg Stock Exchange
5. Lusaka Securities Exchange
6. Malawi Stock Exchange
7. Nairobi Securities Exchange
8. Nigerian Stock Exchange
9. Uganda Securities Exchange
10. Zimbabwe Stock Exchange