
With a year-to-date gain of over 105%, Anglogold Ashanti (AU) has outperformed most of its gold mining peers, and its returns are nearly twice that of the VanEck Gold Miners ETF (GDX), which invests in a basket of gold mining companies. AU has an attractive dividend policy, which means that along with the capital gains, investors get rewarded by the dividend payouts. In this article, we’ll discuss whether Anglogold Ashanti remains a buy despite having more than doubled in 2025.