Vale (VALE) Projected to Post Quarterly Earnings on Wednesday

Vale (NYSE:VALE - Get Free Report) will likely be announcing its Q1 2025 earnings results before the market opens on Wednesday, April 23rd. Analysts expect Vale to post earnings of $0.43 per share and revenue of $8.39 billion for the quarter.

Vale (NYSE:VALE - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 19th. The basic materials company reported $0.20 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.56 by ($0.36). The firm had revenue of $10.12 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $10.03 billion. Vale had a net margin of 16.15% and a return on equity of 17.38%. On average, analysts expect Vale to post $2 EPS for the current fiscal year and $2 EPS for the next fiscal year.

Vale Stock Down 2.1 %

NYSE VALE traded down $0.21 on Friday, hitting $9.55. The stock had a trading volume of 10,121,703 shares, compared to its average volume of 30,498,818. The business's fifty day moving average price is $9.57 and its 200 day moving average price is $9.65. The stock has a market cap of $43.32 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 6.63, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.31 and a beta of 0.73. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.39, a current ratio of 0.91 and a quick ratio of 0.58. Vale has a 52-week low of $8.06 and a 52-week high of $13.14.

Vale Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a semi-annual dividend, which was paid on Friday, March 21st. Investors of record on Monday, March 10th were paid a dividend of $0.3758 per share. This represents a yield of 7.5%. This is an increase from Vale's previous semi-annual dividend of $0.30. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, March 10th. Vale's payout ratio is 52.08%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several brokerages recently commented on VALE. Bank of America raised shares of Vale from a "neutral" rating to a "buy" rating and increased their price objective for the company from $11.00 to $11.50 in a research report on Thursday, April 10th. Wolfe Research upgraded Vale from an "underperform" rating to a "peer perform" rating in a research note on Wednesday, January 8th. Scotiabank lowered their price target on Vale from $14.00 to $13.00 and set a "sector perform" rating for the company in a research report on Monday, January 6th. Jefferies Financial Group cut their price objective on Vale from $14.00 to $11.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a report on Monday, January 6th. Finally, StockNews.com started coverage on Vale in a research report on Wednesday, April 2nd. They issued a "hold" rating on the stock. Seven investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and four have given a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, Vale presently has an average rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $12.44.

About Vale

Vale SA, together with its subsidiaries, produces and sells iron ore and iron ore pellets for use as raw materials in steelmaking in Brazil and internationally. The company operates through Iron Solutions and Energy Transition Materials segments. The Iron Solutions segment produces and extracts iron ore and pellets, manganese, and other ferrous products; and provides related logistic services.