Vale - VALE Stock Forecast, Price & News

11 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Vale in the last year. There are currently 5 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" VALE shares.
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11 Wall Street research analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for Vale's stock. Their VALE share price forecasts range from $15.00 to $24.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $18.25 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 7.5% from the stock's current price.
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Vale's stock was trading at $16.97 at the beginning of the year. Since then, VALE stock has increased by 0.1% and is now trading at $16.98.
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Vale saw a drop in short interest in December. As of December 30th, there was short interest totaling 52,670,000 shares, a drop of 19.4% from the December 15th total of 65,380,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 36,950,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.4 days. Currently, 1.2% of the shares of the stock are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 23rd 2023.
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Vale S.A. (NYSE:VALE) announced its earnings results on Thursday, October, 28th. The basic materials company reported $0.76 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $1.12 by $0.36. The basic materials company earned $12.68 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $14.08 billion. Vale had a net margin of 45.53% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 53.54%.

Vale announced a semi-annual dividend on Monday, December 12th. Shareholders of record on Friday, January 1st will be paid a dividend of $0.0474 per share on Tuesday, December 13th. This represents a dividend yield of 8.7%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, December 13th.
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Vale (NYSE:VALE) pays an annual dividend of $0.10 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.55%. The dividend payout ratio is 2.33%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, VALE will have a dividend payout ratio of 3.50% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Vale trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "VALE."

Vale's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include National Bank of Canada FI (0.75%), Fisher Asset Management LLC (0.39%), Mondrian Investment Partners LTD (0.19%), Ninety One UK Ltd (0.13%), Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. (0.09%) and RWC Asset Advisors US LLC (0.09%).

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One share of VALE stock can currently be purchased for approximately $16.98.

Vale (NYSE:VALE) has a market capitalization of $77.96 billion and generates $54.50 billion in revenue each year. The basic materials company earns $24.74 billion in net income (profit) each year or $4.30 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 74,316 workers across the globe.

Vale's mailing address is Praia de Botafogo186-offices 701-1901 Botafogo, RIO DE JANEIRO D5, 22250-145. The official website for the company is www.vale.com. The basic materials company can be reached via phone at 552134855000, via email at vale.ri@vale.com, or via fax at 55-21-3814-8820.