Vale - VALE Stock Forecast, Price & News

12 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Vale in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating, 8 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" VALE shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in VALE, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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12 brokerages have issued 1 year price objectives for Vale's stock. Their VALE share price forecasts range from $13.00 to $24.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $17.65 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 30.0% from the stock's current price.
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Vale's stock was trading at $14.02 on January 1st, 2022. Since then, VALE shares have decreased by 3.1% and is now trading at $13.58.
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Vale saw a drop in short interest in July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totaling 25,690,000 shares, a drop of 31.6% from the July 15th total of 37,560,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 33,730,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.8 days. Currently, 0.6% 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, October 27th 2022.
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Vale S.A. (NYSE:VALE) released its earnings results on Thursday, October, 28th. The basic materials company reported $0.76 earnings per share (EPS) 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 analyst estimates of $14.08 billion. Vale had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 57.75% and a net margin of 41.72%.

Vale announced a semi-annual dividend on Monday, August 1st. Shareholders of record on Monday, August 15th will be given a dividend of $0.3907 per share on Friday, September 9th. This represents a yield of 21.9%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, August 12th.
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Vale (NYSE:VALE) pays an annual dividend of $0.78 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 5.82%. VALE has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The dividend payout ratio is 19.12%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, VALE will have a dividend payout ratio of 25.57% 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 many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Dynamo Internacional Gestao DE Recursos LTDA. (0.41%), GQG Partners LLC (0.38%), FMR LLC (0.36%), State Street Corp (0.25%), Lazard Asset Management LLC (0.20%) and Deutsche Bank AG (0.19%).

Shares of VALE stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of VALE stock can currently be purchased for approximately $13.58.

Vale (NYSE:VALE) has a market capitalization of $67.89 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 $4.08 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.