NYSE:VALE - Vale Stock Price, Forecast & News

Vale trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "VALE."

Vale declared a dividend on Friday, December 20th. Stockholders of record on Monday, December 30th will be paid a dividend of $0.295 per share on Monday, January 1st. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, December 27th. This is a positive change from Vale's previous dividend of $0.19. View Vale's Dividend History.

Vale SA (NYSE:VALE) released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October, 24th. The basic materials company reported $0.36 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.55 by $0.19. The basic materials company had revenue of $10.22 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $10.62 billion. Vale had a net margin of 9.79% and a return on equity of 20.52%. View Vale's Earnings History.

Vale is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 20th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Vale.

13 analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Vale's stock. Their forecasts range from $11.00 to $17.50. On average, they anticipate Vale's stock price to reach $14.22 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 18.0% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Vale.

13 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Vale in the last year. There are currently 7 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Vale.

Media headlines about VALE stock have been trending somewhat positive on Thursday, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm rates the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Vale earned a media sentiment score of 2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the basic materials company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Vale.

Vale saw a decline in short interest in January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 25,290,000 shares, a decline of 5.2% from the January 15th total of 26,670,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 19,550,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.3 days. Currently, 0.5% of the company's stock are sold short. View Vale's Current Options Chain.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Vale investors own include Bank of America (BAC), PETROLEO BRASIL/ADR (PBR), General Electric (GE), Freeport-McMoRan (FCX), Intel (INTC), Micron Technology (MU), Alibaba Group (BABA), AT&T (t), Ford Motor (F) and Cisco Systems (CSCO).

Vale's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Capital Research Global Investors (4.40%), Capital International Investors (1.22%), Standard Life Aberdeen plc (0.87%), Capital World Investors (0.79%), Baillie Gifford & Co. (0.58%) and Renaissance Technologies LLC (0.48%).

VALE stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Capital World Investors, TT International, Renaissance Technologies LLC, SPX Equities Gestao de Recursos Ltda, State Street Corp, Bank of America Corp DE, Credit Suisse AG and Russell Investments Group Ltd..

VALE stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including GQG Partners LLC, Baillie Gifford & Co., Capital Research Global Investors, Standard Life Aberdeen plc, Capital International Investors, Man Group plc, FMR LLC and BTG Pactual Global Asset Management Ltd.

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

One share of VALE stock can currently be purchased for approximately $12.05.

Vale has a market capitalization of $61.80 billion and generates $36.58 billion in revenue each year. The basic materials company earns $6.86 billion in net income (profit) each year or $1.85 on an earnings per share basis. Vale employs 70,270 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Vale.

The official website for Vale is http://www.vale.com/.

Vale's mailing address is Praia de Botafogo 186-offices 701-1901 Botafogo, RIO DE JANEIRO D5, 22250-145. The basic materials company can be reached via phone at 55-21-3485-3900 or via email at [email protected]