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. Investors of record on Monday, December 30th will be given a dividend of $0.295 per share on Monday, January 1st. The ex-dividend date 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 earnings results on Thursday, October, 24th. The basic materials company reported $0.36 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.55 by $0.19. The basic materials company earned $10.22 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $10.62 billion. Vale had a return on equity of 20.52% and a net margin of 9.79%. View Vale's Earnings History.

Vale is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, March 25th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Vale.

15 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Vale's stock. Their forecasts range from $11.00 to $17.50. On average, they anticipate Vale's share price to reach $13.96 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 2.4% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Vale.

15 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Vale in the last year. There are currently 9 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Vale.

News articles about VALE stock have been trending very negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of 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 -3.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the basic materials company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Vale.

Vale saw a increase in short interest during the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 26,670,000 shares, an increase of 17.4% from the December 15th total of 22,720,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 18,610,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.4 days. Currently, 0.5% of the shares of the company are short sold. 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), Micron Technology (MU), Intel (INTC), Alibaba Group (BABA), AT&T (T), Ford Motor (F) and Cisco Systems (CSCO).

Vale's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI (0.01%), Tocqueville Asset Management L.P. (0.00%), Verde Servicos Internacionais S.A. (0.00%), Private Asset Management Inc. (0.00%), Gould Asset Management LLC CA (0.00%) and Gradient Investments LLC (0.00%).

VALE stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI and Private Asset Management Inc..

VALE stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Verde Servicos Internacionais S.A., Tocqueville Asset Management L.P., Gradient Investments LLC and Gould Asset Management LLC CA.

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 $13.63.

Vale has a market capitalization of $69.90 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]