NYSE:VALE - Vale Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

Vale announced a None dividend on Friday, December 15th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, December 26th will be paid a dividend of $0.098 per share on Thursday, March 22nd. The ex-dividend date is Friday, December 22nd. View Vale's Dividend History.

Vale (NYSE:VALE) posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, April, 25th. The basic materials company reported $0.37 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.34 by $0.03. The basic materials company had revenue of $8.60 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $8.60 billion. Vale had a net margin of 13.53% and a return on equity of 14.89%. View Vale's Earnings History.

Vale is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, July, 26th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Vale.

15 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for Vale's shares. Their forecasts range from $11.00 to $17.00. On average, they expect Vale's share price to reach $14.3889 in the next year. View Analyst Ratings for Vale.

Vale saw a increase in short interest in May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totalling 89,130,160 shares, an increase of 1.5% from the April 30th total of 90,461,294 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 19,984,232 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 4.5 days.

Some companies that are related to Vale include BHP Billiton (BHP), Rio Tinto plc ADR Common Stock (RIO), Southern Copper (SCCO), Nornickel (NILSY), Freeport-McMoRan (FCX), South32 (SOUHY), Fortescue Metals Group (FSUGY), First Quantum Minerals (FQVLF), Turquoise Hill Resources (TRQ), Lundin Mining (LUNMF), Compańia de Minas Buenaventura (BVN), Vedanta Resources (VDNRF), Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF), Nexa Resources (NEXA) and Centamin (CELTF).

Media stories about VALE stock have trended somewhat positive on Sunday, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. The research group scores the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than 20 million news and blog sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Vale earned a news impact score of 0.08 on Accern's scale. They also gave media coverage about the basic materials company an impact score of 46.45 out of 100, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future.

Vale's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include OppenheimerFunds Inc. (0.57%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (0.54%), Silchester International Investors LLP (0.42%), Contrarian Capital Management L.L.C. (0.15%), Northern Trust Corp (0.12%) and Oaktree Capital Management LP (0.07%). View Institutional Ownership Trends for Vale.

VALE stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Silchester International Investors LLP, Oaktree Capital Management LP, Millennium Management LLC, Contrarius Investment Management Ltd, Russell Investments Group Ltd., Contrarian Capital Management L.L.C., Legal & General Group Plc and Sei Investments Co.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Vale.

VALE stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including OppenheimerFunds Inc., FIL Ltd, Royal Bank of Canada, State of Wisconsin Investment Board, SG Americas Securities LLC, Northern Trust Corp, Victory Capital Management Inc. and DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale. View Insider Buying and Selling for Vale.

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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of VALE stock can currently be purchased for approximately $14.03.

Vale has a market capitalization of $73.20 billion and generates $33.97 billion in revenue each year. The basic materials company earns $5.51 billion in net income (profit) each year or $1.35 on an earnings per share basis. Vale employs 73,062 workers across the globe.

Vale's mailing address is 700 Avenida das Am¿ricas Block 8, Rio de Janeiro D5, 22640-100. The basic materials company can be reached via phone at 55-21-3485-5000 or via email at [email protected]