Vale Stock Forecast, Price & News

Vale's stock was trading at $8.50 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, VALE stock has increased by 102.5% and is now trading at $17.21.
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15 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Vale in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 hold rating and 14 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" Vale stock.
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Vale is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 18th 2021.
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Vale S.A. (NYSE:VALE) issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, October, 28th. The basic materials company reported $0.84 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.72 by $0.12. The basic materials company had revenue of $10.76 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $10.81 billion. Vale had a net margin of 7.33% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 25.65%.
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Vale announced a semi-annual dividend on Monday, September 14th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, September 23rd will be paid a dividend of $0.2675 per share on Wednesday, October 7th. This represents a dividend yield of 1.9%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, September 22nd.
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Vale pays an annual dividend of $0.25 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.43%. The dividend payout ratio of Vale is 15.63%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Vale will have a dividend payout ratio of 8.56% next year. This indicates that Vale will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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15 analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for Vale's shares. Their forecasts range from $9.50 to $24.50. On average, they anticipate Vale's stock price to reach $15.34 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 10.9%.
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Vale saw a drop in short interest in December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totaling 87,730,000 shares, a drop of 22.9% from the December 15th total of 113,750,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 30,780,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.9 days. Approximately 1.7% of the shares of the stock are sold short.
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Some companies that are related to Vale include BHP Group (BHP), Rio Tinto Group (RIO), Fortescue Metals Group (FSUGY), Public Joint Stock Company Mining and Metallurgical Company Norilsk Nickel (NILSY), Southern Copper (SCCO), Anglo American (NGLOY), Freeport-McMoRan (FCX), First Quantum Minerals (FQVLF), Impala Platinum (IMPUY), South32 (SOUHY), Lundin Mining (LUNMF), Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF), Exxaro Resources (EXXAY), Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. (BVN) and Turquoise Hill Resources (TRQ).
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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 retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Crossmark Global Holdings Inc. (0.00%), Deltec Asset Management LLC (0.00%), Marketfield Asset Management LLC (0.00%), Private Asset Management Inc. (0.00%), Candriam Luxembourg S.C.A. (0.00%) and OneAscent Financial Services LLC (0.00%).

VALE stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Crossmark Global Holdings Inc., Deltec Asset Management LLC, Marketfield Asset Management LLC, Private Asset Management Inc., and Pacer Advisors Inc..

VALE stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Park Avenue Securities LLC, Investors Research Corp, Candriam Luxembourg S.C.A., and OneAscent Financial Services LLC.

Shares of VALE 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.

One share of VALE stock can currently be purchased for approximately $17.21.

Vale has a market capitalization of $88.26 billion and generates $37.57 billion in revenue each year. The basic materials company earns $-1,683,000,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or $1.60 on an earnings per share basis. Vale employs 71,149 workers across the globe.

The official website for Vale is www.vale.com.

Vale's mailing address is Praia de Botafogo186-offices 701-1901 Botafogo, RIO DE JANEIRO D5, 22250-145. The basic materials company can be reached via phone at 552134855000 or via email at [email protected]