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NYSE:VALE

Vale - VALE Competitors

$15.78
-0.16 (-1.00%)
(As of 03/31/2023 12:00 AM ET)
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Today's Range
$15.72
$16.16
50-Day Range
$14.95
$19.30
52-Week Range
$11.72
$21.29
Volume
24.06 million shs
Average Volume
26.64 million shs
Market Capitalization
$70.74 billion
P/E Ratio
3.90
Dividend Yield
4.37%
Price Target
$17.85

VALE vs. SCCO, RIO, FCX, BHP, APD, ECL, NEM, DOW, NUE, and NTR

Should you be buying Vale stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vale include Southern Copper (SCCO), Rio Tinto Group (RIO), Freeport-McMoRan (FCX), BHP Group (BHP), Air Products and Chemicals (APD), Ecolab (ECL), Newmont (NEM), DOW (DOW), Nucor (NUE), and Nutrien (NTR). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.

Vale vs.

Vale (NYSE:VALE) and Southern Copper (NYSE:SCCO) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations and earnings.

Vale pays an annual dividend of $0.69 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Southern Copper pays an annual dividend of $4.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Vale pays out 17.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Southern Copper pays out 117.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

In the previous week, Southern Copper had 5 more articles in the media than Vale. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Southern Copper and 2 mentions for Vale. Southern Copper's average media sentiment score of 0.37 beat Vale's score of -0.11 indicating that Southern Copper is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Vale
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Southern Copper
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Vale presently has a consensus price target of $17.85, suggesting a potential upside of 13.12%. Southern Copper has a consensus price target of $60.14, suggesting a potential downside of 21.12%. Given Vale's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Vale is more favorable than Southern Copper.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Vale
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.45
Southern Copper
3 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.75

Vale has higher revenue and earnings than Southern Copper. Vale is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Southern Copper, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Vale$43.84 billion1.61$16.73 billion$4.053.90
Southern Copper$10.05 billion5.87$2.64 billion$3.4222.30

20.6% of Vale shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.0% of Southern Copper shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Southern Copper shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Vale has a net margin of 42.86% compared to Southern Copper's net margin of 26.26%. Vale's return on equity of 43.41% beat Southern Copper's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Vale 42.86% 43.41% 18.56%
Southern Copper 26.26% 33.31% 15.21%

Vale has a beta of 0.88, suggesting that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Southern Copper has a beta of 1.22, suggesting that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Vale received 370 more outperform votes than Southern Copper when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.96% of users gave Vale an outperform vote while only 56.95% of users gave Southern Copper an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
ValeOutperform Votes
751
60.96%
Underperform Votes
481
39.04%
Southern CopperOutperform Votes
381
56.95%
Underperform Votes
288
43.05%

Summary

Vale beats Southern Copper on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding VALE and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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VALE vs. The Competition

MetricValeMetal mining IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$70.74B$6.92B$2.74B$14.72B
Dividend Yield4.45%3.94%4.78%3.82%
P/E Ratio3.904.2284.7821.32
Price / Sales1.61110.5679,384.6311.36
Price / Cash3.5263.3725.6424.63
Price / Book1.892.603.066.91
Net Income$16.73B$1.25B$390.99M$867.68M
7 Day Performance5.55%6.57%2.47%4.44%
1 Month Performance-8.89%-1.15%-0.75%-3.43%
1 Year Performance-24.24%-21.97%-11.12%-12.31%

Vale Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SCCO
Southern Copper
1.7763 of 5 stars
$75.74
+2.6%
$57.86
-23.6%
+0.5%$58.55B$10.05B22.1515,018Analyst Downgrade
News Coverage
Positive News
RIO
Rio Tinto Group
1.7428 of 5 stars
$66.83
+1.2%
N/A-14.7%$83.51B$55.55B0.0052,000Options Volume
FCX
Freeport-McMoRan
2.2242 of 5 stars
$39.44
+2.8%
$39.38
-0.1%
-17.8%$56.43B$22.78B16.6425,600
BHP
BHP Group
2.2757 of 5 stars
$60.79
+1.9%
$82.00
+34.9%
-17.9%$89.67B$65.10B0.0080,000Short Interest ↓
APD
Air Products and Chemicals
2.7 of 5 stars
$276.33
+1.0%
$311.45
+12.7%
+14.9%$61.37B$12.70B27.1221,900
ECL
Ecolab
2.6712 of 5 stars
$162.23
+1.3%
$173.63
+7.0%
-6.2%$46.18B$14.19B42.4747,000Short Interest ↑
NEM
Newmont
2.6929 of 5 stars
$48.34
-0.7%
$62.21
+28.7%
-38.3%$38.41B$11.92B-89.5214,600Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
DOW
DOW
3.0249 of 5 stars
$53.60
+1.3%
$59.50
+11.0%
-14.0%$37.95B$56.90B8.5937,800Short Interest ↓
NUE
Nucor
2.1831 of 5 stars
$149.92
+1.1%
$153.44
+2.4%
+3.9%$37.77B$41.51B5.2231,400
NTR
Nutrien
2.6739 of 5 stars
$72.71
+0.8%
$94.18
+29.5%
-29.0%$36.33B$37.88B5.1623,500Analyst Report
This page (NYSE:VALE) was last updated on 4/1/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff