Vale - VALE Stock Forecast, Price & News

14 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Vale in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating, 10 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" VALE shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in VALE, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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14 analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Vale's shares. Their VALE share price forecasts range from $13.00 to $24.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $17.21 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 40.2% from the stock's current price.
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Vale's stock was trading at $14.02 on January 1st, 2022. Since then, VALE shares have decreased by 12.5% and is now trading at $12.27.
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Vale saw a increase in short interest during the month of August. As of August 15th, there was short interest totaling 30,340,000 shares, an increase of 18.1% from the July 31st total of 25,690,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 32,320,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.9 days. Approximately 0.7% of the company's shares are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 27th 2022.
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Vale S.A. (NYSE:VALE) issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July, 28th. The basic materials company reported $0.88 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.81 by $0.07. The basic materials company earned $11.16 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $11.67 billion. Vale had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 57.75% and a net margin of 41.72%.

Vale announced a semi-annual dividend on Monday, August 1st. Stockholders of record on Monday, August 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.3907 per share on Friday, September 9th. This represents a yield of 21.9%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, August 12th.
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Vale (NYSE:VALE) pays an annual dividend of $0.78 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 6.43%. VALE has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The dividend payout ratio is 19.12%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, VALE will have a dividend payout ratio of 25.49% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Vale trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "VALE."

Vale's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Dynamo Internacional Gestao DE Recursos LTDA. (0.41%), GQG Partners LLC (0.38%), FMR LLC (0.36%), State Street Corp (0.25%), Lazard Asset Management LLC (0.20%) and Deutsche Bank AG (0.19%).

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One share of VALE stock can currently be purchased for approximately $12.27.

Vale (NYSE:VALE) has a market capitalization of $56.33 billion and generates $54.50 billion in revenue each year. The basic materials company earns $24.74 billion in net income (profit) each year or $4.08 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 74,316 workers across the globe.

Vale's mailing address is Praia de Botafogo186-offices 701-1901 Botafogo, RIO DE JANEIRO D5, 22250-145. The official website for the company is www.vale.com. The basic materials company can be reached via phone at 552134855000, via email at vale.ri@vale.com, or via fax at 55-21-3814-8820.