In the last trading session, 35.57 million shares of the Vale S.A. ADR (NYSE:VALE) were traded, and its beta was 0.77. Most recently the company’s share price was $9.94, and it changed around -$0.28 or -2.74% from the last close, which brings the market valuation of the company to $42.43B. VALE currently trades at a discount to its 52-week high of $11.93, offering almost -20.02% off that amount. The share price’s 52-week low was $8.06, which indicates that the current value has risen by an impressive 18.91% since then. We note from Vale S.A. ADR’s average daily trading volume that its 10-day average is 53.15 million shares, with the 3-month average coming to 37.25 million.
Vale S.A. ADR stock received a consensus recommendation rating of Buy, based on a mean score of 2.00. If we narrow it down even further, the data shows that 1 out of 26 analysts rate the stock as a Sell; another 7 rate it as Overweight. Among the rest, 9 recommended VALE as a Hold, whereas 9 deemed it a Buy, and 0 rated it as Underweight.
Vale S.A. ADR (NYSE:VALE) trade information
Instantly VALE has showed a red trend with a performance of -2.74% at the end of last trading. The performance over the last five days has remained in the green territory. The rise to weekly highs of 10.37 on recent trading dayincreased the stock’s daily price by 4.15%. The company’s shares are currently down -6.60% year-to-date, but still up 2.05% over the last five days. On the other hand, Vale S.A. ADR (NYSE:VALE) is 6.31% up in the 30-day period. We can see from the shorts that 67.43 million shares have been sold at a short interest cover period of 2.41 day(s).
The consensus price target as assigned by Wall Street analysts is $16.5, which translates to bulls needing to increase their stock price by 39.76% from its current value. Analyst projections state that VALE is forecast to be at a low of $11.5 and a high of $24.
Vale S.A. ADR earnings are expected to increase by 17.97% in 2025, but the outlook is positive 9.14% per year for the next five years.
VALE Dividends
Vale S.A. ADR’s next quarterly earnings report is expected to be released on 2025-Apr-24. The annual dividend yield of the stock is 3.75 percent and its annual dividend per share was 0.37. It is important to note, however, that the 3.75% dividend yield ratio should be regarded as a guide only, as many other factors should be taken into consideration before making any investment decision. The average dividend yield for the past five years averaged 8.82 per year.
Vale S.A. ADR (NYSE:VALE)’s Major holders
Upon looking at major shareholders, it appears that insiders hold 0.01% of Vale S.A. ADR shares, and 17.03% of them are in the hands of institutional investors. The stock currently has a share float of 17.04%. Vale S.A. ADR stock is held by 664.0 institutions, with GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC being the largest institutional investor. By 2024-06-30, it held 1.0354% of the shares, which is about 44.26 million shares worth $494.42 million.
CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS, with 0.8117% or 34.7 million shares worth $387.58 million as of 2024-06-30, holds the second largest percentage of outstanding shares.
