Vale S.A. ADR (NYSE: VALE): Think Like A Lender, Not An Investor

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Vale S.A. ADR (NYSE:VALE) currently has a daily average trading volume of 31.10M but it saw 26327298 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 46.15B USD, the company’s current market price of $10.81 came falling about -0.73 while comparing to the previous closing price of $10.89. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $15.50 and as low as $9.66. In the recent trading on the day, stock has struck highest price mark of $10.735 while lowest mark touched by it was $10.85.

Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of Vale S.A. ADR (VALE) gives us an average price of $10.92, while its current price level is -30.28% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 11.90% above from lowest level seen by the stock during that period. Simple moving average of 50 days or SMA-50 of the stock’s closing price is $10.78 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $11.79. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 1.78% during that period while stretching the period over a month that decreases to 1.65%. It is also necessary to take a look into other indicators of a stock too, to get a better idea about its price movement. And in doing so, we find stock’s 14-day relative strength index (RSI) standing at 48.84 which implies that the stock is in neutral territory.

Over the week, VALE’s stock price is moving 3.84% up while it is -7.76% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is -29.31% down and over the past year, the stock is showing a downside performance of -16.25%.

Currently, Vale S.A. ADR’s total number of outstanding shares is 4.30B. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 18.07% and return on equity (ROE) at 24.39%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 4.98 while having a 5.34 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 0.94. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 1.21 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 1.13. Its return on asset (ROA) is 10.46% on average.