Vale S.A. ADR (NYSE:VALE) currently has a daily average trading volume of 34.89M but it saw 18475740 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 39.44B USD, the company’s current market price of $9.24 came falling about -0.75 while comparing to the previous closing price of $9.31. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $12.55 and as low as $8.06. In the recent trading on the day, stock has struck highest price mark of $9.18 while lowest mark touched by it was $9.39.
Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of Vale S.A. ADR (VALE) gives us an average price of $9.23, while its current price level is -26.39% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 14.71% 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 $9.60 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $9.97. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 1.54% during that period while stretching the period over a month that increases to 3.44%. 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 45.75 which implies that the stock is in neutral territory.
BofA Securities upgraded its recommendation for the stock as a “Buy” from “Neutral” on April 10, 2025 while assigning a price target of $11.50.
Over the week, VALE’s stock price is moving -5.23% down while it is -8.51% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is 4.17% up and over the past year, the stock is showing a downside performance of -22.56%.
The company is expected to be releasing its next quarterly report on 2025-Apr-24, for which analysts forecasted an EPS of 0.45 while estimate for next year EPS is 1.87. In next quarter, company is expected to be making quarterly sales of $9.29B as analysts are expecting the sales for current fiscal year at $38.12B and seeing the company making $39.25B in sales next year. Moreover, analysts are in estimates of $9.41B for current-quarter revenue.
Currently, Vale S.A. ADR’s total number of outstanding shares is 4.27B with 0.02% of that held by the insiders while 15.68% of its common stock has been owned by the institutions. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 11.45% and return on equity (ROE) at 15.98%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 6.81 while having a 5.21 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 0.86. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 1.12 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 1.04. Its return on asset (ROA) is 6.63% on average.
