With 39.32 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 33.42 million shares. During the session, the Other Industrial Metals & Mining company that operates in wider Basic Materials sector, reached to the highest price of $9.1199 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $8.97. The 52-week range on VALE shows that it touched its highest point at $11.93 and its lowest point at $8.06 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $11.97. With its current market cap of 38.68 billion, VALE has annualized dividend of $0.37 while the current yield stands at 4.11%. VALE paid its most recent dividend on 1741564800, while the ex-dividend date for that was 1741564800. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.79.
Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of VALE was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -3.10%, but this was down by -5.62% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -10.21% while six-month performance rose 3.19%. The stock gained 2.14% in the past year, while it has lost -15.70% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for VALE yields 1.36 with Next year EPS estimates of 1.81. For the next quarter, that number is 0.42. This implies an EPS growth rate of 20.66% for this year and 3.97% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 4.27 billion VALE shares are outstanding with a float of 4.27 billion shares on hand for trading. On 2025-05-30, short shares totaled 70.71 million, which was 166.0 higher than short shares on 1745971200. In addition to Mr. Gustavo Duarte Pimenta as the firm’s President & CEO, Mr. Marcelo Feriozzi Bacci serves as its Executive VP of Finance & Investor Relations.
Institutional Ownership:
Through their ownership of 0.17086 of VALE’s outstanding shares, institutional investors have minority control over the company.
An Overview of Recent Financials:
Understanding a company as a customer does not mean you will understand it as an investor. The wise investor uses quantitative research to analyze metrics such as revenue, net income, and earnings. In its fiscal quarter reported on 2025-03-31, VALE reported revenue of $8119000000.0 and operating income of $2215000000.0. The EBITDA in the recently reported quarter was $2937000000.0 and diluted EPS was $0.33.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for VALE since 11 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 9 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 2 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 0 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential. With VALE analysts setting a high price target of 16.1 and a low target of 8.0, the average target price over the next 12 months is 12.31. Based on these targets, VALE could surge 77.7% to reach the target high and fall by -11.7% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 35.87% from current levels.
EPS: Estimates vs Actual
It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of $2.07254 being high and $1.85746 being low. For VALE, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $1.965.
