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After finishing at $9.86 in the prior trading day, Vale S.A. ADR (NYSE: VALE) closed at $9.96, up 1.01%. In other words, the price has increased by $1.01 from its previous closing price. On the day, 84.04 million shares were traded. VALE stock price reached its highest trading level at $10.32 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $9.95.
Ratios:
Our goal is to gain a better understanding of VALE by taking a closer look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 10.61 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 37.24. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.74 and its Current Ratio is at 1.11. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.46 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.44.
On April 10, 2025, BofA Securities Upgraded its rating to Buy which previously was Neutral but kept the price unchanged to $11.50.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, VALE now has a Market Capitalization of 42763857920 and an Enterprise Value of 131612844032. As of this moment, Vale’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 7.34, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 5.63. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 0.82. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 1.13 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.21. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 0.622 whereas that against EBITDA is 1.778.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for VALE is 0.77, which has changed by -0.13541669 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.11844492 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, VALE has reached a high of $11.93, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $8.06. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 4.28%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 2.41%.
Shares Statistics:
The stock has traded on average 34.80M shares per day over the past 3-months and 58695050 shares per day over the last 10 days, according to various share statistics. A total of 4.27B shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 4.27B. Insiders hold about 0.00% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 16.66% stake in the company. Shares short for VALE as of 1749772800 were 67432028 with a Short Ratio of 1.94, compared to 1747267200 on 83612733. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 67432028 and a Short% of Float of 1.5800001000000001.
Dividends & Splits
In the trailing 12 months, VALE’s forward annual dividend rate was 4.756, compared to 0.37 this year. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.48235297The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 8.82. The current Payout Ratio is 54.50% for VALE, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-03-10 with an ex-dividend date of 1741564800. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2007-09-13 when the company split stock in a 2:1 ratio.
