Vale S.A. ADR [NYSE: VALE] surged by $0.18 during the normal trading session on Friday and reaching a high of $10.16 during the day while it closed the day at $10.14.
Vale S.A. ADR stock has also loss -0.78% of its value over the past 7 days. However, VALE stock has inclined by 14.45% in the 3 months of the year. Over the past six months meanwhile, it has gained 18.46% and lost -8.18% year-on date.
The market cap for VALE stock reached $43.29 billion, with 4.27 billion shares outstanding and 4.27 billion shares in the current float. Compared to the average trading volume of 35.02M shares, VALE reached a trading volume of 47683090 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.
Here’s what leading stock market gurus have to say about Vale S.A. ADR [VALE]:
Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for VALE shares is $11.94 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on VALE stock is a recommendation set at 2.00. This rating represents a strong Buy recommendation, on the scale from 1 to 5, where 5 would mean strong sell, 4 represents Sell, 3 is Hold, and 2 indicates Buy.
RBC Capital Mkts have made an estimate for Vale S.A. ADR shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Sector Perform, with their previous recommendation back on April 17, 2025. The new note on the price target was released on April 10, 2025, representing the official price target for Vale S.A. ADR stock. On December 12, 2024, analysts decreased their price target for VALE shares from 14.50 to 11.30.
The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 1.23, with the Price to Cash per share for the same quarter was set at 0.94. Price to Free Cash Flow for VALE in the course of the last twelve months was 37.92 with Quick ratio for the last quarter at 0.74.
VALE stock trade performance evaluation
Vale S.A. ADR [VALE] fell into the red zone at the end of the last week, falling into a negative trend and dropping by -0.78. With this latest performance, VALE shares gained by 4.97% in over the last four-week period, additionally plugging by 18.46% over the last 6 months – not to mention a rise of 14.32% in the past year of trading.
Vale S.A. ADR [VALE]: An insightful look at the core fundamentals
Operating Margin for any stock indicates how profitable investing would be, and Vale S.A. ADR [VALE] shares currently have an operating margin of 28.28% and a Gross Margin at 35.31%. Vale S.A. ADR’s Net Margin is presently recorded at 15.38%.
Return on Equity for this stock inclined to 6.63%, with Return on Assets sitting at 6.63%.
Earnings per share (EPS) analysis for Vale S.A. ADR [VALE] stock
The progress of the company may be observed through the prism of EPS growth rate, while Wall Street analysts are focusing on predicting the 5-year EPS growth rate for VALE. When it comes to the mentioned value, analysts are expecting to see the 5-year EPS growth rate for Vale S.A. ADR go to 8.92%.
Vale S.A. ADR [VALE]: Institutional Ownership
There are presently around $17.03%, or 17.04% of VALE stock, in the hands of institutional investors. The top three institutional holders of VALE stocks are: GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC with ownership of 44.26 million shares, which is approximately 1.0354%. CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS, holding 34.7 million shares of the stock with an approximate value of $$387.58 million in VALE stocks shares; and CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS, currently with $$345.94 million in VALE stock with ownership which is approximately 0.7245%.
