Shares of Vale S.A. (NYSE:VALE – Get Free Report) have been given a consensus recommendation of “Hold” by the ten brokerages that are presently covering the stock, Marketbeat reports. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation, six have given a hold recommendation and three have assigned a buy recommendation to the company. The average 1 year price target among brokerages that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $14.38.
VALE has been the topic of a number of recent research reports. Scotiabank reduced their target price on shares of Vale from $16.00 to $14.00 and set a “sector perform” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, November 20th. UBS Group cut shares of Vale from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and decreased their price objective for the company from $14.00 to $11.50 in a research report on Monday, November 11th. StockNews.com started coverage on Vale in a research report on Friday, December 13th. They set a “buy” rating on the stock. Morgan Stanley downgraded Vale from an “overweight” rating to an “equal weight” rating and reduced their price target for the company from $14.50 to $11.30 in a report on Thursday, December 12th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. dropped their price objective on Vale from $16.50 to $15.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a report on Monday, September 23rd.
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Shares of NYSE VALE opened at $8.87 on Thursday. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $9.82 and a 200 day moving average price of $10.48. The company has a current ratio of 0.91, a quick ratio of 0.58 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.39. Vale has a 12-month low of $8.69 and a 12-month high of $15.99. The company has a market cap of $39.76 billion, a P/E ratio of 4.11, a P/E/G ratio of 0.27 and a beta of 0.91.
Vale (NYSE:VALE – Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, October 24th. The basic materials company reported $0.56 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.41 by $0.15. The business had revenue of $9.55 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $9.61 billion. Vale had a return on equity of 21.07% and a net margin of 22.59%. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $0.66 earnings per share. Research analysts anticipate that Vale will post 2.08 EPS for the current fiscal year.
About Vale
Vale SA, together with its subsidiaries, produces and sells iron ore and iron ore pellets for use as raw materials in steelmaking in Brazil and internationally. The company operates through Iron Solutions and Energy Transition Materials segments. The Iron Solutions segment produces and extracts iron ore and pellets, manganese, and other ferrous products; and provides related logistic services.
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