Key Considerations for Vale Investors

By Chris Stiles • Sunday, September 15 15:06 • Permanent Link

Join us for a quick overview of Vale, a Industrial Metals & Mining company whose shares moved 1.4% today. Here are some facts about the stock that should help you see the bigger picture:

Vale has moved -25.5% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 26.3%
VALE has an average analyst rating of buy and is -28.89% away from its mean target price of $14.78 per share
Its trailing earnings per share (EPS) is $2.25
Vale has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 4.7 while the S&P 500 average is 28.21
Its forward earnings per share (EPS) is $2.2 and its forward P/E ratio is 4.8
The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 0.22 in contrast to the S&P 500's average ratio of 4.71
Vale is part of the Basic Materials sector, which has an average P/E ratio of 23.66 and an average P/B of 2.69
VALE has reported YOY quarterly earnings growth of 227.9% and gross profit margins of 0.4%
The company has a free cash flow of $37.55 Billion, which refers to the total sum of all its inflows and outflows of cash over the last quarter
Vale S.A., together with its subsidiaries, produces and sells iron ore, iron ore pellets, nickel, and copper 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, and other ferrous products; and provides related logistic services. The Energy Transition Materials segment produces and extracts nickel; and its by-products, such as gold, silver, cobalt, precious metals, and others, as well as copper used in the construction sector to produce pipes and electrical wires. The company was formerly known as Companhia Vale do Rio Doce and changed its name to Vale S.A. in May 2009. Vale S.A. was founded in 1942 and is headquartered in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil.

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