Investors Are Bailing Out of Vale (VALE). Here's Why.

Vale stock is trading -22.17% below its average target price of $14.75 after dropping -2.5% during today's morning session. Analysts are giving the Large-Cap Industrial Metals & Mining company an average rating of buy and target prices ranging from $11.0 to $18.0 per share.

Vale's short interest — meaning the percentage of the share float that is being shorted — is lower than average at 1.5%. The stock's short ratio is 2.3. At 0.01%, the company's rate of insider ownership does not indicate that management is heavily invested in the corporation.

Another number to watch is the company's rate of institutional share ownership, which now stands at 16.4%. In conclusion, we believe there is mixed market sentiment regarding Vale.

Institutions Invested in Vale

Date Reported Holder Percentage Shares Value
2024-06-30 Goldman Sachs Group Inc 1% 44,262,764 $508,008,185
2024-06-30 Capital International Investors 1% 34,699,525 $398,249,931
2024-06-30 FMR, LLC 1% 30,970,171 $355,447,761
2024-06-30 Morgan Stanley 1% 30,895,714 $354,593,210
2024-06-30 GQG Partners LLC 1% 29,956,481 $343,813,539
2024-06-30 Blackrock Inc. 1% 29,355,495 $336,915,962
2024-06-30 Capital World Investors 1% 27,767,135 $318,686,195
2024-06-30 Schroder Investment Management Group 1% 24,193,047 $277,666,028
2024-06-30 Price (T.Rowe) Associates Inc 0% 22,825,033 $261,965,194
2024-06-30 SPX Equities Gestao de Recursos Ltda 0% 21,969,937 $252,151,172
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