VALE (VALE) Stock Analysis – A Fundamental Overview

By Susan Ramirez • Friday, May 30 15:12 • Permanent Link

VALE marked a -3.0% change today, compared to -0.0% for the S&P 500. Is it a good value at today's price of $9.15? Only an in-depth analysis can answer that question, but here are some facts that can give you an idea:

Vale S.A., together with its subsidiaries, produces and sells iron ore, iron ore pellets, nickel, and copper in Brazil and internationally.
VALE belongs to the Basic Materials sector, which has an average price to earnings (P/E) ratio of 20.25 and an average price to book (P/B) of 2.31
The company's P/B ratio is 0.19
VALE has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 6.6 based on its trailing 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $1.38 per share
Its forward P/E ratio is 4.5, based on its forward earnings per share (EPS) of $2.05
Over the last four years, VALE has averaged free cash flows of $12.89 Billion, which on average grew 8.5%
VALE's gross profit margins have averaged 47.7 % over the last four years and during this time they had a growth rate of -6.9 % and a coefficient of variability of 36.55 %.
VALE has moved -21.7% over the last year compared to 12.0% for the S&P 500 -- a difference of -33.7%
VALE has an average analyst rating of buy and is -25.04% away from its mean target price of $12.21 per share

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