This morning we watched VALE drop -1.1% to a price of $11.28 per share. The Large-Cap Industrial Metals & Mining company is now trading -9.74% below its average target price of $12.49. Analysts have set target prices ranging from $8.0 to $15.0 per share for VALE, and have given the stock an average rating of buy.
VALE's short interest — meaning the percentage of the share float that is being shorted — is lower than average at 1.3%. The stock's short ratio is 2.0. At 0.02%, 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 17.4%. In conclusion, we believe there is mixed market sentiment regarding VALE.
Institutions Invested in VALE
| Date Reported | Holder | Percentage | Shares | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-06-30 | FMR, LLC | 2% | 86,495,356 | $975,235,105 |
| 2025-06-30 | Blackrock Inc. | 1% | 54,320,121 | $612,459,343 |
| 2025-06-30 | Capital World Investors | 1% | 49,814,207 | $561,655,164 |
| 2025-06-30 | GQG Partners LLC | 1% | 46,206,510 | $520,978,382 |
| 2025-06-30 | Capital International Investors | 1% | 44,305,121 | $499,540,222 |
| 2025-06-30 | Invesco Ltd. | 1% | 24,810,285 | $279,735,953 |
| 2025-06-30 | Fisher Asset Management, LLC | 0% | 21,705,260 | $244,726,798 |
| 2025-06-30 | Lazard Asset Management LLC | 0% | 20,080,222 | $226,404,495 |
| 2025-06-30 | Morgan Stanley | 0% | 19,746,203 | $222,638,431 |
| 2025-06-30 | Orbis Allan Gray Ltd | 0% | 19,665,389 | $221,727,253 |
