VALE is a second listing. The company's home listing is VALE3.SA, StockRank 80. Each line is scored on its own price and filings, so the two scores can differ. The AI review is made once per company, on the home listing.

VALE

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Vale S.A. · Basic Materials · Brazil · $52.8B cap · $411.8M/day traded

$12.00 -3.2% · close 26 Oct · scored 27 Oct

StockRank down 2.2 since 24 Oct: Momentum down 3 after a 3% price fall.

Fallen Favourite: A good business, still expensive, and the price is falling.

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Report expected 29 Oct: the next-year EPS estimate has fallen 8.4% over the last 13 weeks.

Quality
55
Value
48
Momentum
38

As of 27 Oct 2026, MoatMap's StockRank for Vale S.A. (VALE) is 48/100, ranked against 24,000+ stocks in 35 markets (Quality 55, Value 48, Momentum 38, each scored against its sector).

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P/E (TTM)
24.8x
peers 16.7x
ROE
4.1%
peers 4.5%
D/E
0.5x
peers 0.2x
Dividend %
8.6%
trailing yield
AI screening note

Screen-pass. Vale S.A.: Q62/V54/M61, every leg clears the 50 floor; corroborated by active buyback (1 filing days). Nothing adverse known: no net insider selling and no negative forward-EPS revision. A light-tier screen-pass, not a high-conviction pick.

The ranks quoted here are from the day it was written; today's Quality, Value and Momentum are the bars above.

ABOUT VALE S.A.

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Vale S.A., together with its subsidiaries, produces iron ore and nickel in Brazil, Asia, the Middle East, North Africa, Europe, the Americas, and Oceania. The company operates in two segments, Iron Ore Solutions and Vale Base Metals.

FINANCIAL SUMMARY (USD)

Year2022202320242025CAGRTTM2026E2027EFwd CAGR
Revenue8.8B8.4B7.6B7.7B-4.3%43.6B8.2B8.3B3.6%
EPS0.810.370.290.11-48.6%0.500.110.111.1%
Shares4.5B4.3B4.3B4.3B-4.8%4.3B———
Debt3.1B3.4B3.5B4.4B12.2%22.0B———
Equity7.2B7.9B6.7B6.7B-2.2%————
Op CF2.3B2.6B1.9B1.8B-8.5%10.1B———
Inv CF-938.5M-1.3B-1.1B-1.4B—————
Fin CF-2.8B-1.5B-455.6M54.1M—————
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PRICE (1Y) · USD-17.1%
12.012.613.213.914.515 Sep6 Oct26 Oct
SMA 50SMA 200

Price checkNo clear trendExperimental

No clear trend: not near its 52-week low, and not in a steady uptrend.

SwingsAverage

Calmer than 66% of stocks we rank over the past year (33% a year).

How this is worked out

StockRank judges the business. The price check reads only the chart: it is the price side of the Momentum score, in words.

The rules: Still falling is a new 52-week low in the last two weeks, at least 25% below the high. Finding a floor is no new low since. Turning up is 20 or more trading days without a new low, at least 10% off it, and back above a rising 50-day average. In an uptrend is above the 200-day average and within 15% of the high.

In 2,112 US drawdowns since 2001, buying while the price was still falling was followed by a further 20% drop 42% of the time. Waiting for a turn like this one cut that to 33%, at about 7% higher prices and with no better returns. Part of that cut is simply not buying: 13% of falls never turned, and waiting kept those out. Among turns that were bought, 38% still fell another 20%, and 33% of turns were followed by a new low within six months. The benefit was largest in crashes such as 2008 and 2020.

What it measures: day-to-day price moves over the past year, as a yearly figure, ranked against every stock we cover. Very calm under 20% a year, Calm 20 to 30%, Average 30 to 40%, Bumpy 40 to 55%, Very bumpy above that.

What we found: across about 13,500 stocks in 34 markets (2002 to 2025), past swings were a good guide to the next year's, and bumpier stocks fell further. How much further changed too much between eras to put a number on it.

Calm is not safe: a calm stock can still slide steadily.

Rules fixed before any data was fetched. Describes the chart, not a recommendation.

Close
$12.00
RSI (14)
16.0
52-Week Range-31.2% from high
Low $10.53High $17.44

SCORE BREAKDOWN

Quality
55
ROIC
10.5%70.5
ROE
4.1%48.3
GP/Assets
17.6%62.0
Op. Margin
22.0%84.0
FCF/Assets
3.6%66.8
Piotroski
547.2
Int. Cover
3.1x41.2
D/E Ratio
0.55x27.4
Current Ratio
1.19x21.0
Value
48
P/E (TTM)
24.8x32.8
EV/EBITDA
8.9x53.8
P/FCF
17.2x54.4
P/B
6.7x9.9
P/S
1.2x55.4
Div Yield
8.6%97.3
Momentum
38
52W High %
69%61.8
RS 6M
-34%22.0
SMA 50/200
0.94x41.0
EPS Rev 4W
-4.0%12.5
EPS Rev 12W
-8.4%15.8
EPS Improve
+273%87.8
Q Growth
-43%10.2

FUNDAMENTALS

Market Cap
$52.8B
P/E (Forward)
6.6x
Gross Margin
34.9%

SECTOR PEERS

Closest peers in Basic Materials, ranked by industry match, size, and score similarity. Cross-listings of VALE are excluded.

TickerCompanyMkt CapStockRankSignal
VALEVale S.A.(you)$52.8B48Hold
GLC.AXGlencore plc$83.8B48Hold
AAL.LAnglo American plc$57.1B65Hold
600111.SSChina Northern Rare Earth (Group) High-Tech Co.,Ltd$19.8B39Hold
603799.SSZhejiang Huayou Cobalt Co., Ltd$9.1B48Hold
000657.SZChina Tungsten And Hightech Materials Co.,Ltd$14.4B35Sell
RIO.LRio Tinto Group$135.6B70Buy
FMG.AXFortescue Ltd$30.9B78Buy
603993.SSCMOC Group Limited$45.6B86Strong Buy
600497.SSYUNNAN CHIHONG ZINC&GERMANIUM C$9.3B55Hold

Peer medians: ROE 4.5% · P/E 16.7x · Gross margin 26.5%

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Vale S.A. (VALE): Stock Score Summary

Vale S.A. (VALE) has a MoatMap StockRank of 48/100 based on Quality (55/100), Value (48/100), and Momentum (38/100) factor scores. The current signal is HOLD. Screen-pass. Vale S.A.: Q62/V54/M61, every leg clears the 50 floor; corroborated by active buyback (1 filing days). Nothing adverse known: no net insider selling and no negative forward-EPS revision. A light-tier screen-pass, not a high-conviction pick.

Vale S.A., together with its subsidiaries, produces iron ore and nickel in Brazil, Asia, the Middle East, North Africa, Europe, the Americas, and Oceania. The company operates in two segments, Iron Ore Solutions and Vale Base Metals.

Key Financial Metrics

Price$12.00
Market Cap$52.8B
P/E (TTM)24.80
P/E (Forward)6.65
Price/Book6.74
Return on Equity4.1%
Return on Invested Capital10.5%
Debt/Equity0.55x
Gross Margin34.9%
Operating Margin22.0%
Revenue Growth6.4%
Dividend Yield8.6%
Free Cash Flow$3.1B

Vale S.A. operates in the Other Industrial Metals & Mining industry, part of the Basic Materials sector (Brazil).

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Vale S.A.’s (VALE) StockRank?
MoatMap’s StockRank for Vale S.A. (VALE) is 48/100, with a Hold signal. It is a composite of Quality (55), Value (48), and Momentum (38), each scored against its sector. The composite is then ranked across MoatMap’s universe of 24,000+ stocks.
Does Vale S.A. have an economic moat?
Vale S.A. (VALE) has a Quality factor score of 55/100. The Quality factor combines ROIC, Piotroski F-Score, and leverage: the financial fingerprints of a durable competitive advantage. A Quality score above 70 typically indicates a company with the characteristics of a moated business.
Is Vale S.A. a buy, hold, or sell?
MoatMap’s current signal for Vale S.A. (VALE) is Hold, based on a StockRank of 48/100. Signals are derived mechanically from the StockRank composite and should be one input among many; combine with your own thesis on management, competitive position, and valuation.
What sector is Vale S.A. in?
Vale S.A. (VALE) operates in the Basic Materials sector, specifically the Other Industrial Metals & Mining industry (Brazil).