Investigating a stock’s 52-week price history, covering the range of low and high prices, can provide significant information about its present state and future potential. Vale S.A. ADR’s current trading price is -23.50% away from its 52-week high, while its distance from the 52-week low is 13.35%. The stock’s price range during this period has varied between $8.06 and $11.93. The company, active in the Basic Materials sector, saw a trading volume of around 41.84 million for the day, considerably higher average daily volume of 31.78 million observed over the last three months.
Vale S.A. ADR’s stock has seen a rocky market performance. The company’s stock achieved a 1-year high of $11.93 on 05/29/24, and the lowest price during that time was $8.06, recorded on 04/09/25.
How Financial Performance Impacts Market Capitalization
Vale S.A. ADR (VALE) has experienced a quarterly decline of -3.18% in its revenues when compared to the same period in the previous year. Presently, the company has a total market capitalization of 38.97B and boasts a workforce of 64616 employees.
The Role of Moving Averages and Trading Volume in Technical Analysis
Based on Barchart.com data, the company’s moving average over the 100-day period was 9.45, with a change in price of +0.50. Similarly, Vale S.A. ADR recorded 34,006,051 in trading volume during the last 100 days, posting a change of +5.79%.
How VALE’s Debt-to-Equity Ratio Affects Financial Health
A company’s financial condition and market reputation can be evaluated using the debt-to-equity (D/E) ratio. This ratio, calculated by dividing a company’s total liabilities by its shareholders’ equity, indicates the proportion of debt a company employs to back its assets in relation to its shareholders’ equity. At the time of writing, the total D/E ratio for VALE stands at 0.46. Similarly, the long-term debt-to-equity ratio is also 0.44.
VALE Stock Stochastic Average
As of today, the raw stochastic average of Vale S.A. ADR over the last 50 days is at 49.65%. This shows a increasee from the raw stochastic average of the previous 20 days, which was recorded at 2.44%. Further, the company’s Stochastic %K and %D values for the last 20 days were 21.43% and 34.04%, respectively.
VALE Stock Price Performance Analysis
Depending on how one views it, the stock price performance for the year has been a mixed bag, resulting in either an optimistic or pessimistic outlook. Until today this year the stock’s price performance recorded an increase of 2.93%. However, over the last six months, the performance has been stronger by -8.49%. The price of VALE decreased -1.93% over the last 30 days. And in the last five days, it has fallen by -4.70%.