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Company snapshot — Vale SA ADR

VALE in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Vale mines and processes iron ore and nickel, alongside copper, gold, silver, cobalt and other base metals, through its Iron Ore Solutions and Vale Base Metals segments. It runs the railways, ports and ships that move this output from mines in Brazil and elsewhere to buyers worldwide, and it also generates its own hydro, solar and wind power. It is headquartered in Rio de Janeiro and trades in New York as an ADR.
Where it sits in the stack
Vale sits outside the diary's index universe; it belongs to the Basic Materials sector within the diorama of scored miners the diary tracks alongside gold and diversified names, rather than any layer of the AI build-out.
Who it is priced against
Closelook's peer group places it with gold miners scored in the same sector and country — AngloGold Ashanti, Gold Fields, Kinross Gold, Barrick, IAMGold, Agnico Eagle, Harmony Gold and Pan American Silver — a grouping built on sector match rather than what they actually dig up; the market's own comparison is with Rio Tinto.
Why Closelook tracks it
Vale carries a Closelook score, strongest on valuation and weakest on momentum, and the diary's Daily Pulse named it the laggard in a three-way materials comparison against the diversified majors.
What the diary watches
Whether iron ore prices and Chinese demand turn, since the diary has flagged that question as the gap between Vale and the diversified majors it sits beside.

Vale SA ADR (VALE) trades on US exchanges, classified under Basic Materials.

The Closelook company score reads 45/100 composite (momentum 34, quality 49, valuation 69) across 7 modules — the full breakdown, chart structure and analog history load live above.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for VALE, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Who it is priced against Other Industrial Metals & Mining · 7 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Other Industrial Metals & Mining

Names in the same industry from the Closelook universe; scored names rank on their Closelook score, the rest on trend state.

Compared against VALE on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 7.59%, semi-annual · last 0.40 USD on 2026-08-13

Dividends and capital return

What VALE pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 1.08 USD per share · a 7.59% yield on the 2026-09-18 close 2 distributions, paid twice a year 2026-09-18
  • Change on the year +49.7% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 0.72 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.40 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-08-13
  • By calendar year 2025: 1.40 USD (partial) · 2026: 0.40 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2025-03-10
  • Dividends paid, FY2025 3.57 bn USD 2% of earnings
  • Buybacks, FY2025 none reported
  • Share count +0.1% in FY2025
  • Capital returned 3.57 bn USD · 117% of free cash flow dividends and buybacks together, against the year’s free cash flow

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 4 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sector × region …

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 50/100 · S&P 500 fund at 49, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-18
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 97th percentile of the window, +4.9% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-18
  • Sector × region Materials in US: −1.9% week · −4.8% month · −3.2% quarter · −2.9% yearThe Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from XLB.US; the 11 × 4 matrix shows where its sector is being bought and where it is being sold. Sector Engine → 2026-09-20
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.07 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-18

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-19

Quick answers

What is Vale SA ADR (VALE)?

Vale SA ADR trades as VALE on the US exchange (US) and is classified under Basic Materials in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-19.

Is VALE in a Closelook index?

Not currently — Vale SA ADR is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-19.

What is Vale SA ADR's Closelook composite score?

45 out of 100, with momentum 34, quality 49 and valuation 69 sub-scores, as of 2026-09-19. Scores are Closelook's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does VALE trade against its moving averages?

Mixed moving-average stack: Trades -1.9% vs the 50-day and -4.6% vs the 200-day average, 18.5% below the 52-week high and +45.6% off the 52-week low; a death cross printed 25 sessions ago. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-18 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does Vale SA ADR do?

Vale mines and processes iron ore and nickel, alongside copper, gold, silver, cobalt and other base metals, through its Iron Ore Solutions and Vale Base Metals segments. It runs the railways, ports and ships that move this output from mines in Brazil and elsewhere to buyers worldwide, and it also generates its own hydro, solar and wind power. It is headquartered in Rio de Janeiro and trades in New York as an ADR. Closelook's peer group places it with gold miners scored in the same sector and country — AngloGold Ashanti, Gold Fields, Kinross Gold, Barrick, IAMGold, Agnico Eagle, Harmony Gold and Pan American Silver — a grouping built on sector match rather than what they actually dig up; the market's own comparison is with Rio Tinto.

Where does Vale SA ADR sit in the AI build-out?

Vale sits outside the diary's index universe; it belongs to the Basic Materials sector within the diorama of scored miners the diary tracks alongside gold and diversified names, rather than any layer of the AI build-out. Vale carries a Closelook score, strongest on valuation and weakest on momentum, and the diary's Daily Pulse named it the laggard in a three-way materials comparison against the diversified majors.

Does Vale SA ADR pay a dividend?

Vale SA ADR has paid 1.08 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid twice a year, a trailing yield of 7.59% on the 2026-09-18 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.40 USD on 2026-08-13. In fiscal 2025 the company paid 3.57 bn USD in dividends, 117% of that year’s free cash flow. The share count rose 0.1% over the fiscal year. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

Where has Closelook written about Vale SA ADR?

Vale SA ADR appears in 1 Closelook piece, most recently Daily Pulse: Three Ladders: Gold, Crypto, Materials (2026-08-24). What Closelook said most recently: One rung out sit the diversified majors — BHP and Rio Tinto in the mid-teens, while Vale at −1.6% is the laggard that tells you iron ore and the China question have not joined the party. (Daily Pulse, 2026-08-24). The "Mentioned on Closelook" block on this page lists the long reads, the reference entries and the dailies that name it.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for VALE, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Mentioned on Closelook 1 piece · newest: Daily Pulse, “Three Ladders: Gold, Crypto, Materials” (2026-08-24)

Mentioned on Closelook

Where VALE appears in the diary — 1 piece, newest first. Every link is our own writing.

Dailies

  • Three Ladders: Gold, Crypto, MaterialsDaily Pulse · 24 Aug 2026One rung out sit the diversified majors — BHP and Rio Tinto in the mid-teens, while Vale at −1.6% is the laggard that tells you iron ore and the China question have not joined the party.

Related in the Closelook universe

then Other Industrial Metals & Mining, then Basic Materials. Scored names rank on their Closelook score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.