VALEVale S.A.
What is the market doing?
No clear lean: insiders net buying, but in a downtrend (−19% vs 200-day).
In a downtrend, below its 50- and 200-day averages. Oversold (RSI 18). Price is −19% vs its 200-day average.
Insiders were net buyers over the 90 days ending Oct 22, 2026.
Lightly shorted, settled Sep 30, 2026, a few days of normal trading to cover. Up 20% since the previous count, down from 1.4% of shares outstanding three months ago.
Where this answer is blind. Insider selling is often routine (taxes, diversification); only cluster buying is a strong tell.
How VALE is trading
Vale S.A. is +17% over the past year while the S&P 500 is +16%: 1.5 points ahead of the market.
1-year return · S&P 500 +16%
- vs 200-day average
- −19%
vs 200-day average · a clear downtrend
- RSI (14)
- 18
RSI (14) · oversold, sold harder than it has been bought
- Below its 52-week high
- 30%
Below its 52-week high
Details›
- Last close2026-10-23
- $12.40
- 1 monthS&P 500 −0.94%
- −8.6%
- 1 yearS&P 500 +16%
- +17%
- 5 yearsS&P 500 +86%
- +24%
- vs 50-day average$14.07
- −12%
- 52-week high
- $17.82
- 52-week low
- $10.54
- Annualised volatility
- 31%
- Insider buying, net, 6 monthsForms 3/4/5 to 2026-10-22
- $8K
| Year | Return |
|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | −4.9% |
| 2025 | +66% |
| 2024 | −39% |
| 2023 | +1.6% |
| 2022 | +33% |
| 2021 | −1.5% |
| 2020 | +32% |
| 2019 | +2.7% |
| 2018 | +12% |
| 2017 | +68% |
| Month | Years | Positive | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 10 | 6 of 10 | +5.3% |
| Feb | 10 | 7 of 10 | +1.1% |
| Mar | 10 | 4 of 10 | −0.94% |
| Apr | 10 | 3 of 10 | −1.3% |
| May | 10 | 3 of 10 | +0.99% |
| Jun | 10 | 6 of 10 | −0.12% |
| Jul | 11 | 5 of 11 | +3.5% |
| Aug | 11 | 4 of 11 | −2.8% |
| Sep | 11 | 8 of 11 | +0.76% |
| Oct | 11 | 5 of 11 | +1.2% |
| Nov | 10 | 7 of 10 | +9.5% |
| Dec | 10 | 7 of 10 | +5.4% |
End-of-day closes from IEX; the S&P 500 comparison uses SPY over the same window. Prices are a reference point, not a basis for trading decisions.
Where the price stands
Its trend against the 50-day and 200-day averages, and the levels it keeps coming back to.
What it has returned
With dividends, year by year, month by month, and by calendar month on average.
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