VALEVale S.A.

$13.64+32% 1Y

Is it safe?

Mixed

Nothing alarming, nothing pristine: insiders buying and typical volatility.

1 good, 1 neutral, 4 without data
Insider conviction+$133SEC EDGAR · Oct 8, 2026

Insiders were net buyers (+$133, 90 days to Oct 8, 2026). SEC Form 4 filings: officers and directors must report their own trades within two business days.

Drawdown risk32% volderived · Oct 9, 2026

Moderate price swings, typical volatility. Worst drawdown -58% · now 23% below its 52-week high.

Where this answer is blind. Altman sits structurally low for utilities and pipelines; Beneish runs high for fast growers, since sales growth alone lifts it; banks and REITs are excluded.

Can VALE take a bad year?

The deepest fall in VALE's price history on file is −58%; it is 23% below its high today.

−58%

Worst drawdown on file · −23% today

Interest cover
6.80×

Interest cover · operating profit covers the interest bill several times over

Annualised volatility
32%

Annualised volatility · about as steady as the market itself

Details›
Cash and short-term investments
$6.01B
EBITDA, trailing twelve months
$13.1B
Operating profit, trailing twelve months
$10.1B
Annualised volatilitytwo years of daily moves
32%
Worst drawdown on file
−58%
Below its 52-week high
23%

Balance sheet from SEC filings; drawdown and volatility from end-of-day closes; Altman Z from the filed statements.