VALE (VALE) Q2 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Adjusted EPS
- $0.36
- Estimate
- $0.49
- Surprise
- -26.2%
- Score at report (before → after)
- 5.9 → 5.7/10
Revenue for this quarter isn’t shown: the reported figure hasn’t cleared TrendMatrix’s freshness and sanity checks yet, and consensus revenue isn’t tracked. EPS above is the available figure.
How the report landed
VALE (VALE) missed the $0.49 estimate with adjusted EPS of $0.36 — a large 26.2% shortfall. TrendMatrix's engine moved from Buy (Wait) (5.9/10) to Sell at 5.7/10 after the report.
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates VALE Sell at 5.3/10.
1 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's -26.2% surprise compares with a -15.1% four-quarter average. Next scheduled report: 2026-10-29.
What supports the rating
- Positive news sentiment (+1.00)
- Attractive valuation
What argues against it
- Commodity cycle peak: fwd P/E 7.3× (below 12) + fwd/trail 0.26× (below 0.55). EPS just expanded off a commodity-price surge — forward estimate may be built on stale spot, mean-reversion risk unpriced.
- Thin upside margin: 6.7%
- V7 low-quality RISK_OFF penalty: -0.5 (Q=5.3)
This section and the ones below it reflect TrendMatrix’s latest engine read — they update after the report date and are not frozen to it.
The levels TrendMatrix's engine tracks
- Current price
- $14.08
- Price target
- $15.03
- Stop
- $13.32
- Upside to target
- +6.7%
- Reward-to-risk
- 1.0:1
The stock trades at 27.7× trailing but 7.3× forward earnings — consensus estimates already build in a substantial earnings recovery.
Risk check: trading volume is running 1.5× its average — elevated turnover around the report window.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-10-07 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.
VALE at TrendMatrix's latest read
Materials producers report against the commodity cycle — realized-price capture and volume, not the EPS line, are the tells in a quarter like this.
- Industry
- Other Industrial Metals & Mining
- Market cap
- $60.22B
- P/E (fwd)
- 7.3
- P/E (ttm)
- 27.7
- 52-week range
- $10.71–$17.94
- Off 52-week high
- 21.5%
- RSI (14)
- 49
- Volume vs avg
- 1.53×
- Score today
- 5.3/10