Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, Brazilian mining giant Vale
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Vale's business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
Vale facts
| Headquarters (founded) | Rio de Janeiro (1942) |
| Market Cap | $97.0 billion |
| Industry | Industrial metals and minerals |
| Trailing-12-Month Revenue | $51.1 billion |
| Management | CEO Murilo Ferreira (since 2011) CFO Tito Martins (since 2011) |
| Return on Equity (average, past 3 years) | 22.2% |
| Cash/Debt | $5.0 billion / $25.1 billion |
| Dividend Yield | 5.6% |
| Competitors |
BHP Billiton Cliffs Natural Resources Rio Tinto |
Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 98% of the 6,635 members who have rated Vale believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward.
Just last month, one of those Fools, NHWeston102, offered three good reasons to look into the stock:
First, it's Brazil! Second, with the exception [Chesapeake Energy], fewer other producers of commodities have fallen so far -- but [Vale] is not run by shareholder-hating con-men. Third, they are innovating in fertilizers and will get a boost from agriculture. Good entry point here, methinks.
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