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VALE Vale (VALE) Insider Trading, Ownership & Congress Trades

Mining & Metals · Metal mining · CIK 0000917851
Cluster · 3 insidersC-suite buying · 1Congress · 1
Funds added, last quarter
251
13F, latest reported quarter

What the filings say about VALE

Insiders, 180 days
+$7.9K net bought
3 buyers · 1 seller · 0% of sales under a 10b5-1 plan
Congress, 1 year
1 bought · 1 sold
Latest: sale, 2025-10-31

Vale insider trades (Form 4)

Form 4 buys and sells (codes P and S). Grants, option exercises and conversions excluded.

Over the last 180 days, Vale S.A. insiders bought a net $7.9K of stock across 12 Form 4 purchases and sales, with 3 insiders buying. Source: SEC Form 4 filings, as of 2026-10-28.

Foreign private issuer: most of its insiders are exempt from SEC Form 4, but some still file it; those filings are listed below, and the record may be incomplete.

Insider
Filed
Shares
Value
Since filing
BUY
2026-08-10 SECtraded 2026-08-04
4
$60
-15.0%
Context
  • 4 earlier Form 4 trades (code P or S) here by this insider (4 buys), the last on Aug 3, 2026.
  • -8.0% median (-6.8% mean) 90-day return after 3 previous buys.
  • The trade is 4.9% of the 81 shares held after it.
  • No other insider bought within 30 days.
  • 251 funds added in the 13F quarter to Jun 30, 2026.
Insider activity: Director Viana Madeira Andre bought about $60 of VALE on Aug 4, 2026; 251 funds added in the latest 13F quarter.
BUY
2026-08-10 SECtraded 2026-08-03
5
$73
-15.0%
Context
  • 3 earlier Form 4 trades (code P or S) here by this insider (3 buys), the last on Jul 2, 2026.
  • -8.0% median (-6.8% mean) 90-day return after 3 previous buys.
  • The trade is 6.5% of the 77 shares held after it.
  • No other insider bought within 30 days.
  • 251 funds added in the 13F quarter to Jun 30, 2026.
Insider activity: Director Viana Madeira Andre bought about $73 of VALE on Aug 3, 2026; 251 funds added in the latest 13F quarter.
Accounting Officer
BUY
2026-08-07 SECtraded 2026-07-03
406
$6.2K
-18.2%
Context
  • First Form 4 purchase or sale (code P or S) here by this insider on our record.
  • The trade is 1.3% of the 32,262 shares held after it.
  • 2 other insiders bought within 30 days.
  • 251 funds added in the 13F quarter to Jun 30, 2026.
Insider activity: Accounting Officer de Souza Funo Elaine Maria bought about $6.2K of VALE on Jul 3, 2026; 2 other insiders bought within 30 days and 251 funds added in the latest 13F quarter.
BUY
2026-08-10 SECtraded 2026-07-02
1
$15
-15.0%
Context
  • 2 earlier Form 4 trades (code P or S) here by this insider (2 buys), the last on Jul 1, 2026.
  • -6.2% median (-6.2% mean) 90-day return after 2 previous buys.
  • The trade is 1.4% of the 72 shares held after it.
  • 2 other insiders bought within 30 days.
  • 251 funds added in the 13F quarter to Jun 30, 2026.
Insider activity: Director Viana Madeira Andre bought about $15 of VALE on Jul 2, 2026; 2 other insiders bought within 30 days and 251 funds added in the latest 13F quarter.
BUY
2026-08-10 SECtraded 2026-07-01
1
$15
-15.0%
Context
  • 1 earlier Form 4 trade (code P or S) here by this insider (1 buy), the last on Jun 17, 2026.
  • The trade is 1.4% of the 71 shares held after it.
  • 2 other insiders bought within 30 days.
  • 251 funds added in the 13F quarter to Jun 30, 2026.
Insider activity: Director Viana Madeira Andre bought about $15 of VALE on Jul 1, 2026; 2 other insiders bought within 30 days and 251 funds added in the latest 13F quarter.
12 transactions on record
Since filing: total return from the first close after the filing to the latest close, dividend-adjusted. Not a forecast.
Context lines are counts over the filings above and returns from our own price history, never a price level. Not investment advice.
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Seven facts, ranked against the sector · Rank is not a forecast
Insiders
net +$7.9K over 180 days
+$133 over 90 days
more than 70% of Mining & Metals
Congress
1 member bought in the last year
the lowest in Mining & Metals
Funds
251 funds bought in last quarter
more than 83% of Mining & Metals
Revenue
no revenue reported in any filing
Margin
no margin: no revenue reported
Buybacks
no share repurchases reported
Short interest
1.4% of the float short (float per yahoo 2026-10-26) · 2.0 days to cover · settled 2026-09-30
The situation: each line is one rule over one dataset
3 insiders independently bought a net $7.9K while the stock fell 30% over six months, with no planned sales queued.
What changed in the last 30 days
Oct 28Insider selling stopped: no sales in 90 days after 3 in the prior 90
Why it matters
The absence is the signal: 3 sales in one 90-day window and none in the next is a change of behaviour, not a filing.

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The year, with the filings on it
Total return over 12 months. Each marker is a filing; hover or tap one for the detail.
+11.9%12M
-0%+21%+42%+64%2025-102025-122026-022026-042026-062026-082026-10 2026-04-01 · Arap Sobrinho Sami bought $209.3K2026-04-01 · Tallia Parenti Grazielle bought $168.6K2026-07-03 · de Souza Funo Elaine Maria bought $6.2K2026-06-16 · Quintao Lara Anelise bought $5.4K2026-06-16 · Quintao Lara Anelise sold $3.2K2026-06-16 · Quintao Lara Anelise sold $7092026-06-17 · Viana Madeira Andre bought $1442026-06-16 · Quintao Lara Anelise sold $812026-08-03 · Viana Madeira Andre bought $732026-08-04 · Viana Madeira Andre bought $602026-07-02 · Viana Madeira Andre bought $152026-07-01 · Viana Madeira Andre bought $15
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Who owns VALE: institutional holders (13F)

13F holdings, latest reported quarter
$2.0B
63,828,464 sh
$960.0M
55,345,652 sh
$832.4M

Congress trades in VALE

STOCK Act disclosures, US House only, filed up to 45 days after the trade
Sold 2025-10-31 · disclosed 21 days later
$1,001 - $15,000
Bought 2025-10-30 · disclosed 22 days later
$1,001 - $15,000
Bought 2025-06-24 · disclosed 50 days later
$1,001 - $15,000
Sold 2025-03-18 · disclosed 201 days later
$1,001 - $15,000

Activist and 5% holders (13D/13G)

No 5%+ ownership filings
Nobody has filed for crossing 5%. That is a fact, not missing data.

VALE planned insider sales (Form 144)

No planned-sale notices
No insider has filed to sell. Watch this after a run-up.

VALE mutual fund holders (N-PORT)

Funds ranked by the share of their own portfolio in this stock (N-PORT).
ULTRALATIN AMERICA PROFUND
$1.7M position · as of 2026-07-31
9.6%
iShares Latin America 40 ETF
$314.3M position · as of 2026-06-30
8.4%
VanEck Steel ETF
$12.7M position · as of 2026-06-30
7.5%
OTG Latin America ETF
$1.2M position · as of 2026-06-30
4.4%
T. Rowe Price Latin America Fund
$19.7M position · as of 2026-07-31
4.4%
iShares Copper and Metals Mining ETF
$14.4M position · as of 2026-06-30
3.4%
SEC N-PORT, monthly, about 60 days late · funds ≥ $10M · % is the share of the fund's own portfolio
Live price
Daily candles from TradingView, under their licence. No filings marked.
Why this name is on the desk
3 insiders reported buying shares.
The record shows a net $7.9K bought by insiders over 180 days, 251 funds added last quarter, 1 House member(s) bought in 12 months, disclosed weeks after the trade. Each figure is a federal filing, dated the day it went public.
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VALE financials

Fundamentals
Annual figures from XBRL filings. Pick a past date to see them as known then.
2025-122024-122023-122022-12
Gross profit$13.5B$13.8B$17.7B$19.8B
Net income$2.0B$6.0B$8.1B$18.9B
SEC XBRL, fiscal years, as known on 2026-10-28

VALE Stock Sonar score 3/7 axes

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VALE ranks highest on insider conviction (78th percentile) and institutional and government (61st), and lowest on risk and compliance (57th), among Mining & Metals peers.

Insider conviction
78
Inputs
  • Net Form 4 buying (codes P and S), 180d$8K · 69 pct, sector of 69
  • Insider buyers, 180d3 · 87 pct, sector of 70
Institutional and government
61
Inputs
  • Funds adding, latest quarter251 · 83 pct, sector of 152
  • Congress net buyers, 365d0 · 40 pct, universe of 719
  • Federal contracts, 180dno federal contracts in 180 days
  • Lobbying spend, 4 quartersno lobbying filings in the last four quarters
Risk and compliance
57
Inputs
  • Short interest, % of float+1.4% · 57 pct, sector of 252
  • Recalls per $1B revenue, 3yrevenue under $50M or not filed, so a count cannot be scaled to size
  • EPA cases per $1B revenue, 5yrevenue under $50M or not filed, so a count cannot be scaled to size
  • New text in Risk Factors, latest 10-Kneeds two 10-Ks with a Risk Factors section (not 20-F filers or stubs)
4 not measured: Profitability, Financial health, Growth, US patents
  • Profitability needs 2 of 4 inputs, 0 present: fewer than four consecutive quarters of net income; fewer than four consecutive quarters of operating income
  • Financial health needs 1 of 2 inputs, 0 present: no debt line filed
  • Growth needs 1 of 2 inputs, 0 present: no backlog line filed, or no year-earlier backlog; no revenue for this year and the year before
  • US patents needs 1 of 2 inputs, 0 present: patent data not loaded yet

3 of 7 axes scored. Each is a percentile against sector peers (all companies when the sector is thin); higher is better. An unscored axis is unmeasured, not low. How it is scored

VALE filings, in plain words

Are Vale insiders buying or selling VALE?

In the 180 days to 2026-10-28, Vale insiders were net buyers, a net $7.9K: $11.9K of purchases and $4.0K of sales reported on Form 4, by 3 buyers and 1 seller.

Have members of Congress traded VALE?

Yes. In the year to 2026-10-28, 1 House member disclosed buying VALE and 1 House member disclosed selling it; the latest on record is a sale by Lisa McClain dated 2025-10-31.

Read the full summary

In the 180 days to 2026-10-28, Vale insiders were net buyers of VALE, a net $7.9K across purchases and sales reported on Form 4 by 3 buyers and 1 seller. 3 insiders reported purchases in that window. None of the 3 insider sales was flagged as made under a Rule 10b5-1 plan. In the year to 2026-10-28, 1 member of Congress disclosed buying VALE and 1 member disclosed selling it; the latest on record is a sale by Lisa McClain dated 2025-10-31. Each figure is counted from SEC and House filings as of 2026-10-28, dated the day the filing was made public.

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