VALE Dividend Calculator
Vale S.A. yields 6.01%, comfortably above the 2.86% median across US dividend payers. That puts VALE in the range where the income is the main reason to hold it, and where the durability of the payment does most of the work in any long-run figure.
VALE paid $0.80 per share over the last twelve months on a semi-annual schedule. Enter any amount below, or use the worked figures.
Your investment
VALE
Vale S.A.
6.01%
yield
Dividend income
$10,000 in VALE pays you
$601.20
per year
- Paid twice a year
- $300.60
- Monthly average
- $50.10
- Shares bought
- 751.88
- Payments a year
- 2
Total over 10 years, taken as cash
$6,012.03
Based on the trailing twelve-month dividend, assuming it stays flat. Payments are not guaranteed and can be cut or suspended at any time. Figures are before tax and exclude any change in the share price.
VALE dividend income by investment amount
Based on the current yield of 6.01%. Figures are before tax and assume the dividend stays at its present level.
| Invested | Per year | Per payment | Monthly average |
|---|---|---|---|
| $1,000 | $60.12 | $30.06 | $5.01 |
| $5,000 | $300.60 | $150.30 | $25.05 |
| $10,000 | $601.20 | $300.60 | $50.10 |
| $25,000 | $1,503.01 | $751.50 | $125.25 |
| $50,000 | $3,006.02 | $1,503.01 | $250.50 |
| $100,000 | $6,012.03 | $3,006.02 | $501.00 |
VALE with dividends reinvested
$10,000 in VALE, every dividend reinvested, holding the payment and share price flat. Deliberately conservative — most calculators assume years of uninterrupted growth, and that assumption drives most of the result.
- After 10 years
- $18,082
- After 20 years
- $32,697
- After 30 years
- $59,123
$16,012 taking the income as cash
$22,024 taking the income as cash
$28,036 taking the income as cash
What makes up VALE's 6.01% yield
VALE paid $0.80 per share over the last twelve months against a share price of $13.30, which is where the 6.01% comes from. Special and one-off distributions are excluded from that figure — they do not recur, and including them would overstate every projection below.
Yields at this level usually have a structural explanation rather than a mispricing: the company is organised to distribute income rather than retain it. Worth checking how VALE's current yield compares with its own history, since a sharp recent rise more often reflects a falling price than a raised payment.
Materials dividends are funded by commodity earnings and are among the most cyclical on the market. A trailing yield captures what was paid through one part of that cycle, which may not resemble the next.
When VALE pays, and what that changes
VALE pays semi-annual, which is unusual among US-listed payers and has two consequences the annual figure hides. The "monthly average" column is an average and nothing more — no cash arrives in most months — and the gap between payments means a holder buying between them waits longer for the first one.
Infrequent payments also compound marginally more slowly when reinvested, since each distribution spends longer as cash before it is put back to work. The reinvestment figures above use VALE's real schedule rather than assuming quarterly payments.
Each payment has an ex-dividend date, and it is the date that governs entitlement: shares bought on or after it do not carry that payment. VALE's full schedule and payment history are on its dividend page.
Is VALE's dividend covered by earnings?
VALE's payout ratio of 2.03 means the dividend exceeds reported earnings — the company is distributing more than it earned. That is sustainable for a period from cash reserves or borrowing, and it is the single most relevant caveat on this page, because the ten-year figures above assume the payment continues at its present level throughout.
The figures hold the dividend flat, and that assumption carries more weight for VALE than it would for a lower-yielding holding. There is no established record of consecutive annual increases here, and at this yield a modest reduction in the payment changes the ten-year figure substantially.
VALE dividend calculator FAQ
- How much does $10,000 in VALE pay in dividends?
- At VALE's current yield of 6.01%, $10,000 pays about $601.20 a year — roughly $300.60 per payment, paid semi-annual, or $50.10 a month averaged out.
- What would VALE be worth after 10 years with dividends reinvested?
- Reinvesting every dividend and assuming the payment and share price both stay flat, $10,000 in VALE would grow to about $18,082 after 10 years, against $16,012 if the income were taken as cash. That deliberately assumes no dividend growth — a real holding may do better or considerably worse.
- How often does VALE pay dividends?
- VALE pays semi-annual — 2 payments a year — based on its actual payment history rather than an assumed schedule.
- Is VALE's dividend guaranteed?
- No. Dividends are discretionary and can be reduced or suspended at any time, and every figure here is a projection from the current yield rather than a forecast. Check VALE's full payment history before relying on any of it.
- Why is VALE's dividend yield so high?
- VALE yields 6.01% against a 2.86% median across US dividend payers. A yield is a ratio, so it rises either because the payment went up or because the share price came down — and the figure alone does not say which. Yields this far above the market among ordinary operating companies are unusual and often reflect what the market expects rather than what has been announced.
- Can VALE afford its dividend?
- VALE's payout ratio is 2.03, meaning the dividend currently exceeds reported earnings. That gap can be funded from cash or borrowing for a period, but not indefinitely from profits. The projections on this page assume the payment continues unchanged, which is an assumption rather than a finding — check the full payment history and the company's own filings before relying on it.
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Vale S.A. is a common stock trading at $13.30 per share, paying semi-annual. — All figures before tax. Not financial advice.