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UBS hits mining giant Vale with sell rating as iron prices fall

20th September 2021

By: Bloomberg

  

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The collapse in iron-ore prices prompted UBS Group AG to make a bearish about-face on Brazil’s Vale, the world’s second biggest producer.

Analysts led by Andreas Bokkenheuser cut the company’s American depositary receipts to sell from buy, a two step drop.

They said the current stock price is based on iron ore averaging about $100/t next year. But they consider that overly optimistic, predicting it will drop to around $89. Iron ore prices have already tumbled over 50% from this year’s peak and futures sank below $100 Friday as China’s steel-production cuts and property-market downturn hurt demand.

UBS is the first cut to sell for Vale ADRs in more than four months, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.

The steep slide in iron prices has offset any positive impact from Vale’s announcement that it is boosting its dividend to 40.2 billion reais ($7.5 billion) at the end of the month as it bounces back from a dam disaster that pummeled production. “Vale’s dividend story gets much less attractive” with iron ore under $100, analysts said.

Vale ADRs fell as much as 4.7% to $15.94 in New York Friday.

Edited by Bloomberg

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