STOCKS TO WATCH: EYES ON VALE S.A. (VALE), ORACLE CORPORATION (ORCL)

The last few days have been good for Vale S.A. (NYSE:VALE), as its price has grew by 10.06% during the week. It has also performed better over the past three months, as it added around 12.28% while it has so far climbed around 38.28% during the course of a year. The price of the stock went up by $0.41 now trading at $14.22. Their shares witnessed a 56.44% increase from the 52-week low price of $9.09 they recorded on 2017-11-15. Even though it is still -7.17% behind the $15.24 high touched on 2018-05-16. The stock of VALE recorded 20.6% uptrend from the beginning of this year till date. The 12-month potential price target for Vale S.A. is set at $15.5. This target means that the stock has an upside potential to increase by 9% from the current trading price.

When giving their opinion, around 81.82% of Wall Street analysts, which represents 18 out of 22 rated the stock as a Buy. 2 brokerage firms of the remaining 9.09% rated the stock as a Hold with 2 analyst rating it as a sell. Overall, the number of aggregate VALE shares held by institutional investors represents 20.6% of total shares. 53 institutions entered new Vale S.A. (NYSE:VALE) positions, 165 added to their existing positions in these shares, 179 lowered their positions, and 53 exited their positions entirely.

Vale S.A. (VALE) trade volume has increased by 14.61% as around 21,516,214 shares were sold when compared with its 50-day average volume of traded shares which is 18,774,004. At the moment, VALE is witnessing a uptrend, as it is trading 8.57% above its 20-day SMA, 7.41% above its 50-day SMA, and 10.63% above its 200-day SMA. The company runs an ROE of roughly 10.1%, with financial analysts predicting that their earnings per share growth will be around 18.42% per annum for the next five year. This will be compared to the 29.2% increase witnessed over the past five years.

The first technical resistance point for Vale S.A. (NYSE:VALE) will likely come at $14.4, marking a 1.25% premium to the current level. The second resistance point is at $14.57, about 2.4% premium to its current market price. On the other hand, inability to breach the immediate hurdles can drag it down to $13.87, the lower end of the range. VALE’s 14-day MACD is 0.68 and this positive figure indicates an upward trading trend. The company’s 14-day RSI (relative strength index) score is 65.16, which shows that its stock has been neutral. The 20-day historical volatility for the stock stands at 33.99 percent, which is low when compared to that of the 50-day’s 34.87 percent.

The shares of Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) has increased by 0.82%, and now trading at $49.43 on the Wall Street in the intra-day deal, with their shares traded now around 20,879,899. This is a rise of 3,821,215 shares over the average 17,058,684 shares that were traded daily over the last three months. The stock that is trading at $49.43 went higher by 16.11% from its 52-week low of $42.57 that it attained back on 2018-06-20. The stock recorded a 52-week high of $53.48 nearly 191 days ago on 2018-03-13.

ORCL stock has performed well over the past 30 days, as it added 2.09% while its price climbed by 4.55% year-to-date (YTD). Looking at the last few days, it has been good for the stock, as it rose 0.18% over the last week. The stock’s 12-month potential target price is now at $54.04. This means that the stock price might likely increase by 9.33% from its current trading price.17 out of 35 Wall Street analysts which represents 48.57% rated the stock as a buy while the remaining 48.57 rated it as a hold, with 2.86 of analysts rating it as a sell.

Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) has been utilizing an ROE that is roughly 7.5%, with stock analysts predicting that the company’s EPS for the next five years will go up by 8.33% per year, following the 2.4% raise that was witnessed during the past five years. The stock at the moment is on a uptrend, trading 1.4% above its 20-day SMA, 1.98% above its 50-day SMA, and 2.96% above its 200-day SMA. In percentage terms, the aggregate Oracle Corporation shares held by institutional investors is 57.7%. 87 institutions jumped in to acquire Oracle Corporation (ORCL) fresh stake, 719 added to their current holdings in these shares, 871 lowered their positions, and 117 left no stake in the company.

The stock’s 9-day MACD is 0.24 and this positive figure indicates an upward trading trend. The company’s 9-day RSI score is 62.22, which shows that its stock has been neutral. The 20-day historical volatility for the shares stand at 13.5 percent, which is more when compared to that of the 50-day’s 11.98 percent. On the daily chart, we see that the stock could reach the first level of resistance at $49.76, sporting a 0.66% premium to the current level. The next resistance point is at $50.09, representing nearly 1.32% premium to the current market price of Oracle Corporation (ORCL). On the other hand, failure to breach the immediate hurdles can drag it down to $48.33, the lower end of the range.

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