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VALE Basic Materials Other Industrial Metals & Mining
VALE S.A.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $38.4 billion, up 0.91% from fiscal 2024.
- Revenue
- +1.72%
- EPS
- −54.0%
- Free cash flow
- −9.38%
- Total debt
- −14.6%
Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier
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VALE S.A. (VALE) Free cash flow margin
VALE S.A.'s free cash flow margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 8.32%, up 1.0 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (7.28%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −15.5% (fiscal 2015) to 37.9% (fiscal 2021); the current reading is higher than 27% of that period. That is above the Other Industrial Metals & Mining industry median of 0.00% and above the Basic Materials sector median of 0.00%.
Free cash flow margin, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Free cash flow margin | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 7.28% | (0.39) |
| FY2024 | 7.67% | (9.67) |
| FY2023 | 17.3% | 3.56 |
| FY2022 | 13.8% | (24.10) |
| FY2021 | 37.9% | 12.35 |
| FY2020 | 25.5% | 3.16 |
| FY2019 | 22.4% | (2.56) |
| FY2018 | 24.9% | (0.44) |
| FY2017 | 25.4% | 20.09 |
| FY2016 | 5.28% | 20.77 |
Against its own ten years
Free cash flow margin against peers
| Company | Free cash flow margin |
|---|---|
| VALE VALE S.A. | 8.32% |
| MTRN Materion Corporation compare | 4.66% |
| SKE Skeena Resources Limited compare | 0.00% |
| USAR USA Rare Earth Inc. compare | 0.00% |
| RIO Rio Tinto PLC compare | 0.00% |
| BHP BHP Group Limited Sponsored ADR compare | 0.00% |
| ALM Almonty Industries Inc. compare | −60.5% |
| MP MP Materials Corp. compare | −165.2% |
| SSMR Sunshine Silver Mining & Refining Company compare | — |
| Other Industrial Metals & Mining industry median | 0.00% |
| Basic Materials sector median | 0.00% |
| Market median | 0.00% |
What Free cash flow margin is
Free Cash Flow Margin tells an investor how much of each sale turns into cash the company keeps after paying for investment in its assets.
(Operating Cash Flow + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) + Intangible Assets Change (Net)) ÷ Revenue
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