VALE S.A.

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

11.46 0.03 +0.26%
Market cap
$46.6B
P/E
76.4×
Fwd P/E
—
Dividend yield
3.49%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
1.62
Beneish M
−2.84
Dividend safety
16/100

VALE S.A. (VALE) Gross margin

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VALE S.A.'s gross margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 31.9%, down 3.1 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (35.0%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 19.8% (fiscal 2015) to 60.1% (fiscal 2021); the current reading is higher than 18% of that period. That is above the Other Industrial Metals & Mining industry median of 14.5% and above the Basic Materials sector median of 25.0%.

Gross margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
FY2025 35.0% (1.20)
FY2024 36.2% (6.11)
FY2023 42.4% (2.84)
FY2022 45.2% (14.94)
FY2021 60.1% 4.55
FY2020 55.6% 11.97
FY2019 43.6% 4.06
FY2018 39.6% 1.49
FY2017 38.1% 2.27
FY2016 35.8% 15.98

Quarterly newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
Sep 2026 25.1% (5.43)
Jun 2026 30.5% (2.80)
Mar 2026 33.3% (5.39)
Dec 2025 38.7% 2.36
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 19.8% High 60.1%
Ten-year median 39.6%
Current reading's percentile 9

Gross margin against peers

Company Gross margin
MP MP Materials Corp. compare 57.7%
ALM Almonty Industries Inc. compare 51.2%
BHP BHP Group Limited Sponsored ADR compare 47.4%
RIO Rio Tinto PLC compare 36.2%
VALE VALE S.A. 31.9%
MTRN Materion Corporation compare 15.9%
SKE Skeena Resources Limited compare 0.00%
SSMR Sunshine Silver Mining & Refining Company compare —
USAR USA Rare Earth Inc. compare —
Other Industrial Metals & Mining industry median 14.5%
Basic Materials sector median 25.0%
Market median 45.1%

What Gross margin is

Gross Margin tells an investor how much of each sale a company keeps after paying the direct costs of making or buying what it sells.

Gross Profit ÷ Revenue

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