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) Price to free cash flow

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As of 5 November 2026, VALE S.A. (VALE) trades at a price to free cash flow of 14.2×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.0× (December 2016) to 41.3× (February 2017); the current reading is higher than 81% of that period. That is in line with the Other Industrial Metals & Mining industry median of 14.2× and below the Basic Materials sector median of 17.7×.

Price to free cash flow, daily

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Annual newest first

Period Price to free cash flow Change
FY2025 19.9× 53.20%
FY2024 13.0× 37.21%
FY2023 9.5× (24.60%)
FY2022 12.6× 268.89%
FY2021 3.4× (58.25%)
FY2020 8.2× 1.23%
FY2019 8.1× 7.49%
FY2018 7.5× (2.72%)
FY2017 7.7× (73.31%)
FY2016 28.9× —

Quarterly newest first

Period Price to free cash flow Change
Sep 2026 16.6× (7.85%)
Jun 2026 18.0× (18.41%)
Mar 2026 22.1× 10.98%
Dec 2025 19.9× 23.24%
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 0.0× High 41.3×
Ten-year median 7.9×
Current reading's percentile 81

Price to free cash flow against peers

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VALE VALE S.A. 14.2×
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Other Industrial Metals & Mining industry median 14.2×
Basic Materials sector median 17.7×
Market median 14.1×

What Price to free cash flow is

Price to Free Cash Flow Ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar of cash a company generates after its capital spending.

Stock Price ÷ ((Operating Cash Flow (TTM) + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) (TTM) + Intangible Assets Change (Net) (TTM)) ÷ (Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter)))

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