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
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VALE S.A. (VALE) Price to free cash flow
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 | Free account |
Against its own ten years
Price to free cash flow against peers
| Company | Price to free cash flow |
|---|---|
| MP MP Materials Corp. compare | n/m |
| BHP BHP Group Limited Sponsored ADR compare | n/m |
| SSMR Sunshine Silver Mining & Refining Company compare | n/m |
| RIO Rio Tinto PLC compare | n/m |
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| ALM Almonty Industries Inc. compare | n/m |
| SKE Skeena Resources Limited compare | n/m |
| VALE VALE S.A. | 14.2× |
| MTRN Materion Corporation compare | 35.7× |
| 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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