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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) Return on invested capital
VALE S.A.'s return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 6.58%, down 1.5 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (8.11%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −6.41% (fiscal 2015) to 42.6% (fiscal 2021); the current reading is higher than 36% of that period. That is above the Other Industrial Metals & Mining industry median of −3.57% and above the Basic Materials sector median of 0.96%.
Return on invested capital, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Return on invested capital | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 8.11% | (6.91) |
| FY2024 | 15.0% | (1.45) |
| FY2023 | 16.5% | (6.02) |
| FY2022 | 22.5% | (20.14) |
| FY2021 | 42.6% | 22.08 |
| FY2020 | 20.6% | 18.84 |
| FY2019 | 1.71% | (12.10) |
| FY2018 | 13.8% | 2.59 |
| FY2017 | 11.2% | 4.55 |
| FY2016 | 6.67% | 13.08 |
Against its own ten years
Return on invested capital against peers
| Company | Return on invested capital |
|---|---|
| VALE VALE S.A. | 6.58% |
| MTRN Materion Corporation compare | 6.20% |
| ALM Almonty Industries Inc. compare | 2.10% |
| RIO Rio Tinto PLC compare | 0.00% |
| SSMR Sunshine Silver Mining & Refining Company compare | 0.00% |
| BHP BHP Group Limited Sponsored ADR compare | 0.00% |
| MP MP Materials Corp. compare | −4.28% |
| SKE Skeena Resources Limited compare | −7.64% |
| USAR USA Rare Earth Inc. compare | −7.78% |
| Other Industrial Metals & Mining industry median | −3.57% |
| Basic Materials sector median | 0.96% |
| Market median | 0.00% |
What Return on invested capital is
Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.
TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)
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