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. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 19.2%, EPS fell 36.0%, free cash flow grew 69.8% and total debt fell 6.73%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Insiders bought in the last twelve months.

13.06 0.04 +0.31%
Market cap
$53.0B
P/E
26.7×
Fwd P/E
—
Dividend yield
3.06%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
1.62
Beneish M
−2.84
Dividend safety
16/100

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total buys 0.39
Total sells 0.00
Totals in millions of $.
Dec 25 Mar 26 Jun 26 Sep 26
Buy — — — — — 2 — 2 2 — — —
Sell — — — — — — — 1 — — — —
Insider Ownership 4.45%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 53,020.00
Revenue 41,236.00
Net Income 4,734.00
Free Cash Flow 3,555.00
Net Debt 13,004.00
Current Ratio 1.19
Debt/Equity 0.48 (at or below 0.5: strong)
P/E ratio 26.65
Fwd P/E —
P/S ratio 1.35
P/B ratio 1.43
Past 5Y EPS Growth (10.35%) (below 0%: weak)
This Y EPS Growth 210.10% (at or above 15%: strong)
Next Y EPS Growth 1.78%
Next Y revenue growth —
Next 5Y EPS Growth 46.89% (at or above 15%: strong)

Green and red mark values outside typical ranges. How we judge →

Valuation vs history

P/E against its own 10 years 88.75%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 29.75%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 41.95%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 26.98%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/FCF against its own 10 years 81.76%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio 0.82
Annual Dividend Rate 0.40
Annual Dividend Yield 3.06%
total individual payouts
2026 0.40
0.40
2025 0.37
0.37
0.35
0.23
2024 0.46
0.54
0.37
0.09
2023 1.21
0.35
0.39
0.47
2022 1.47
0.72
0.69
0.06
2021 1.94
0.76
0.44
1.51
2019 0.26
0.26
2017 0.28
0.28
0.13
special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 3,660 5,006 7,566 5,765
Receivables 5,097 3,458 3,802 4,331
Inventory 4,684 4,605 5,937 6,264
Other 1,326 412 986 1,272
18,700 13,481 18,291 17,659
2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Payables 5,272 4,234 5,565 6,203
ST’ Debt 824 1,020 518 1,093
Other 5,523 5,636 7,237 4,767
14,655 13,090 15,870 14,818

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 5.09% (0.58%) (4.32%)
Cash Flow 6.96% (9.28%) (8.49%)
Earnings 0.00% (13.59%) (49.98%)
Book Value (0.39%) (0.27%) (2.76%)

Revenue $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 9,258 10,498 — — —
’25 8,119 8,804 10,420 11,060 38,403
’24 8,459 9,920 9,553 10,124 38,056
’23 8,434 9,673 10,623 13,054 41,784
’22 10,812 11,157 9,929 11,941 43,839
’21 12,553 16,514 12,330 13,105 54,502
’20 6,969 7,518 10,762 14,296 39,545
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 1,879 2,412 — — —
’25 1,669 1,856 2,577 2,699 8,801
’24 3,576 1,211 1,667 2,912 9,366
’23 3,610 1,900 2,866 4,789 13,165
’22 2,607 3,569 3,397 1,912 11,485
’21 7,022 7,726 9,051 1,880 25,679
’20 1,685 1,362 7,805 6,517 14,322
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 694 1,168 — — —
’25 414 688 1,183 510 2,795
’24 2,181 (117) 269 586 2,919
’23 2,480 692 1,402 2,671 7,245
’22 1,471 2,276 2,167 125 6,039
’21 6,042 6,623 7,852 129 20,646
’20 561 1,362 4,842 5,253 10,095
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 0.44 0.32 — — —
’25 0.33 0.50 0.63 (0.90) 0.55
’24 0.39 0.65 0.56 (0.16) 1.44
’23 0.41 0.20 0.66 0.56 1.83
’22 0.93 1.32 0.98 0.82 4.05
’21 1.09 1.49 0.76 1.07 4.47
’20 0.05 0.19 0.57 0.14 0.95
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

2.2
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to December

Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Trend 2026e 2027e 2028e
Price, $
Price, $ Low 2.13 7.47 11.93 10.20 6.49 11.16 11.72 12.22 8.69 8.06

Analyst estimates 2026–2028

Powerpack
High 9.34 12.30 16.13 15.45 17.46 23.18 21.29 19.31 15.99 13.62
People
People Employees 73,062 73,596 70,270 71,149 74,316 72,266 64,516 66,807 64,610 65,805
Revenue/emp, $m 0.38 0.46 0.52 0.53 0.53 0.75 0.68 0.63 0.59 0.58
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 27,488 33,967 36,575 37,570 39,545 54,502 43,839 41,784 38,056 38,403
Gross margin, % 35.79 38.06 39.55 43.61 55.58 60.13 45.19 42.35 36.24 35.04
EBT 7,984 7,829 6,816 (2,775) 6,990 29,541 19,781 11,151 6,696 4,653
EBT margin, % 29.05 23.05 18.64 (7.39) 17.68 54.20 45.12 26.69 17.60 12.12
Net income 7,984 7,829 6,816 (2,775) 18,894 29,541 19,781 11,151 6,696 4,653
Depreciation 3,487 3,708 3,351 3,726 3,198 3,034 3,171 3,070 3,057 3,105
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 5.29 6.54 7.06 7.33 7.71 10.87 9.45 9.57 8.90 9.00
Earnings 0.77 1.06 1.32 (0.33) 0.95 4.47 4.05 1.83 1.44 0.55
Cash flow 1.23 2.40 2.49 2.36 2.79 5.12 2.48 3.02 2.19 2.06
Capex (0.95) (0.74) (0.73) (0.72) (0.82) (1.00) (1.17) (1.36) (1.51) (1.41)
Free cash flow 0.28 1.66 1.76 1.64 1.97 4.12 1.30 1.66 0.68 0.65
Book value 7.89 8.61 8.66 7.60 6.79 7.04 8.06 9.39 8.08 8.05
Shares, m 5,197 5,197 5,178 5,128 5,130 5,012 4,638 4,366 4,275 4,269
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 10.59 12.05 10.07 0.00 17.64 3.18 4.04 8.58 6.16 23.27
P/S 1.52 1.95 1.87 1.80 2.17 1.29 1.73 1.64 1.00 1.45
P/B 1.02 1.48 1.52 1.74 2.47 1.99 2.03 1.67 1.10 1.62
EV/Sales 2.43 2.43 2.12 2.05 2.28 1.39 1.97 1.95 1.27 1.74
EV/FCF 46.14 9.57 8.51 9.15 8.55 3.66 14.29 11.25 16.54 23.86
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 6,401 12,450 12,901 12,110 14,322 25,679 11,485 13,165 9,366 8,801
Capex (4,951) (3,831) (3,784) (3,704) (4,227) (5,033) (5,446) (5,920) (6,447) (6,006)
Free cash flow 1,450 8,619 9,117 8,406 10,095 20,646 6,039 7,245 2,919 2,795
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital 11,335 5,840 6,181 3,197 9,809 7,162 1,635 4,045 391 2,421
Total debt 29,322 22,489 15,466 17,431 18,440 17,201 15,255 16,600 15,358 18,642
Net debt 25,060 16,139 9,279 9,255 4,182 5,296 10,458 12,940 10,352 11,076
Shareholders’ equity 41,024 44,772 44,832 38,993 34,821 35,306 37,358 40,981 34,528 34,350
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 4.25 5.56 7.32 (1.87) 5.31 24.74 21.31 8.82 7.07 2.82
ROIC 6.67 11.22 13.81 1.71 20.55 42.63 22.49 16.47 15.02 8.11
ROE 10.38 12.84 15.31 (4.02) 13.23 64.01 51.71 20.38 16.33 6.83
Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026

Charts ten years each

VALE S.A. vs peers in Other Industrial Metals & Mining (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
BHP BHP Group Limited Sponsored ADR $210.7B 10.4× 15.8× +72.89% (above 0%: growing) +184.82% (above 0%: growing) +0.75% (above 0%: growing) 40.30% 0.00% Compare
RIO Rio Tinto PLC $113.2B 5.7× 12.0× −17.27% (below 0%: shrinking) −57.42% (below 0%: shrinking) +12.37% (above 0%: growing) 31.58% 0.00% Compare
VALE VALE S.A. $53.0B 26.7× — +19.24% (above 0%: growing) −36.00% (below 0%: shrinking) +69.77% (above 0%: growing) 30.52% 20.53%
MP MP Materials Corp. $7.4B — (loss-making) 1,057× +119.66% (above 0%: growing) n/m −638.46% (below 0%: shrinking) 42.66% (25.41%) Compare
MTRN Materion Corporation $5.3B 56.3× 37.8× +42.22% (above 0%: growing) +53.72% (above 0%: growing) +61.80% (above 0%: growing) 17.00% 8.42% Compare
USAR USA Rare Earth Inc. $4.2B — (loss-making) — (loss-making) — n/m −1,034.95% (below 0%: shrinking) (27.19%) (795.64%) Compare
SKE Skeena Resources Limited $4.0B — (loss-making) — — n/m −112.35% (below 0%: shrinking) 0.00% 0.00% Compare
ALM Almonty Industries Inc. $2.9B 50.2× — +497.16% (above 0%: growing) n/m +133.36% (above 0%: growing) 62.18% 37.51% Compare
NEXA Nexa Resources S.A. $1.7B 6.0× 4.4× +28.16% (above 0%: growing) +5,100.00% (above 0%: growing) +28.53% (above 0%: growing) 28.32% 19.31% Compare
Median of peers $4.7B 10.4× 15.8× +57.56% +119.27% +6.56% 29.95% 0.00%

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VALE S.A. (VALE) key facts

  • Strength: VALE S.A.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $38.4 billion, up 0.91% from fiscal 2024.
  • VALE S.A. (VALE) is an Other Industrial Metals & Mining company in the Basic Materials sector, traded in the US as an ADR.
  • As of October 16, 2026, VALE traded at $13.06, a market capitalization of $53.0 billion.
  • VALE S.A. pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share, a yield of 3.06%, with a payout ratio of 81.6%.
  • Return on equity was 6.83% and debt-to-equity 0.48.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 6 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 1.62 (distress zone) for fiscal 2025.

Source: company filings (standardised) and stockrow calculations.

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