VALE S.A. Financial Ratios
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VALE S.A. ratio analysis
VALE S.A. earned a net margin of 6.1% in FY 2025, down from 16.2% a year earlier. Gross margin was 35.0% compared with a median of 42.3% over the prior 9 years. Return on equity reached 7.0%, meaning VALE S.A. generated 0.07 dollars of profit for every dollar of shareholders' equity.
Valuation ratios use the closing share price on each fiscal year-end date and diluted shares from the income statement; profitability and leverage ratios use reported annual figures. Current valuation multiples are on the statistics page.
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VALE S.A. financial ratios (annual)
| Ratio | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 | FY 2019 | FY 2018 | FY 2017 | FY 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price / sales | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Price / book | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Gross margin | 35.0% | 36.2% | 42.3% | 45.2% | 60.1% | 55.6% | 47.2% | 39.6% | 38.1% | 35.8% |
| Operating margin | 15.4% | 28.3% | 34.0% | 39.3% | 50.8% | 32.4% | 10.7% | 32.7% | 32.2% | 25.7% |
| Net margin | 6.1% | 16.2% | 19.1% | 42.9% | 41.2% | 12.3% | -4.6% | 18.8% | 16.2% | 14.5% |
| Free cash flow margin | — | — | — | — | 47.1% | 36.2% | 33.1% | 35.3% | 25.4% | 5.3% |
| Return on equity (ROE) | 7.0% | 18.5% | 20.2% | 52.4% | 65.1% | 13.7% | -4.2% | 15.6% | 12.7% | 10.2% |
| Return on assets (ROA) | 2.7% | 7.7% | 8.5% | 21.6% | 25.1% | 5.3% | -1.8% | 7.8% | 5.6% | 4.0% |
| Debt / equity | — | — | — | — | 0.35 | 0.37 | 0.33 | 0.35 | 0.52 | 0.75 |
| Current ratio | 1.15 | 1.03 | 1.28 | 1.12 | 1.47 | 1.67 | 1.23 | 1.68 | 1.45 | 2.01 |
| Revenue growth | 0.9% | -8.9% | -4.7% | -19.6% | 37.8% | 8.2% | -0.1% | 7.7% | 23.6% | 17.6% |