Growth Metrics

Vale (VALE) Beginning Cash Balance (2016 - 2018)

Vale's Beginning Cash Balance history spans 10 years, with the latest figure at -$1.2 billion for Q3 2018.

  • On a quarterly basis, Beginning Cash Balance fell 141.48% to -$1.2 billion in Q3 2018 year-over-year; TTM through Sep 2018 was $3.0 billion, a 78.13% decrease, with the full-year FY2017 number at -$9.0 billion, down 216.6% from a year prior.
  • Beginning Cash Balance hit -$1.2 billion in Q3 2018 for Vale, up from -$2.6 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Beginning Cash Balance for VALE hit a ceiling of $9.0 billion in Q4 2017 and a floor of -$2.6 billion in Q2 2018.
  • Historically, Beginning Cash Balance has averaged $1.4 billion across 5 years, with a median of $928.0 million in 2015.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Beginning Cash Balance: skyrocketed 638.01% in 2016 and later crashed 303.67% in 2018.
  • Tracing VALE's Beginning Cash Balance over 5 years: stood at $724.8 million in 2014, then surged by 44.28% to $1.0 billion in 2015, then skyrocketed by 638.01% to $7.7 billion in 2016, then rose by 16.6% to $9.0 billion in 2017, then crashed by 112.99% to -$1.2 billion in 2018.
  • Business Quant data shows Beginning Cash Balance for VALE at -$1.2 billion in Q3 2018, -$2.6 billion in Q2 2018, and -$2.3 billion in Q1 2018.