Vale S.A. (VALE) Beginning Cash Balance (2009 - 2026)
Vale's (VALE) quarterly Beginning Cash Balance came in at $5.0 billion in Q3 2025, up 37.24% year-over-year from $3.6 billion in Q3 2024, and little changed quarter-over-quarter from $5.0 billion in Q2 2025.
Vale S.A. (VALE) Beginning Cash Balance (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Vale has disclosed Beginning Cash Balance across 17 years of filings, most recently posting $5.0 billion for Q3 2025.
- In Q3 2025, Beginning Cash Balance rose 37.24% year-over-year to $5.0 billion; the TTM figure through Sep 2025 stood at $5.0 billion (up 37.24% YoY), while the FY2024 annual figure was $4.6 billion, down 2.96% from the prior year.
- Beginning Cash Balance came in at $5.0 billion for Q3 2025 at Vale, roughly flat from $5.0 billion in the prior quarter.
- In the past five years, Beginning Cash Balance ranged from a high of $13.6 billion in Q3 2021 to a low of $3.0 billion in Q4 2024.
- Average Beginning Cash Balance over 5 years is $7.3 billion, with a median of $5.0 billion recorded in 2023.
- Year-over-year, Beginning Cash Balance surged 128.97% in 2021 and slumped 59.86% in 2023.
- Over 5 years, Beginning Cash Balance stood at $12.6 billion in 2021, then declined by 1.05% to $12.4 billion in 2022, then sank by 59.85% to $5.0 billion in 2023, then sank by 39.76% to $3.0 billion in 2024, then soared by 64.73% to $5.0 billion in 2025.
- Per Business Quant data, the three most recent Beginning Cash Balance figures were $5.0 billion in Q3 2025, $5.0 billion in Q2 2025, and $5.0 billion in Q1 2025.
Peer Comparison
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | 7.37 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 4.95 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 4.60 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 3.79 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 3.61 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 3.97 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 4.98 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 4.71 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 4.74 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 5.18 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 7.19 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 9.06 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 11.72 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 10.86 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 13.65 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 12.88 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 13.49 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2020 | 12.11 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2020 | 11.79 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2020 | 7.35 Bn |
Vale S.A. Beginning Cash Balance API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=beginning-cash-balance&ticker=VALE&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY
import requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "beginning-cash-balance", "ticker": "VALE", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()
const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=beginning-cash-balance&ticker=VALE&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();