Growth Metrics

Vale (VALE) Capital Expenditures (2016 - 2025)

Vale's Capital Expenditures history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at $3.8 billion for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Capital Expenditures rose 272.48% to $3.8 billion in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was $20.2 million, a 100.32% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at -$6006.0, up 100.0% from a year prior.
  • Capital Expenditures hit $3.8 billion in Q4 2025 for Vale, up from -$1.4 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Capital Expenditures for VALE hit a ceiling of $3.8 billion in Q4 2025 and a floor of -$2.2 billion in Q4 2024.
  • Historically, Capital Expenditures has averaged -$1.1 billion across 5 years, with a median of -$1.3 billion in 2022.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Capital Expenditures: plummeted 38.47% in 2021 and later skyrocketed 272.48% in 2025.
  • Tracing VALE's Capital Expenditures over 5 years: stood at -$1.8 billion in 2021, then fell by 2.06% to -$1.8 billion in 2022, then decreased by 18.52% to -$2.1 billion in 2023, then decreased by 4.49% to -$2.2 billion in 2024, then skyrocketed by 272.48% to $3.8 billion in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Capital Expenditures for VALE at $3.8 billion in Q4 2025, -$1.4 billion in Q3 2025, and -$1.2 billion in Q2 2025.