Vale VALE
NYSE VALE
$14.59 +0.36 (+2.53%)
At close: Aug 21, 2026 · 4:00 PM EDT

Vale (VALE) Cash from Investing Activities (2009 - 2023)

Vale (VALE) posted Cash from Investing Activities of -$6.3 billion for Q4 2023, down 271.92% sequentially from -$1.7 billion in Q3 2023, and down 239.0% YoY from $4.5 billion in Q4 2022.

Vale (VALE) Cash from Investing Activities (2009 - 2023) Analysis & Trends

Vale has reported Cash from Investing Activities for 14 years, with the latest figure at -$6.3 billion in Q4 2023.

  • Quarterly Cash from Investing Activities fell 239.0% year-over-year to -$6.3 billion in Q4 2023, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2023 was -$10.4 billion (down 127.17% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at -$6.9 billion, down 27.87% from the prior year.
  • Cash from Investing Activities retreated to -$6.3 billion in Q4 2023 per VALE's latest filing, from -$1.7 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Cash from Investing Activities peaked at -$295.0 million in Q4 2021 and troughed at -$11.5 billion in Q4 2019.
  • A 5-year average of -$2.2 billion and a median of -$1.1 billion in 2023 frame the typical range for Cash from Investing Activities.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2019 and 2022: Cash from Investing Activities sank 644.86% in 2019, then surged 73.51% in 2022.
  • Over 5 years, Cash from Investing Activities stood at -$11.5 billion in 2019, then surged by 94.18% to -$670.0 million in 2020, then surged by 55.97% to -$295.0 million in 2021, then slumped by 531.86% to -$1.9 billion in 2022, then tumbled by 239.0% to -$6.3 billion in 2023.
  • According to Business Quant data, Cash from Investing Activities over the past three periods registered -$6.3 billion, -$1.7 billion, and -$1.1 billion for Q4 2023, Q3 2023, and Q2 2023 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Cash from Investing Activities (Qtr)
1 Bhp 246.38 Bn 216.93 Bn - -
2 Rio Tinto 201.39 Bn 191.89 Bn - -
3 Teck Resources 33.91 Bn 28.71 Bn 1.21 Bn -
4 MP Materials 10.71 Bn 8.24 Bn 36.20 Mn -394.95 Mn
5 Almonty Industries 5.27 Bn 4.38 Bn 18.87 Mn -
6 Materion 4.79 Bn 4.77 Bn 104.34 Mn -16.13 Mn
7 USA Rare Earth 4.43 Bn 4.43 Bn -1.58 Mn -
8 Skeena Resources 4.31 Bn 3.89 Bn - -281.96 Mn
9 Evolution Metals & Technologies 2.46 Bn 2.46 Bn -115,000.00 -
10 Vale 62.13 Mn -17.59 Bn - -2.25 Bn

Historic Data

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Dec 31, 2023 -6.32 Bn
Dec 31, 2023 -6.32 Bn
Sep 30, 2023 -1.70 Bn
Sep 30, 2023 -1.70 Bn
Jun 30, 2023 -1.07 Bn
Jun 30, 2023 -1.07 Bn
Mar 31, 2023 -1.33 Bn
Mar 31, 2023 -1.33 Bn
Dec 31, 2022 -1.86 Bn
Dec 31, 2022 -1.86 Bn
Sep 30, 2022 -1.01 Bn
Sep 30, 2022 -1.01 Bn
Jun 30, 2022 -1.07 Bn
Jun 30, 2022 -1.07 Bn
Mar 31, 2022 -632.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 -632.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 -295.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 -295.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 -752.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 -752.00 Mn