Vale (VALE) Change in Inventory (2009 - 2025)

Vale's (VALE) quarterly Change in Inventory came in at $5.6 billion in Q3 2025, up 3939.31% year-on-year from $137.8 million in Q3 2024, and up 6.2% quarter-over-quarter from $5.2 billion in Q2 2025.

Vale (VALE) Change in Inventory (2009 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

Vale has disclosed Change in Inventory across 17 years of filings, most recently posting $5.6 billion for Q3 2025.

  • Change in Inventory for Q3 2025 came in at $5.6 billion, up 3939.31% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Sep 2025 was $5.6 billion (up 2842.36% YoY), and the FY2024 annual result was $4.6 billion, down 1.69% from the prior year.
  • Change in Inventory came in at $5.6 billion for Q3 2025 at Vale, up from $5.2 billion in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Change in Inventory ranged from a high of $5.6 billion in Q3 2025 to a low of -$626.0 million in Q1 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Change in Inventory is $403.0 million (2023), against an average of $2.1 billion.
  • Across the five-year window, Change in Inventory tumbled 113.58% in 2021 and soared 3939.31% in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Vale's Change in Inventory stood at $423.0 million in 2021, then slumped by 89.36% to $45.0 million in 2022, then surged by 795.56% to $403.0 million in 2023, then tumbled by 85.86% to $57.0 million in 2024, then surged by 9666.67% to $5.6 billion in 2025.
  • The last three Change in Inventory figures came in at $5.6 billion (Q3 2025), $5.2 billion (Q2 2025), and -$239.0 million (Q1 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Change in Inventory (Qtr)
1 Elevra Lithium 556.97 Bn 556.92 Bn - -
2 Bhp 421.29 Bn 411.77 Bn - 5.82 Bn
3 Skeena Resources 17.36 Bn 17.34 Bn - -
4 Ioneer 10.78 Bn 10.76 Bn - -
5 MP Materials 10.54 Bn 7.94 Bn 16.40 Mn 8.85 Mn
6 Iperionx 8.57 Bn 8.52 Bn - -
7 Materion 4.58 Bn 4.57 Bn 81.84 Mn 28.92 Mn
8 Sigma Lithium 4.36 Bn 4.36 Bn 25.57 Mn -
9 Americas Gold & Silver 4.00 Bn 3.87 Bn 16.76 Mn -559,000.00
10 Vale 8.38 -7.83 Bn - -

Historic Data

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Sep 30, 2025 5.57 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 5.57 Bn
Jun 30, 2025 5.24 Bn
Jun 30, 2025 5.24 Bn
Mar 31, 2025 -239.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 -239.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 57.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 57.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 -145.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 -145.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 165.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 165.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 -626.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 -626.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 403.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 403.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 5.11 Bn
Sep 30, 2023 5.11 Bn
Jun 30, 2023 -157.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 -157.00 Mn