Vale S.A. (VALE) Change in Working Capital (2019 - 2025)
Vale's (VALE) quarterly Change in Working Capital came in at $2.5 billion in Q1 2025, down 43.42% year-over-year from $4.5 billion in Q1 2024, and down 37.66% quarter-over-quarter from $4.1 billion in Q4 2024.
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Vale S.A. (VALE) Change in Working Capital (2019 - 2025) Analysis & Trends
Vale has disclosed Change in Working Capital across 7 years of filings, most recently posting $2.5 billion for Q1 2025.
- In Q1 2025, Change in Working Capital fell 43.42% year-over-year to $2.5 billion; the TTM figure through Mar 2025 stood at $11.7 billion (down 32.93% YoY), while the FY2024 annual figure was -$66.0 million, down 102.34% from the prior year.
- Change in Working Capital came in at $2.5 billion for Q1 2025 at Vale, down from $4.1 billion in the prior quarter.
- In the past five years, Change in Working Capital ranged from a high of $18.8 billion in Q4 2022 to a low of $2.4 billion in Q2 2024.
- Average Change in Working Capital over 5 years is $6.0 billion, with a median of $4.5 billion recorded in 2024.
- Year-over-year, Change in Working Capital soared 363.81% in 2021 and slumped 70.2% in 2023.
- Over 5 years, Change in Working Capital stood at $4.2 billion in 2021, then soared by 343.76% to $18.8 billion in 2022, then tumbled by 70.2% to $5.6 billion in 2023, then retreated by 27.29% to $4.1 billion in 2024, then slumped by 37.66% to $2.5 billion in 2025.
- Per Business Quant data, the three most recent Change in Working Capital figures were $2.5 billion in Q1 2025, $4.1 billion in Q4 2024, and $2.8 billion in Q3 2024.
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| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2025 | 2.53 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 4.07 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 2.35 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 4.48 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 5.59 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 4.13 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 3.26 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 4.28 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 18.76 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 4.59 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 5.74 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 5.53 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 4.23 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 10.32 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 9.79 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 9.07 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2020 | -12.36 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2020 | 5.57 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2020 | 2.11 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2020 | 2.01 Bn |
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Vale S.A. Change in Working Capital API
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=change-in-working-capital&ticker=VALE&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "change-in-working-capital", "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=change-in-working-capital&ticker=VALE&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();