Vale S.A. (VALE) Debt Ratio (2009 - 2026)
Vale's Debt Ratio came in at 0.05 for Q2 2026, down 79.6% from 0.25 a year earlier but up 261.9% from the prior quarter.
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Vale S.A. (VALE) Debt Ratio (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Vale's Debt Ratio was 0.06, up 144.4% from FY2024.
- Going back by year, Debt Ratio was 0.03 in FY2024 (-1.5%), 0.03 in FY2023 (+16.5%), 0.02 in FY2022 (+23.1%) and 0.02 in FY2021 (-91.0%).
- The five-year range for quarterly Debt Ratio is 0.01 (Q3 2022) to 1.50 (Q1 2025).
- Year-over-year, Debt Ratio increased in four of the last seven quarters, with growth averaging 176.1%.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Debt Ratio over five years came in Q2 2025 (growth of 814.7%), and the weakest in Q1 2026 (a decline of 99.1%).
- Business Quant data shows VALE's Debt Ratio at 0.01 (Q1 2026), 0.06 (Q4 2025) and 0.15 (Q3 2025) in the three quarters before Q2 2026.
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| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 0.26 |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 0.01 |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 0.27 |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 0.41 |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 0.38 |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 1.50 |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 0.44 |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 0.03 |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 0.32 |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 0.13 |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 0.27 |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 0.03 |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 0.22 |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 0.22 |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 0.02 |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 0.13 |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 0.23 |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 0.05 |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 0.05 |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 0.06 |
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Vale S.A. Debt Ratio 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=debt-ratio&ticker=VALE&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "debt-ratio", "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=debt-ratio&ticker=VALE&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();