Vale VALE
NYSE VALE
$14.56 +0.34 (+2.35%)
As of: Aug 21, 2026 · 2:15 PM EDT

Vale (VALE) Debt Ratio (2009 - 2025)

Vale (VALE) posted Debt Ratio of 0.35 for Q4 2025, up 60.44% sequentially from 0.22 in Q3 2025.

Vale (VALE) Debt Ratio (2009 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

Vale has reported Debt Ratio for 17 years, with the latest figure at 0.35 in Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Debt Ratio changed N/A year-over-year to 0.35 in Q4 2025, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 was 0.35 (changed N/A YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 0.35, changed N/A from the prior year.
  • Debt Ratio climbed to 0.35 in Q4 2025 per VALE's latest filing, from 0.22 in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Debt Ratio peaked at 8.99 in Q1 2025 and troughed at 0.16 in Q2 2023.
  • A 5-year average of 0.78 and a median of 0.17 in 2024 frame the typical range for Debt Ratio.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2021 and 2025: Debt Ratio slumped 32.81% in 2021, then soared 5394.92% in 2025.
  • Over 5 years, Debt Ratio stood at 0.17 in 2021, then advanced by 0.39% to 0.17 in 2022, then retreated by 5.09% to 0.16 in 2023, then grew by 6.2% to 0.17 in 2024, then jumped by 105.45% to 0.35 in 2025.
  • According to Business Quant data, Debt Ratio over the past three periods registered 0.35, 0.22, and 0.21 for Q4 2025, Q3 2025, and Q2 2025 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Debt Ratio (Qtr)
1 Bhp 246.03 Bn 216.57 Bn - 0.00
2 Rio Tinto 201.39 Bn 191.89 Bn - -
3 Teck Resources 33.56 Bn 28.36 Bn 1.21 Bn 0.20
4 MP Materials 10.75 Bn 8.28 Bn 36.20 Mn 0.25
5 Almonty Industries 5.32 Bn 4.43 Bn 18.87 Mn 0.48
6 Materion 4.78 Bn 4.76 Bn 104.34 Mn 0.25
7 USA Rare Earth 4.44 Bn 4.44 Bn -1.58 Mn -
8 Skeena Resources 4.31 Bn 3.89 Bn - 0.50
9 Evolution Metals & Technologies 2.48 Bn 2.48 Bn -115,000.00 0.07
10 Vale 62.05 Mn -17.59 Bn - 0.27

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2025 0.35
Sep 30, 2025 0.22
Jun 30, 2025 0.21
Mar 31, 2025 8.99
Sep 30, 2024 0.17
Jun 30, 2024 0.18
Mar 31, 2024 0.16
Sep 30, 2023 0.16
Jun 30, 2023 0.16
Sep 30, 2022 0.17
Mar 31, 2022 0.16
Dec 31, 2021 0.17
Sep 30, 2021 0.17
Jun 30, 2021 0.16
Mar 31, 2021 0.20
Dec 31, 2020 0.20
Sep 30, 2020 0.24
Jun 30, 2020 0.24
Mar 31, 2020 0.24
Dec 31, 2019 0.17