Vale S.A. (VALE) FCF Margin (2009 - 2026)
Vale's FCF Margin came in at 11.83% for Q2 2026, down 22.17 percentage points from 34.00% a year earlier but up 2.40 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Vale S.A. (VALE) FCF Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the trailing twelve months to Jun 30, 2026, Vale reported FCF Margin of 21.43%, down 18.04 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it came in at 50.54%, up 8.71 percentage points from FY2024.
- FCF Margin carries a five-year change of -0.29 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Going back by year, FCF Margin was 41.83% in FY2024 (-3.90 pp), 45.73% in FY2023 (+7.59 pp), 38.14% in FY2022 (-18.35 pp) and 56.49% in FY2021 (+5.67 pp).
- The five-year range for quarterly FCF Margin is -9.35% (Q4 2021) to 93.59% (Q3 2021).
- Year-over-year, FCF Margin increased in two of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -2.70 percentage points.
- The fastest year-over-year change in FCF Margin over five years came in Q4 2025 (a gain of 43.53 percentage points), and the weakest in Q4 2021 (a drop of 70.93 percentage points).
- Business Quant data shows VALE's FCF Margin at 9.43% (Q1 2026), 59.18% (Q4 2025) and 47.09% (Q3 2025) in the three quarters before Q2 2026.
Peer Comparison
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | -11.45% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 33.10% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | -90.97% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 112.80% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | -20.70% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 36.01% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 62.01% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 43.49% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 37.11% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 69.44% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 59.05% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 19.46% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 7.15% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 64.15% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 30.98% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 46.60% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 20.40% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 34.24% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 27.71% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 93.45% |
Vale S.A. FCF Margin 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
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=fcf-margin&ticker=VALE&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY
import requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "fcf-margin", "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=fcf-margin&ticker=VALE&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();