Vale VALE
NYSE VALE
$14.59 +0.36 (+2.53%)
At close: Aug 21, 2026 · 4:00 PM EDT

Vale (VALE) FCF Payout Ratio (2010 - 2025)

Vale (VALE) posted FCF Payout Ratio of 0.0 for Q4 2025, down 107.92% sequentially from 0.05 in Q3 2025, and down 100.44% YoY from 0.87 in Q4 2024.

Vale (VALE) FCF Payout Ratio (2010 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

Vale has reported FCF Payout Ratio for 16 years, with the latest figure at 0.0 in Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly FCF Payout Ratio fell 100.44% year-over-year to 0.0 in Q4 2025, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 was 0.93 (up 35.63% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 0.8, up 244.93% from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio slipped to 0.0 in Q4 2025 per VALE's latest filing, from 0.05 in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, FCF Payout Ratio peaked at 2.42 in Q2 2025 and troughed at 0.48 in Q3 2024.
  • A 5-year average of 0.35 and a median of 0.0 in 2021 frame the typical range for FCF Payout Ratio.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2024: FCF Payout Ratio slumped 905.18% in 2023, then jumped 157349.08% in 2024.
  • Over 5 years, FCF Payout Ratio stood at 0.0 in 2021, then surged by 87.77% to 0.0 in 2022, then plunged by 905.18% to 0.0 in 2023, then soared by 20319.26% to 0.87 in 2024, then sank by 100.44% to 0.0 in 2025.
  • According to Business Quant data, FCF Payout Ratio over the past three periods registered 0.0, 0.05, and 2.42 for Q4 2025, Q3 2025, and Q2 2025 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Cover (Qtr)
1 Bhp 246.38 Bn 216.93 Bn - -
2 Rio Tinto 201.39 Bn 191.89 Bn - -
3 Teck Resources 33.91 Bn 28.71 Bn 1.21 Bn 0.08
4 MP Materials 10.71 Bn 8.24 Bn 36.20 Mn -
5 Almonty Industries 5.27 Bn 4.38 Bn 18.87 Mn -
6 Materion 4.79 Bn 4.77 Bn 104.34 Mn 0.05
7 USA Rare Earth 4.43 Bn 4.43 Bn -1.58 Mn -
8 Skeena Resources 4.31 Bn 3.89 Bn - -
9 Evolution Metals & Technologies 2.46 Bn 2.46 Bn -115,000.00 -
10 Vale 62.13 Mn -17.59 Bn - -0.01

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2025 0.00
Sep 30, 2025 0.05
Jun 30, 2025 2.42
Mar 31, 2025 1.04
Dec 31, 2024 0.87
Sep 30, 2024 -0.48
Jun 30, 2024 1.76
Mar 31, 2024 0.65
Dec 31, 2023 0.00
Sep 30, 2023 0.71
Jun 30, 2023 0.00
Mar 31, 2023 0.00
Dec 31, 2022 0.00
Sep 30, 2022 0.00
Jun 30, 2022 0.00
Mar 31, 2022 0.00
Dec 31, 2021 0.00
Sep 30, 2021 0.00
Jun 30, 2021 0.00
Mar 31, 2021 0.00