Vale S.A. (VALE) FCF Payout Ratio (2009 - 2026)
Vale's (VALE) quarterly FCF Payout Ratio came in at 0.6 in Q1 2026, down 51.03% year-over-year from 1.22 in Q1 2025, and down 3938.3% quarter-over-quarter from 0.01 in Q4 2025.
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Vale S.A. (VALE) FCF Payout Ratio (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Vale has disclosed FCF Payout Ratio across 18 years of filings, most recently posting 0.6 for Q1 2026.
- In Q1 2026, FCF Payout Ratio fell 51.03% year-over-year to 0.6; the TTM figure through Jun 2026 stood at 0.25 (down 1.68% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 0.18, down 283.0% from the prior year.
- FCF Payout Ratio came in at 0.6 for Q1 2026 at Vale, down from 0.01 in the prior quarter.
- In the past five years, FCF Payout Ratio ranged from a high of 1.26 in Q2 2024 to a low of 0.93 in Q1 2022.
- Average FCF Payout Ratio over 5 years is 0.23, with a median of 0.32 recorded in 2024.
- Year-over-year, FCF Payout Ratio slumped 48640.08% in 2023 and soared 77795.03% in 2024.
- Over 5 years, FCF Payout Ratio stood at 0.0 in 2022, then tumbled by 48640.08% to 0.26 in 2023, then dropped by 22.48% to 0.32 in 2024, then soared by 95.43% to 0.01 in 2025, then tumbled by 3938.3% to 0.6 in 2026.
- Per Business Quant data, the three most recent FCF Payout Ratio figures were 0.6 in Q1 2026, 0.01 in Q4 2025, and 0.3 in Q3 2025.
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| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | 0.60 |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 0.01 |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 0.30 |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 0.40 |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 3.44 |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 0.33 |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 1.26 |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 0.40 |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 0.25 |
| Dec 31, 2020 | 0.25 |
| Sep 30, 2020 | 0.59 |
| Sep 30, 2018 | 0.58 |
| Mar 31, 2010 | 0.38 |
| Dec 31, 2009 | 0.30 |
| Sep 30, 2009 | 0.15 |
| Jun 30, 2009 | 0.48 |
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Vale S.A. FCF Payout 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
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=fcf-payout-ratio&ticker=VALE&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "fcf-payout-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=fcf-payout-ratio&ticker=VALE&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();