Vale (VALE) Free Cash Flow (2009 - 2025)

Vale's (VALE) quarterly Free Cash Flow came in at $29.3 billion in Q4 2025, up 414.75% year-on-year from $5.7 billion in Q4 2024, and up 497.84% quarter-over-quarter from $4.9 billion in Q3 2025.

Vale (VALE) Free Cash Flow (2009 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

Vale has disclosed Free Cash Flow across 17 years of filings, most recently posting $29.3 billion for Q4 2025.

  • Free Cash Flow for Q4 2025 came in at $29.3 billion, up 414.75% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 was $34.2 billion (up 223.27% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $42.2 billion, up 124.7% from the prior year.
  • Free Cash Flow came in at $29.3 billion for Q4 2025 at Vale, up from $4.9 billion in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Free Cash Flow ranged from a high of $29.3 billion in Q4 2025 to a low of $4.4 billion in Q2 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Free Cash Flow is $5.9 billion (2021), against an average of $8.5 billion.
  • Across the five-year window, Free Cash Flow slumped 51.22% in 2022 and surged 414.75% in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Vale's Free Cash Flow stood at $6.0 billion in 2021, then dropped by 22.1% to $4.7 billion in 2022, then slipped by 5.2% to $4.4 billion in 2023, then gained by 28.54% to $5.7 billion in 2024, then soared by 414.75% to $29.3 billion in 2025.
  • The last three Free Cash Flow figures came in at $29.3 billion (Q4 2025), $4.9 billion (Q3 2025), and $5.7 billion (Q4 2024), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Free Cash Flow (Qtr)
1 Elevra Lithium 556.97 Bn 556.92 Bn - -
2 Bhp 421.29 Bn 411.77 Bn - -
3 Skeena Resources 17.36 Bn 17.34 Bn - -11.07 Mn
4 Ioneer 10.78 Bn 10.76 Bn - -
5 MP Materials 10.54 Bn 7.94 Bn 16.40 Mn -79.29 Mn
6 Iperionx 8.57 Bn 8.52 Bn - -
7 Materion 4.58 Bn 4.57 Bn 81.84 Mn -19.60 Mn
8 Sigma Lithium 4.36 Bn 4.36 Bn 25.57 Mn 2.59 Mn
9 Americas Gold & Silver 4.00 Bn 3.87 Bn 16.76 Mn -89.35 Mn
10 Vale 8.38 -7.83 Bn - 29.34 Bn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2025 29.34 Bn
Dec 31, 2025 29.34 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 4.91 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 4.91 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 5.70 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 5.70 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 4.89 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 4.89 Bn
Jun 30, 2023 4.43 Bn
Jun 30, 2023 4.43 Bn
Mar 31, 2023 5.46 Bn
Mar 31, 2023 5.46 Bn
Dec 31, 2022 4.68 Bn
Dec 31, 2022 4.68 Bn
Sep 30, 2022 5.63 Bn
Sep 30, 2022 5.63 Bn
Jun 30, 2022 7.09 Bn
Jun 30, 2022 7.09 Bn
Mar 31, 2022 6.72 Bn
Mar 31, 2022 6.72 Bn