Vale S.A. (VALE) Free Cash Flow (2009 - 2026)
Vale (VALE) posted Free Cash Flow of $1.24 billion for Q2 2026, down 58.5% from $2.99 billion a year earlier and down 72.9% from the prior quarter.
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Vale S.A. (VALE) Free Cash Flow (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For the trailing twelve months through Jun 30, 2026, Free Cash Flow at Vale was $17.29 billion, up 19.4% year-over-year; for FY2025, it was $19.41 billion, up 21.9% from FY2024.
- Annual Free Cash Flow shows a five-year compound annual growth rate of -0.7% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In prior years, Vale's Free Cash Flow was $15.92 billion in FY2024 (-16.7%), $19.11 billion in FY2023 (+14.3%), $16.72 billion in FY2022 (-45.7%) and $30.79 billion in FY2021 (+53.2%).
- The Q2 2026 figure stands as the lowest quarterly Free Cash Flow since Q4 2021.
- On a year-over-year basis, Free Cash Flow increased in three of the last eight quarters, with growth averaging 20.9%.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Free Cash Flow in the past five years was Q4 2025, with growth of 309.5%; the weakest was Q1 2022, with a decline of 61.7%.
- According to Business Quant data, Free Cash Flow for the three prior quarters was $4.59 billion (Q1 2026), $6.55 billion (Q4 2025) and $4.91 billion (Q3 2025).
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| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | -1.20 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 3.06 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | -10.06 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 11.75 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | -1.82 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 2.92 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 6.28 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 4.16 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 3.68 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 5.87 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 7.71 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 5.59 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 692.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 5.41 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 3.70 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 4.63 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 2.28 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 3.70 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 3.63 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 11.52 Bn |
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Vale S.A. Free Cash Flow 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
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=free-cash-flow&ticker=VALE&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "free-cash-flow", "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=free-cash-flow&ticker=VALE&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();