Growth Metrics

Vale (VALE) Operating Margin (2016 - 2025)

Vale's Operating Margin history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at 26.79% for Q3 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Operating Margin fell 1170.0% to 26.79% in Q3 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Sep 2025 was 20.73%, a 1627.0% decrease, with the full-year FY2024 number at 28.35%, down 565.0% from a year prior.
  • Operating Margin hit 26.79% in Q3 2025 for Vale, up from 22.76% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Operating Margin for VALE hit a ceiling of 62.29% in Q2 2021 and a floor of 11.69% in Q4 2024.
  • Historically, Operating Margin has averaged 35.89% across 5 years, with a median of 30.83% in 2023.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Operating Margin: skyrocketed 3457bps in 2021 and later tumbled -2790bps in 2024.
  • Tracing VALE's Operating Margin over 5 years: stood at 27.14% in 2021, then grew by 8bps to 29.24% in 2022, then skyrocketed by 35bps to 39.59% in 2023, then tumbled by -70bps to 11.69% in 2024, then surged by 129bps to 26.79% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Operating Margin for VALE at 26.79% in Q3 2025, 22.76% in Q2 2025, and 22.16% in Q1 2025.