Vale (VALE) Research & Development (2009 - 2025)

Vale's (VALE) quarterly Research & Development came in at -$151.0 million in Q3 2025, up 21.35% year-on-year from -$124.4 million in Q3 2024, and up 5.03% quarter-over-quarter from -$159.0 million in Q2 2025.

Vale (VALE) Research & Development (2009 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

Vale has disclosed Research & Development across 14 years of filings, most recently posting -$151.0 million for Q3 2025.

  • Research & Development for Q3 2025 came in at -$151.0 million, up 21.35% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Sep 2025 was -$687.8 million (up 10.4% YoY), and the FY2024 annual result was $790.0 million, up 9.27% from the prior year.
  • Research & Development came in at -$151.0 million for Q3 2025 at Vale, up from -$159.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Research & Development ranged from a high of -$98.0 million in Q1 2021 to a low of -$254.8 million in Q4 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Research & Development is -$159.0 million (2025), against an average of -$166.1 million.
  • Across the five-year window, Research & Development decreased 25.93% in 2022 and increased 21.35% in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Vale's Research & Development stood at -$177.0 million in 2021, then dropped by 23.18% to -$218.0 million in 2022, then declined by 5.8% to -$230.7 million in 2023, then fell by 10.47% to -$254.8 million in 2024, then surged by 40.75% to -$151.0 million in 2025.
  • The last three Research & Development figures came in at -$151.0 million (Q3 2025), -$159.0 million (Q2 2025), and -$123.0 million (Q1 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) R&D (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 - 643,159.42
4 Ioneer 10.78 Bn 10.76 Bn - 209.01 Mn
5 MP Materials 10.54 Bn 7.94 Bn 16.40 Mn -
6 Iperionx 8.57 Bn 8.52 Bn - -
7 Materion 4.58 Bn 4.57 Bn 81.84 Mn 6.16 Mn
8 Sigma Lithium 4.36 Bn 4.36 Bn 25.57 Mn -
9 Americas Gold & Silver 4.00 Bn 3.87 Bn 16.76 Mn 9.97 Mn
10 Vale 8.38 -7.83 Bn - -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Sep 30, 2025 -151.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 -159.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 -123.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 -254.84 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 -192.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 -189.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 -156.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 -230.68 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 -188.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 -165.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 -139.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 -218.03 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 -170.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 -151.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 -121.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 -177.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 -135.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 -139.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2021 -98.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2017 -104.00 Mn