Vale VALE
NYSE VALE
$14.60 +0.37 (+2.57%)
As of: Aug 21, 2026 · 2:50 PM EDT

Vale (VALE) Retained Earnings (2009 - 2016)

Vale (VALE) posted Retained Earnings of $851.0 million for Q4 2016, little changed sequentially from $854.0 million in Q4 2015, and little changed YoY from $854.0 million in Q1 2016.

Vale (VALE) Retained Earnings (2009 - 2016) Analysis & Trends

Vale has reported Retained Earnings for 8 years, with the latest figure at $851.0 million in Q4 2016.

  • Quarterly Retained Earnings changed 0.35% year-over-year to $851.0 million in Q4 2016, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2016 was $851.0 million (changed 0.35% YoY) and the FY2016 annual result came in at $851.0 million, changed 0.35% from the prior year.
  • Retained Earnings held at $851.0 million in Q4 2016 per VALE's latest filing, from $854.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Retained Earnings peaked at $56.1 billion in Q3 2013 and troughed at -$26.1 billion in Q3 2015.
  • A 5-year average of $5.2 billion and a median of $851.0 million in 2016 frame the typical range for Retained Earnings.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2012 and 2014: Retained Earnings surged 115000.0% in 2012, then slumped 159.01% in 2014.
  • Over 5 years, Retained Earnings stood at $4.4 billion in 2012, then soared by 596.5% to $30.5 billion in 2013, then sank by 31.4% to $20.9 billion in 2014, then plunged by 95.92% to $854.0 million in 2015, then retreated by 0.35% to $851.0 million in 2016.
  • According to Business Quant data, Retained Earnings over the past three periods registered $851.0 million, $854.0 million, and -$26.1 billion for Q4 2016, Q4 2015, and Q3 2015 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Retained Earnings (Qtr)
1 Bhp 246.71 Bn 217.26 Bn - 45.72 Bn
2 Rio Tinto 201.39 Bn 191.89 Bn - 49.29 Bn
3 Teck Resources 33.63 Bn 28.42 Bn 1.21 Bn -
4 MP Materials 10.73 Bn 8.25 Bn 36.20 Mn 1.98 Bn
5 Almonty Industries 5.37 Bn 4.48 Bn 18.87 Mn -76.34 Mn
6 Materion 4.82 Bn 4.80 Bn 104.34 Mn 964.47 Mn
7 USA Rare Earth 4.46 Bn 4.46 Bn -1.58 Mn -464.68 Mn
8 Skeena Resources 4.32 Bn 3.89 Bn - -686.51 Mn
9 Evolution Metals & Technologies 2.48 Bn 2.48 Bn -115,000.00 -1.13 Bn
10 Vale 62.30 Mn -17.59 Bn - -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2016 851.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2015 854.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2015 -26.08 Bn
Jun 30, 2015 -24.11 Bn
Mar 31, 2015 -24.39 Bn
Dec 31, 2014 20.93 Bn
Sep 30, 2014 -22.07 Bn
Jun 30, 2014 -21.49 Bn
Mar 31, 2014 -21.15 Bn
Dec 31, 2013 30.51 Bn
Sep 30, 2013 56.10 Bn
Jun 30, 2013 36.41 Bn
Mar 31, 2013 42.05 Bn
Dec 31, 2012 4.38 Bn
Sep 30, 2012 -367.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2012 -100.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2012 36.83 Bn
Dec 31, 2011 43.51 Bn
Sep 30, 2011 -152.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2011 40.22 Bn