Vale S.A. (VALE) Return on Assets [ROA] (2010 - 2026)
Vale (VALE) posted Return on Assets [ROA] of 11.13% for Q2 2026, down 7.79 percentage points from 18.92% a year earlier and down 0.88 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Vale S.A. (VALE) Return on Assets [ROA] (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Vale's Return on Assets [ROA] came in at 2.38%, down 4.48 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual Return on Assets [ROA] has declined for four consecutive years, with a five-year change of -2.55 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In prior years, Vale's Return on Assets [ROA] was 6.85% in FY2024 (-2.10 pp), 8.95% in FY2023 (-12.45 pp), 21.40% in FY2022 (-3.36 pp) and 24.77% in FY2021 (+19.83 pp).
- Quarterly Return on Assets [ROA] has run from a low of 8.96% in Q4 2023 to a high of 25.53% in Q3 2021 over five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, Return on Assets [ROA] has declined in each of the last four quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -0.12 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Return on Assets [ROA] in the past five years was Q3 2021, with a gain of 20.14 percentage points; the weakest was Q4 2023, with a drop of 13.59 percentage points.
- According to Business Quant data, Return on Assets [ROA] for the three prior quarters was 12.01% (Q1 2026), 11.70% (Q4 2025) and 9.02% (Q3 2025).
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| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 2.04% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 2.90% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 2.23% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 5.90% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 10.95% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 13.86% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 7.07% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 10.59% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 14.09% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 11.54% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 11.91% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 13.53% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 12.28% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 18.65% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 22.53% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 25.00% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 23.43% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 24.26% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 25.49% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 19.19% |
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Vale S.A. Return on Assets [ROA] 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=return-on-assets-%5Broa%5D&ticker=VALE&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-assets-[roa]", "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=return-on-assets-%5Broa%5D&ticker=VALE&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();