Vale (VALE) Return on Capital Employed (2009 - 2025)

Vale has disclosed Return on Capital Employed across 17 years of filings, most recently posting 6.24% for Q4 2025.

• Return on Capital Employed for Q4 2025 came in at 6.24%, changed N/A year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 was 6.24% (changed N/A YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 6.9%, down 2865.0% from the prior year.
• Return on Capital Employed came in at 6.24% for Q4 2025 at Vale, down from 10.14% in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 38.46% in Q4 2021 to a low of 6.24% in Q4 2025.
• The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 21.45% (2024), against an average of 22.92%.
• Across the five-year window, Return on Capital Employed soared 2466 bps in 2021 and slumped 1779 bps in 2022, its largest moves.
• Vale's Return on Capital Employed stood at 38.46% in 2021, then sank by 46 bps to 20.66% in 2022, then decreased by 21 bps to 16.34% in 2023, then surged by 35 bps to 22.12% in 2024, then slumped by 72 bps to 6.24% in 2025.
• The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 6.24% (Q4 2025), 10.14% (Q3 2025), and 12.06% (Q2 2025), per Business Quant data.