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

Vale (VALE) posted Return on Capital Employed of 15.19% for Q4 2025, down 61.84% sequentially from 39.81% in Q2 2025.

Vale (VALE) Return on Capital Employed (2009 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

Vale has reported Return on Capital Employed for 12 years, with the latest figure at 15.19% in Q4 2025.

Quarterly Return on Capital Employed changed N/A year-over-year to 15.19% in Q4 2025, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 was 15.19% (changed N/A YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 11.31%, down 3765.0% from the prior year.
Return on Capital Employed eased to 15.19% in Q4 2025 per VALE's latest filing, from 39.81% in the prior quarter.
Over five years, Return on Capital Employed peaked at 52.1% in Q2 2021 and troughed at 15.19% in Q4 2025.
A 3-year average of 32.79% and a median of 32.42% in 2021 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
The widest YoY moves for Return on Capital Employed: up 2909 bps in 2021, down 506 bps in 2021.
Over 3 years, Return on Capital Employed stood at 32.42% in 2021, then slipped by 25 bps to 24.45% in 2024, then tumbled by 38 bps to 15.19% in 2025.
According to Business Quant data, Return on Capital Employed over the past three periods registered 15.19%, 39.81%, and 24.45% for Q4 2025, Q2 2025, and Q2 2024 respectively.

#	Company	Market Cap	Enterprise Value	Gross Profit (Qtr)	ROCE (Qtr)
1	Bhp	244.89 Bn	215.43 Bn	-	-
2	Rio Tinto	201.39 Bn	191.89 Bn	-	-
3	Teck Resources	33.56 Bn	28.36 Bn	1.21 Bn	32.45%
4	MP Materials	10.68 Bn	8.20 Bn	36.20 Mn	-3.52%
5	Almonty Industries	5.37 Bn	4.48 Bn	18.87 Mn	-
6	Materion	4.76 Bn	4.74 Bn	104.34 Mn	7.96%
7	USA Rare Earth	4.40 Bn	4.40 Bn	-1.58 Mn	-5.41%
8	Skeena Resources	4.30 Bn	3.87 Bn	-	-
9	Evolution Metals & Technologies	2.57 Bn	2.57 Bn	-115,000.00	45.90%
10	Vale	62.09 Mn	-17.59 Bn	-	10.86%

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