Vale S.A. (VALE) Return on Equity [ROE] (2009 - 2025)
Vale (VALE) recorded Return on Equity [ROE] of 27.16% in Q4 2025, down 1.97 percentage points from 29.13% a year earlier but up 7.36 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Vale S.A. (VALE) Return on Equity [ROE] (2009 - 2025) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Vale reported Return on Equity [ROE] of 5.76%, down 10.07 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual Return on Equity [ROE] has declined for four straight years, with a five-year change of -6.52 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Across earlier years, Return on Equity [ROE] came in at 15.83% in FY2024 (-4.87 pp), 20.69% in FY2023 (-31.25 pp), 51.94% in FY2022 (-12.14 pp) and 64.08% in FY2021 (+51.80 pp).
- Quarterly Return on Equity [ROE] has ranged from 19.79% in Q3 2025 to 63.59% in Q4 2021 over the past five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, Return on Equity [ROE] has declined for four consecutive quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -1.03 percentage points over the last six quarters.
- Peak year-over-year performance for Return on Equity [ROE] in the last five years was a gain of 48.88 percentage points in Q3 2021, against a drop of 32.06 percentage points in Q4 2023 at the low end.
- Per Business Quant, the preceding three quarters came in at 19.79% (Q3 2025), 22.72% (Q2 2025) and 26.42% (Q1 2025).
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| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Dec 31, 2025 | 5.18% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 12.93% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 13.14% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 16.04% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 16.10% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 23.79% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 32.46% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 26.80% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 27.12% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 30.61% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 52.39% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 57.56% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 106.34% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 118.63% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 65.48% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 46.55% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 42.33% |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 28.03% |
| Dec 31, 2020 | 13.07% |
| Sep 30, 2020 | 5.61% |
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Vale S.A. Return on Equity [ROE] 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-equity-%5Broe%5D&ticker=VALE&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-equity-[roe]", "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-equity-%5Broe%5D&ticker=VALE&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();