Growth Metrics

Vale (VALE) Return on Sales (2016 - 2025)

Historic Return on Sales for Vale (VALE) over the last 17 years, with Q3 2025 value amounting to 0.25%.

  • Vale's Return on Sales fell 400.0% to 0.25% in Q3 2025 from the same period last year, while for Sep 2025 it was 0.16%, marking a year-over-year decrease of 1300.0%. This contributed to the annual value of 0.18% for FY2024, which is 900.0% down from last year.
  • Vale's Return on Sales amounted to 0.25% in Q3 2025, which was down 400.0% from 0.24% recorded in Q2 2025.
  • In the past 5 years, Vale's Return on Sales ranged from a high of 0.36% in Q1 2024 and a low of 0.13% during Q3 2021
  • Moreover, its 5-year median value for Return on Sales was 0.24% (2025), whereas its average is 0.15%.
  • Per our database at Business Quant, Vale's Return on Sales plummeted by -4600bps in 2021 and then soared by 2700bps in 2023.
  • Quarter analysis of 5 years shows Vale's Return on Sales stood at 0.01% in 2021, then skyrocketed by 592bps to 0.05% in 2022, then soared by 414bps to 0.24% in 2023, then crashed by -136bps to 0.09% in 2024, then surged by 384bps to 0.25% in 2025.
  • Its Return on Sales stands at 0.25% for Q3 2025, versus 0.24% for Q2 2025 and 0.26% for Q1 2025.