Vale VALE
NYSE VALE
$14.57 +0.34 (+2.40%)
As of: Aug 21, 2026 · 3:00 PM EDT

Vale (VALE) Times Interest Earned (2009 - 2025)

Vale (VALE) posted Times Interest Earned of $0.73 for Q4 2025, up 107.01% sequentially from -$10.35 in Q3 2025, and up 107.14% YoY from $0.35 in Q4 2024.

Vale (VALE) Times Interest Earned (2009 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

Vale has reported Times Interest Earned for 17 years, with the latest figure at $0.73 in Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Times Interest Earned rose 107.14% year-over-year to $0.73 in Q4 2025, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 was $6.73 (up 134.32% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $4.63, down 51.88% from the prior year.
  • Times Interest Earned improved to $0.73 in Q4 2025 per VALE's latest filing, from -$10.35 in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Times Interest Earned peaked at $11.53 in Q2 2022 and troughed at -$134.33 in Q4 2021.
  • A 5-year average of -$16.68 and a median of -$10.08 in 2024 frame the typical range for Times Interest Earned.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2021 and 2024: Times Interest Earned slumped 1080.27% in 2021, then soared 246.75% in 2024.
  • Over 5 years, Times Interest Earned stood at -$134.33 in 2021, then soared by 87.4% to -$16.92 in 2022, then jumped by 46.28% to -$9.09 in 2023, then fell by 11.74% to -$10.16 in 2024, then jumped by 107.14% to $0.73 in 2025.
  • According to Business Quant data, Times Interest Earned over the past three periods registered $0.73, -$10.35, and -$4.96 for Q4 2025, Q3 2025, and Q2 2025 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Times Interest Earned (Qtr)
1 Bhp 246.66 Bn 217.21 Bn - -
2 Rio Tinto 201.39 Bn 191.89 Bn - -
3 Teck Resources 33.70 Bn 28.50 Bn 1.21 Bn -7.77
4 MP Materials 10.76 Bn 8.28 Bn 36.20 Mn -3.30
5 Almonty Industries 5.39 Bn 4.50 Bn 18.87 Mn 1.26
6 Materion 4.81 Bn 4.79 Bn 104.34 Mn 6.87
7 USA Rare Earth 4.47 Bn 4.47 Bn -1.58 Mn -12.28
8 Skeena Resources 4.31 Bn 3.89 Bn - 3.50
9 Evolution Metals & Technologies 2.51 Bn 2.51 Bn -115,000.00 -
10 Vale 62.22 Mn -17.59 Bn - -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2025 0.73
Sep 30, 2025 -10.35
Jun 30, 2025 -4.96
Mar 31, 2025 -7.69
Dec 31, 2024 -10.16
Sep 30, 2024 -9.66
Jun 30, 2024 10.62
Mar 31, 2024 -9.99
Dec 31, 2023 -9.09
Sep 30, 2023 -12.85
Jun 30, 2023 -7.23
Mar 31, 2023 -11.69
Dec 31, 2022 -16.92
Sep 30, 2022 -17.72
Jun 30, 2022 11.53
Mar 31, 2022 -21.48
Dec 31, 2021 -134.33
Sep 30, 2021 -29.61
Jun 30, 2021 -36.38
Mar 31, 2021 -6.31