Basic Materials
Live Price
Offline$15.42
-0.71% today
1Y Change
+77.02%
Window
Jun 23, 2025 → May 29, 2026
Coverage: 236 bars · Jun 23, 2025 → May 29, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Vale S.A. (VALE) is a Basic Materials stock with a market cap of $71.47B and listed on NYSE. The stock last traded around $15.42 and up 77.0% across the available one-year price window (Jun 23, 2025 → May 29, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +0.5%, EPS growth of -57.7%, a dividend yield of 6.7%. What stands out right now is revenue +0.5%, EPS -57.7%, free cash flow +6.1% with operating margin 26.3% and ROIC 6.9%. The dividend matters to the case here, with a current yield around 6.7%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at P/E 24.1 and price/sales 1.8. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a turnaround or cyclical reset than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines VALE price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Basic Materials peers on this page.
Benchmark Comparison
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VALE
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Normalized return
SPY
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S&P 500
Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
VALE Max Drawdown
-19.85%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
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Trailing 1Y
Uses the longest available daily history for VALE and SPY.
Financial profile
Profitability, balance sheet stamina, and cash efficiency drawn from the latest filings.
FY Revenue
$54.5B
+24.3% YoY
FY Net Income
$22.4B
+19.5% YoY
Free Cash Flow
$20.6B
+241.9% YoY
Revenue Growth
+0.5%
EPS Growth
-57.7%
Gross Margin
34.5%
Net Margin
7.3%
Income statement
USD
| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 38.2B | 38.1B | 41.8B | 43.8B | 54.5B |
| Gross Profit | 13.1B | 13.8B | 17.7B | 19.8B | 32.8B |
| Operating Income | 11.1B | 10.8B | 14.2B | 17.2B | 27.7B |
| EBITDA | 14.1B | 11.1B | 15.6B | 23.7B | 34.1B |
| Net Income | 2.5B | 6.2B | 8.0B | 18.8B | 22.4B |
| EPS (Diluted) | — | — | — | — | — |
Balance sheet
USD
| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash & Equivalents | 7.4B | 5.0B | 3.6B | 4.7B | 11.7B |
| Total Assets | 86.9B | 80.3B | 93.9B | 86.9B | 89.4B |
| Total Liabilities | 52.4B | 45.7B | 53.0B | 49.5B | 54.1B |
| Shareholder Equity | 33.6B | 33.4B | 39.3B | 35.9B | 34.5B |
| Total Debt | 19.4B | 17.7B | 16.8B | 15.4B | 17.2B |
| Net Debt | 12.0B | 12.8B | 13.2B | 10.7B | 5.5B |
Cash flow positioning
Latest Full Year
Operating Cash Flow
25.7B
+123.6% YoY
Capital Expenditures
5.0B
+7.6% YoY
Free Cash Flow
20.6B
+241.9% YoY
Key ratios
Gross Margin
34.5%
Operating Margin
26.3%
Net Margin
7.3%
ROE
7.7%
Debt / Equity
0.51x
Next Step
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