# Vale S.A. (VALE)

- Sector: Materials · Industry: Other Industrial Metals and Mining
- SEC CIK: 0000917851 ([filings on EDGAR](https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&CIK=0000917851))
- Full page: https://inspectstocks.com/stocks/vale
- Data as of: price 2026-09-25; newest filing used 2026-04-29; latest fiscal period ended 2026-03-31

## Grade

**C** on the balance-sheet rubric used for lenders, 3 of 5 checks passed.

| Check | Result | Now | Before |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Profitable | passed | $2.4B |  |
| Earnings growing overall | failed | $2.4B | $18.8B |
| Earnings growing recently | failed | $2.4B | $6.2B |
| Earns well on its assets | passed | 2.7% |  |
| Book value per share growing | passed | $7,849.79 | $7,733.63 |

Business quality (the + / − mark): 4 of 6 checks passed.

| Check | Result | Now | Before |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Profitable | passed | 6.1% |  |
| Healthy profit margin | failed | 6.1% |  |
| Strong operating margin | passed | 15.4% |  |
| Good return on equity | failed | 7.0% |  |
| Debt under control | passed | 0.02 |  |
| Turns sales into cash | passed | 56.4% |  |

How the grade works: the letter counts failed checks (none → A, one → B, two → C, three → D, four or more → F). It is built from SEC filings only — the share price never enters it — and describes the business, not whether the stock is worth buying.

## Key figures

In US dollars, as filed.

| Measure | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Revenue, trailing twelve months | $38.4B |
| Net income, trailing twelve months | $2.4B |
| Net margin | 6.1% |
| Operating margin | 15.4% |
| Return on equity | 7.0% |
| Debt to equity | 0.02 |
| Share price | $13.61 |
| Market value | $44.3B |
| Price / sales | 1.2x |

## More on this company

- [Overview](https://inspectstocks.com/stocks/vale)
- [Financial statements](https://inspectstocks.com/stocks/vale/financials)
- [Competitors](https://inspectstocks.com/stocks/vale/peers)
- [Earnings](https://inspectstocks.com/stocks/vale/earnings)

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