Vale S.A. (VALE)

NYSE: VALE · Metal Mining · Rio De Janeiro · filing with the SEC since 2001

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Grade5.7

◀ Past 6.7● Present 5.8▶ Future 4.0

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The grade of Vale S.A.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense

Headline grade

5.7/10

◀ Past6.740% of the headline

● Present5.835% of the headline

▶ Future4.025% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

Of the nine metrics, 7 read as filed from the record and 2 are SI estimates, each with its reasoning, its confidence and what would change it on its card.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

6.7/1040% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Surviving crises

as filed

6.8/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 45% of this tense · 68th percentile among 44 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Vale S.A.'s filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed

5.6/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+3.8% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 9 of 10.

weight 33% of this tense · 56th percentile among 22 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Vale S.A.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $27 billion in fiscal 2016 to $38 billion in fiscal 2025, up 3.8% a year; it rose in 5 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 30% from fiscal 2021 to fiscal 2024; net income was positive in 9 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

revenue growth over the filed span3.8%bottom 33% of its family
the share of years revenue rosebottom 48% of its family
the share of filed years with a profittop 14% of its family
the deepest fall from a revenue peak30.2%top 43% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

SI estimate

8.1/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

SI estimate 8.1/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 22% of this tense · 81st percentile among 35 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate: Read from one part only, the cash returned against operating cash flow, which ranks in the top 19% of 35 in its family; fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income.
What the record cannot read: Fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income.
How it was reasoned: one part: cash returned against operating cash flow, the one part on file, ranked among 35 in its family.
Confidence: 35 of 100
What would change it: A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: Vale S.A.'s shareholder treatment is put at 8.1 of 10 with a confidence of 35 of 100, because read from one part only, the cash returned against operating cash flow, which ranks in the top 19% of 35 in its family; fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income. A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

5.8/1035% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Financial health

as filed

5.6/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 6%: 6¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 60%: owes 60¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 56th percentile among 35 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Vale S.A. earned about 6 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 16 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 60 cents per dollar of assets (the filed statements).

What it rests on

what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 19% of its family
return on equitytop 30% of its family
gross profit against assetstop 22% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed

6.5/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 35% of 24 in its family; net margin 5.2%.

weight 33% of this tense · 65th percentile among 24 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Vale S.A.'s standing among 24 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $38 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 11% by size; a net margin of 5.2% ranks in the top 40%; revenue growth of -4.3% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 46% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

revenue against the family$38.40Btop 11% of its family
net margin5.2%top 40% of its family
three-year revenue growth-4.3%bottom 46% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

SI estimate

5.0/10

What are the people in charge doing?

SI estimate 5.0/10, confidence 20 of 100 (family median).

weight 22% of this tense · 50th percentile among 19 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate: It files no Form 8-K (a foreign issuer reports on Form 6-K), so officer and director changes cannot be read there; the record of its people begins on 2026-03-18 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and its chief executive and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 8 months and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 19 members with one.
What the record cannot read: It files no Form 8-K (a foreign issuer reports on Form 6-K), so officer and director changes cannot be read there; the record of its people begins on 2026-03-18 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and its chief executive and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 8 months and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge.
How it was reasoned: family median, 19 readings behind it.
Confidence: 20 of 100
What would change it: Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: Vale S.A.'s leadership is put at 5.0 of 10 with a confidence of 20 of 100, because it files no Form 8-K (a foreign issuer reports on Form 6-K), so officer and director changes cannot be read there; the record of its people begins on 2026-03-18 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and its chief executive and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 8 months and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 19 members with one. Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

4.0/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed

5.0/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 50% of 20 in its family for room to expand.

weight 22% of this tense · 50th percentile among 20 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Vale S.A.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $7.4 billion against no long-term debt tagged leaves 8.5% of its assets as net cash, top 47% of its family; a gross margin of 35% (top 41%); research spending of 1.8% of revenue (bottom 38%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

cash less debt against assets8.5%top 47% of its family
gross margin35.0%top 41% of its family
research spending against revenue1.8%bottom 38% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed

4.1/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 41% of 21 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 41st percentile among 21 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Vale S.A.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew -4.3% a year over the last three filed years against 3.8% over all 10, slowing (bottom 43% of its family); the newest year grew 0.9% (bottom 38%); research spending grew 1.6% a year (top 37%); capital spending grew -31.3% a year (bottom 22%) (its annual reports). Vale S.A. tags no split of its revenue by line in the annual report on file, so growth by line cannot be read here; research and capital spending are on the trend.

What it rests on

three-year growth against the whole span-8.1 points a yearbottom 43% of its family
the newest year's revenue growth0.9%bottom 38% of its family
three-year growth of research spending1.6%top 37% of its family
three-year growth of capital spending-31.3%bottom 22% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed

3.3/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

bottom 33% of 18 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 45% of this tense · 33rd percentile among 18 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Vale S.A.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $38 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 8.3% above the $35 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 45% of its family); net income of $2.0 billion against a prior three-year average of $11 billion (bottom 25%); a net margin of 5.2% against 26% before (bottom 31%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

revenue against the prior three years' pace8.3%bottom 45% of its family
net income against the prior three years' average-82%bottom 25% of its family
net margin against its prior average-20.9 pointsbottom 31% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

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