VALE

Vale SA
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Vale SA cash flow statement 2000–2026

Vale SA's free cash flow over the last twelve months was 3.78B USD: operating cash flow of 9.85B USD less 6.07B USD of capital spending. That is 9.1% of its revenue and 0.89 a share.

Operating cash flow Free cash flow

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Fiscal year
TTM
30 Sept 2026
FY2025
31 Dec 2025
FY2024
31 Dec 2024
FY2023
31 Dec 2023
FY2022
31 Dec 2022
FY2021
31 Dec 2021
FY2020
31 Dec 2020
FY2019
31 Dec 2019
FY2018
31 Dec 2018
FY2017
31 Dec 2017
FY2016
31 Dec 2016
Net income
599.91M2.47B5.86B8.00B19.78B29.54B6.99B-156.00M6.82B7.83B7.98B
Depreciation and amortization
3.46B3.04B2.79B3.07B3.17B3.03B3.22B3.49B3.35B3.71B3.49B
Stock-based compensation
—0.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.00
Change in working capital
-2.41B-2.50B-1.42B-2.83B-1.32B335.00M-3.20B-65.00M-840.00M630.00M-1.75B
Change in receivables
-602.58M162.35M1.52B318.53M-325.00M1.03B-2.54B-47.00M-156.00M1.28B-2.74B
Change in inventory
-674.30M-1.09B-456.69M-223.43M45.00M-503.00M-183.00M88.00M-817.00M-339.00M288.00M
Change in payables
1.12B822.13M-373.77M620.24M495.00M251.00M-222.00M749.00M-376.00M232.00M243.00M
Change in other working capital
-2.26B-2.40B-2.11B-3.55B-1.53B-442.00M-250.00M-855.00M509.00M-540.00M465.00M
Other non-cash items
8.20B6.03B2.16B5.16B-10.15B-7.23B7.32B8.84B3.57B283.00M-3.32B
Operating cash flow
9.85B9.04B9.39B13.40B11.49B25.68B14.32B12.11B12.90B12.45B6.40B
Operating cash flow growth
+8.20%-3.81%-29.88%+16.65%-55.27%+79.30%+18.27%-6.13%+3.62%+94.50%+62.79%
Capital expenditure
-6.07B-5.98B-6.51B-6.03B-5.45B-5.03B-4.23B-3.46B-3.78B-3.83B-4.95B
Acquisitions
—0.000.000.00239.00M249.00M-131.00M-1.00B-23.00M0.000.00
Purchases of investments
—-108.29M-809.13M-35.44M0.00-542.00M-194.00M-828.00M-50.00M-183.00M-239.00M
Sales and maturities of investments
2.03B1.17B3.13B122.73M846.00M582.00M407.00M0.002.29B0.0012.00M
Other investing
-3.36B-2.28B-1.60B-546.16M-325.00M-1.87B-524.00M-1.70B1.73B656.00M761.00M
Investing cash flow
-6.35B-7.19B-5.79B-6.49B-4.69B-6.61B-4.67B-6.99B159.00M-3.36B-4.42B
Debt issued (repaid)
-500.12M3.26B2.29B1.28B-1.25B-1.21B532.00M-2.49B-6.62B-7.02B-723.00M
Shares issued
—0.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.00
Share buybacks
—0.00-381.01M-2.72B-6.04B-5.55B0.000.00-1.00B0.000.00
Dividends paid
-4.63B-3.57B-3.91B-5.51B-6.60B-13.48B-3.35B0.00-3.31B-1.46B-250.00M
Other financing
517.09M534.48M-205.72M-362.77M-23.00M-43.00M142.00M-1.01B-199.00M-224.00M-308.00M
Financing cash flow
-4.83B221.78M-2.13B-7.41B-13.91B-20.28B-2.68B-3.50B-11.13B-8.70B-1.28B
Net change in cash
-1.05B2.44B758.89M-474.55M-6.99B-1.77B6.14B1.57B1.46B66.00M671.00M
Free cash flow
3.78B3.06B2.88B7.36B6.04B20.65B10.10B8.65B9.12B8.62B1.45B
Free cash flow growth
+28.66%+6.10%-60.83%+21.91%-70.75%+104.52%+16.76%-5.17%+5.78%+494.41%—
Free cash flow margin
9.13%8.00%7.58%17.62%13.78%37.88%25.53%24.03%24.93%25.37%5.28%
Free cash flow per share
0.890.720.681.681.304.121.971.691.751.660.28
Free cash flow per share growth
+28.74%+5.95%-59.90%+29.51%-68.42%+109.30%+16.72%-3.89%+5.79%+494.41%—
Interest paid
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Income taxes paid
—0.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.00

Figures in USD. Free cash flow is operating cash flow less capital expenditure; owner earnings take off only the spending that keeps the business as it is, not the spending to grow it (an estimate by Financial Modeling Prep). Quarterly growth is on the same quarter a year before; TTM is the last four quarters.

Figures underlined with dots are from the company's SEC filings, where our data provider's differ.

Common questions about Vale SA's cash flow

Source: Financial Modeling Prep