Vale S.A. ADR (VALE): Price and Financial Metrics

VALE POWR Grades

• Quality is the dimension where VALE ranks best; there it ranks ahead of 98.36% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for VALE is in Momentum, which has been heading down over the past 48 weeks.
• VALE's current lowest rank is in the Momentum metric (where it is better than 11.37% of US stocks).

VALE Stock Summary

• Vale SA's market capitalization of $76,025,280,160 is ahead of 96.56% of US-listed equities.
• Of note is the ratio of Vale SA's sales and general administrative expense to its total operating expenses; merely 2.92% of US stocks have a lower such ratio.
• As for revenue growth, note that VALE's revenue has grown 45.58% over the past 12 months; that beats the revenue growth of 85.08% of US companies in our set.
• If you're looking for stocks that are quantitatively similar to Vale SA, a group of peers worth examining would be IBN, BTI, D, PTR, and DUK.
• Visit VALE's SEC page to see the company's official filings. To visit the company's web site, go to www.vale.com.

VALE Valuation Summary

• In comparison to the median Basic Materials stock, VALE's price/earnings ratio is 1.01% higher, now standing at 20.1.
• Over the past 237 months, VALE's price/sales ratio has gone down 0.3.
• VALE's EV/EBIT ratio has moved up 2.1 over the prior 237 months.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for VALE.

VALE Growth Metrics

• The 4 year price growth rate now stands at 81.2%.
• Its 3 year net cashflow from operations growth rate is now at 47.87%.
• The 5 year revenue growth rate now stands at 56.27%.

Over the past 12 months, VALE's revenue has gone up $2,448,000,000.

The table below shows VALE's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date	Revenue	Operating Cash Flow	Net Income to Common Stock
2020-12-31	40,018	17,030	4,881
2019-12-31	37,570	15,608	-1,683
2018-12-31	36,575	12,901	6,860
2017-12-31	33,967	12,450	5,507
2016-12-31	27,488	10,555	3,982
2015-12-31	25,609	4,491	-12,129

VALE's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.

• VALE has a Quality Grade of A, ranking ahead of 98.36% of graded US stocks.
• VALE's asset turnover comes in at 0.436 -- ranking 15th of 42 Non-Metallic and Industrial Metal Mining stocks.
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The table below shows VALE's key quality metrics over time.