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Vale (BUE:VALE) Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share : ARS1,002.72 (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Vale Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share?

E10 is a concept invented by Prof. Robert Shiller, who uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share and the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF. The Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share of a company over the past 10 years.

Vale's adjusted free cash flow per share for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was ARS206.534. Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share for the past 10 years together and divide the count will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share, which is ARS1,002.72 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2025.

During the past 12 months, Vale's average Cyclically Adjusted FCF Growth Rate was 10.40% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Cyclically Adjusted FCF Growth Rate was 13.50% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Cyclically Adjusted FCF Growth Rate was 25.70% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Cyclically Adjusted FCF Growth Rate was 20.40% per year. Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the Cyclically Adjusted FCF Growth Rate using Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share data.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Cyclically Adjusted FCF Growth Rate of Vale was 44.00% per year. The lowest was -4.30% per year. And the median was 13.50% per year.

As of today (2025-05-28), Vale's current stock price is ARS5580.00. Vale's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was ARS1,002.72. Vale's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF of today is 5.56.

During the past 13 years, the highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF of Vale was 29.55. The lowest was 5.34. And the median was 15.18.


Vale Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share Historical Data

The historical data trend for Vale's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Vale Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share Chart

Vale Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 49.23 102.46 215.67 760.73 801.44

Vale Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 854.22 945.80 899.34 801.44 1,002.72

Competitive Comparison of Vale's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share

For the Other Industrial Metals & Mining subindustry, Vale's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Vale's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Metals & Mining Industry

For the Metals & Mining industry and Basic Materials sector, Vale's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Vale's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF falls into.


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Vale Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share Calculation

E10 is a concept invented by Prof. Robert Shiller, who uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share and the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF. The Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share of a company over the past 10 years.

What is Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share? How do we calculate Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share?

Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share of a company over the past 10 years. Let's use an example to explain.

If we want to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share of Wal-Mart (WMT) for Dec. 31, 2010, we need to have the inflation data and the free cash flow per share from 2001 through 2010.

We adjusted the 2001 free cash flow per share data with the total inflation from 2001 through 2010 to the equivalent free cash flow in 2010. If the total inflation from 2001 to 2010 is 40%, and Wal-Mart's free cash flow is $1 a share in 2001, then the 2001's equivalent free cash flow in 2010 is $1.4 a share. If Wal-Mart's free cash flow is $1 again in 2002, and the total inflation from 2002 through 2010 is 35%, then the equivalent 2002 free cash flow in 2010 is $1.35. So on and so forth, you get the equivalent free cash flow per share of past 10 years. Then you add them together and divided the sum by the count to get Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.

For example, Vale's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare= Free Cash Flow per Share /CPI of Mar. 2025 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2025)
=206.534/168.1016*168.1016
=206.534

Current CPI (Mar. 2025) = 168.1016.

Vale Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201506 -3.932 100.006 -6.609
201509 -0.879 101.392 -1.457
201512 -5.620 104.247 -9.062
201603 -10.400 106.979 -16.342
201606 5.181 108.851 8.001
201609 7.242 109.986 11.069
201612 6.220 110.802 9.437
201703 10.851 111.869 16.305
201706 13.908 112.115 20.853
201709 9.993 112.777 14.895
201712 20.302 114.068 29.919
201803 9.940 114.868 14.547
201806 27.246 117.038 39.134
201809 53.591 117.881 76.422
201812 26.320 118.340 37.387
201903 23.968 120.124 33.541
201906 38.369 120.977 53.315
201909 68.846 121.292 95.415
201912 39.527 123.436 53.830
202003 13.579 124.092 18.395
202006 9.849 123.557 13.400
202009 113.229 125.095 152.156
202012 166.227 129.012 216.592
202103 211.998 131.660 270.675
202106 245.926 133.871 308.810
202109 301.955 137.913 368.052
202112 5.365 141.992 6.352
202203 65.647 146.537 75.308
202206 115.611 149.784 129.750
202209 132.242 147.800 150.407
202212 9.246 150.207 10.348
202303 220.686 153.352 241.911
202306 75.480 154.519 82.115
202309 227.228 155.464 245.700
202312 447.914 157.148 479.134
202403 856.713 159.372 903.637
202406 -48.962 161.052 -51.105
202409 119.632 162.342 123.876
202412 276.957 164.740 282.608
202503 206.534 168.102 206.534

Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share.


Vale  (BUE:VALE) Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share Explanation

If a company grows much fast than inflation, Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share may underestimate the company's free cash flow. Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF can seem to be too high even the actual Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is low.

For the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF, the free cash flow per share of the past 10 years are inflation-adjusted and averaged. The result is used for P/FCF calculation. Since it looks at the average over the last 10 years, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is also called CAPFCF Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF. The Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted free cash flow per share of a company over the past 10 years.

Vale's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF of today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=5580.00/1002.72
=5.56

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

During the past 13 years, the highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF of Vale was 29.55. The lowest was 5.34. And the median was 15.18.


Be Aware

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF works better for cyclical companies. It gives you a better idea on the company's real free cash flow value.


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Vale Business Description

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Praia de Botafogo, 186, offices 1101, 1701 and 1801, Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, BRA, 22250-145
Vale is a large global miner and the world's largest producer of iron ore and pellets. In recent years the company has sold noncore assets such as its fertilizer, coal, and steel operations to concentrate on iron ore, nickel, and copper. Earnings are dominated by the bulk materials division, primarily iron ore and iron ore pellets. The base metals division is much smaller, consisting of nickel mines and smelters along with copper mines producing copper in concentrate. In 2024, Vale sold a minority 10% stake in energy transition metals, its base metals business, likely the first step in separating base metals and iron ore.