Valuation
26% of the score
97median 53
Vale S.A. is valued at 9x its operating profit, including debt: a low multiple.
60x
50x
35x
25x
18x
12x
8x
9x
Full points at 8x or less, none from 60xfull points
VALEVale S.A.
$12.40+17% 1Y
$12.40
$10.5452 weeks$17.82
RyuScore
Seven criteria, each scored 0 to 100 on a published scale, weighted into one number.
RyuScore 73 out of 100, Above average
Above average. Vale S.A. scores higher than 83% of the 2,231 companies Ryufin scores.
Carried by valuation and return on capital, held back by return on new capital and the balance sheet.
Basic Materials median 57 · all companies 55
Return on capital
18% of the score
82median 24
Over 7 years the business earned 16% a year after tax on the capital it uses.
2%
8%
15%
25%
16%
None at 2% or less, full points from 25%full points
7 years agolatest 6.1%
Return on new capital
16% of the score
0median 33
Over 6 years yearly profit fell by 17 cents for every dollar earned. It did so while using less capital than before.
-5%
12%
-17%
None at minus 5 cents, full points from 12 centsfull points
Capital allocation
14% of the score
96median 63
How management spends the money: shares bought back or issued, and whether assets grow faster than the business they serve.
Share countDown 3.6% a year over 5 years: buybacks
1005%
-3%
-3.6%
0 pointsfull points
Assets against salesAssets grew -1.2% a year, sales -0.6%
9012%
-2%
-0.6%
0 pointsfull points
Cycle position
12% of the score
100median 63
Today's operating margin of 15% is 0.45x its normal 34%: near a trough. Normal is half the 10 year median, half the last four years, so a margin that has held is not taken for a peak.
2x
1.5x
1x
0.7x
0.4x
A trough earns points, a peak costs themfull points
10 years agonow 15%
Balance sheet
8% of the score
20median 50
What the debt weighs against the profit that has to carry it.
Interest coverOperating profit covers interest 4x
201.5x
12x
3.6x
0 pointsfull points
Earnings quality
6% of the score
100median 90
Whether the reported profit arrives as cash, and whether the accounts show the usual signs of stretching.
Cash against profitOperating cash flow was 2.69x profit over 3 years
1000.7x
1x
1.3x
2.7x
0 pointsfull points
AccrualsCash ran ahead of profit by 13.3% of assets
1008%
0%
-8%
-13%
0 pointsfull points
How the RyuScore works
Each criterion earns 0 to 100 points on the scale drawn under it, and the RyuScore is their average weighted 26, 18, 16, 14, 12, 8 and 6. Scales bend in the company's favour between their ends, so an ordinary figure is never already near zero. Where a criterion cannot be measured from the filings it is taken out and the remaining weights scale up; a company needs 60% of the weight covered, and always a price, to get a score.
Built from the company's annual and quarterly filings with the SEC and today's share price. Banks, insurers and property trusts are not scored: their debt is their raw material, so these yardsticks mean something else there. Figures as of 2025-06-30, latest annual report FY2025.
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