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Vale S.A. (VALE)At 3:37PM EST: 22.04  Up 0.04 (0.18%)  

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Data provided by Capital IQ, except where noted.
Valuation Measures 
Market Cap (intraday)5:113.27B
Enterprise Value (Dec 23, 2011)3:131.10B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):5.48
Forward P/E (fye Dec 31, 2012)1:5.36
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)1:3.76
Price/Sales (ttm):2.05
Price/Book (mrq):1.49
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)3:2.38
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)6:4.11
Financial Highlights 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:Dec 31
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):Sep 30, 2011
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):38.48%
Operating Margin (ttm):50.95%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):14.55%
Return on Equity (ttm):29.63%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):55.17B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):10.45
Qtrly Revenue Growth (yoy):9.10%
Gross Profit (ttm):26.48B
EBITDA (ttm)6:31.93B
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):21.23B
Diluted EPS (ttm):4.02
Qtrly Earnings Growth (yoy):-25.20%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):8.49B
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):1.65
Total Debt (mrq):26.53B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):33.61
Current Ratio (mrq):2.15
Book Value Per Share (mrq):14.77
Cash Flow Statement
Operating Cash Flow (ttm):22.53B
Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm):7.96B
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Income Statement - Balance Sheet - Cash Flow

Trading Information 
Stock Price History
Beta:1.31
52-Week Change3:-34.47%
S&P500 52-Week Change3:-0.28%
52-Week High (Jan 18, 2011)3:37.25
52-Week Low (Dec 19, 2011)3:20.46
50-Day Moving Average3:23.54
200-Day Moving Average3:26.95
Share Statistics
Avg Vol (3 month)3:19,562,400
Avg Vol (10 day)3:13,651,900
Shares Outstanding5:5.14B
Float:3.07B
% Held by Insiders1:N/A
% Held by Institutions1:N/A
Shares Short (as of Nov 30, 2011)3:34.63M
Short Ratio (as of Nov 30, 2011)3:2.10
Short % of Float (as of Nov 30, 2011)3:N/A
Shares Short (prior month)3:34.27M
Dividends & Splits
Forward Annual Dividend Rate4:0.06
Forward Annual Dividend Yield4:0.30%
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:1.73
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:7.90%
5 Year Average Dividend Yield4:2.70%
Payout Ratio4:23.00%
Dividend Date3:Nov 6, 2011
Ex-Dividend Date4:Oct 17, 2011
Last Split Factor (new per old)2:2:1
Last Split Date3:Sep 13, 2007

See Key Statistics Help for definitions of terms used.
Abbreviation Guide: K = Thousands; M = Millions; B = Billions
mrq = Most Recent Quarter (as of Sep 30, 2011)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of Sep 30, 2011)
yoy = Year Over Year (as of Sep 30, 2011)
lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of Dec 31, 2010)
fye = Fiscal Year Ending
1 Data provided by Thomson Reuters
2 Data provided by EDGAR Online
3 Data derived from multiple sources or calculated by Yahoo! Finance
4 Data provided by Morningstar, Inc.
5 Shares outstanding is taken from the most recently filed quarterly or annual report and Market Cap is calculated using shares outstanding.
6 EBITDA is calculated by Capital IQ using methodology that may differ from that used by a company in its reporting

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