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Vale S.A. (VALE)At 4:00PM EDT: 24.04  Up 0.05 (0.21%)  

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Data provided by Capital IQ, except where noted.
Valuation Measures 
Market Cap (intraday)5:125.45B
Enterprise Value (Sep 27, 2011)3:136.37B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):5.70
Forward P/E (fye Dec 31, 2012)1:5.06
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)1:1.08
Price/Sales (ttm):2.32
Price/Book (mrq):1.79
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)3:2.56
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)6:4.40
Financial Highlights 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:Dec 31
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):Jun 30, 2011
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):42.03%
Operating Margin (ttm):51.93%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):15.43%
Return on Equity (ttm):34.24%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):53.31B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):10.04
Qtrly Revenue Growth (yoy):35.70%
Gross Profit (ttm):26.48B
EBITDA (ttm)6:30.97B
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):22.40B
Diluted EPS (ttm):4.22
Qtrly Earnings Growth (yoy):54.90%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):11.86B
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):2.27
Total Debt (mrq):23.05B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):31.99
Current Ratio (mrq):1.97
Book Value Per Share (mrq):13.43
Cash Flow Statement
Operating Cash Flow (ttm):25.18B
Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm):12.09B
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Income Statement - Balance Sheet - Cash Flow

Trading Information 
Stock Price History
Beta:1.52
52-Week Change3:-21.10%
S&P500 52-Week Change3:1.82%
52-Week High (Jan 18, 2011)3:37.25
52-Week Low (Sep 26, 2011)3:23.10
50-Day Moving Average3:26.57
200-Day Moving Average3:30.59
Share Statistics
Avg Vol (3 month)3:18,799,300
Avg Vol (10 day)3:22,071,800
Shares Outstanding5:5.22B
Float:3.19B
% Held by Insiders1:N/A
% Held by Institutions1:N/A
Shares Short (as of Aug 31, 2011)3:20.95M
Short Ratio (as of Aug 31, 2011)3:0.90
Short % of Float (as of Aug 31, 2011)3:N/A
Shares Short (prior month)3:22.44M
Dividends & Splits
Forward Annual Dividend Rate4:0.45
Forward Annual Dividend Yield4:1.90%
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:1.48
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:6.20%
5 Year Average Dividend Yield4:N/A
Payout Ratio4:16.00%
Dividend Date3:Sep 1, 2011
Ex-Dividend Date4:Aug 12, 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 Jun 30, 2011)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of Jun 30, 2011)
yoy = Year Over Year (as of Jun 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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