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Vale S.A. (VALE)At 4:00PM EST: 21.52  Up 0.01 (0.05%)  

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Data provided by Capital IQ, except where noted.
Valuation Measures 
Market Cap (intraday)5:110.60B
Enterprise Value (Dec 22, 2011)3:128.53B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):5.37
Forward P/E (fye Dec 31, 2012)1:5.24
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)1:3.69
Price/Sales (ttm):2.01
Price/Book (mrq):1.46
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)3:2.34
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)6:4.04
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):55.00B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):10.41
Qtrly Revenue Growth (yoy):9.10%
Gross Profit (ttm):26.48B
EBITDA (ttm)6:31.83B
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):21.16B
Diluted EPS (ttm):4.01
Qtrly Earnings Growth (yoy):-25.20%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):8.46B
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):1.65
Total Debt (mrq):26.44B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):33.61
Current Ratio (mrq):2.15
Book Value Per Share (mrq):14.72
Cash Flow Statement
Operating Cash Flow (ttm):22.46B
Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm):7.93B
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Income Statement - Balance Sheet - Cash Flow

Trading Information 
Stock Price History
Beta:1.31
52-Week Change3:-37.44%
S&P500 52-Week Change3:-1.04%
52-Week High (Jan 18, 2011)3:37.25
52-Week Low (Dec 19, 2011)3:20.46
50-Day Moving Average3:23.63
200-Day Moving Average3:26.99
Share Statistics
Avg Vol (3 month)3:19,948,900
Avg Vol (10 day)3:14,646,500
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 Yield3:8.00%
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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