All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)
VALE real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, VALE returned +74.23% over the past year and +13.33% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Mar. 22, 2002, VALE is up +1,685.46% in real purchasing-power return, or +12.62%/yr, and is currently −36.93% below its real total-return high on May 16, 2008.
Data ending Tue Jun. 23, 2026
| Fri 2002-03-22💬 to Tue 2026-06-23 |
YTD
Return |
1 Year
Return |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VALE × |
+13.33%
2026-06-23 |
+74.23%
2026-06-23 |
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| Vale SA ADR NYSE Common Stock | ||||||
| Fri 2002-03-22💬 to Tue 2026-06-23 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VALE × |
+1,685.46%
+12.62%/yr |
+5.55%/yr
(R2=0.232) |
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| Vale SA ADR NYSE Common Stock | ||||||
| Fri 2002-03-22💬 to Tue 2026-06-23 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VALE × |
$10,000.00
2002-03-22 |
$178,545.57
2026-06-23 |
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| Vale SA ADR NYSE Common Stock | ||||||
| Year | VALE |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | +13.33% |
| 2025 | +61.91% |
| 2024 | −40.58% |
| 2023 | −1.72% |
| 2022 | +24.52% |
| 2021 | −7.93% |
| 2020 | +30.63% |
| 2019 | +0.42% |
| 2018 | +10.15% |
| 2017 | +64.18% |
| 2016 | +128.28% |
| 2015 | −57.95% |
| 2014 | −44.56% |
| 2013 | −24.40% |
| 2012 | +1.67% |
| 2011 | −35.90% |
| 2010 | +19.36% |
| 2009 | +139.00% |
| 2008 | −61.86% |
| 2007 | +113.82% |
| 2006 | +44.19% |
| 2005 | +41.76% |
| 2004 | +109.93% |
| 2003 | +108.40% |
| 2002 | +12.35% |
| Fri 2002-03-22💬 to Tue 2026-06-23 |
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VALE × |
−36.93%
from 2008-05-16 peak |
−93.81%
2016-01-25 from 2008-05-16 peak |
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| Period ending Tue 2026-06-23 |
1
Year |
2
Years |
3
Years |
5
Years |
10
Years |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VALE × | +74.23% |
+50.74% +22.77%/yr |
+33.33% +10.06%/yr |
−10.12% −2.11%/yr |
+349.32% +16.21%/yr |
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