Vale Sa Stock Retained Earnings

Retained Earnings shows how the firm utilizes its profits over time. In simple terms, investors can think of retained earnings as the amount of profit the company has reinvested in the business since its inceptions. However the methodology to make a decision over how much profit to retain is different between companies in different industries. For example, growing industries tend to retain more of their earnings than more matured industries as they need more assets investment to sustain their growth.

Based on the latest financial disclosure, Vale SA has a Retained Earnings of 8.28 B. This is 56.93% lower than that of the Basic Materials sector and 5.35% lower than that of the Industrial Metals & Minerals industry. The retained earnings for all Mexico stocks is 11.29% higher than that of the company.

The Macroaxis Fundamental Analysis modules help investors analyze Vale SA's financials across various querterly and yearly statements, indicators and fundamental ratios. We help investors to determine the real value of Vale SA using virtually all public information available. We use both quantitative as well as qualitative analysis to arrive at the intrinsic value of Vale SA based on its fundamental data. In general, a quantitative approach, as applied to this company, focuses on analyzing financial statements comparatively, whereas a qaualitative method uses data that is important to a company's growth but cannot be measured and presented in a numerical way.

Vale SA financial ratios help investors to determine whether Vale Stock is cheap or expensive when compared to a particular measure, such as profits or enterprise value. In other words, they help investors to determine the cost of investment in Vale with respect to the benefits of owning Vale SA security.