Vale S.A operates in the Iron ores sector.
In addition to historical fundamental analyses, the complete report available to purchase compares Vale S.A with three other
iron ore producers in developing countries:
HBIS Resources Co Ltd
of CHINA
(2020
sales of 5.93 billion Chinese Renmimbi [US$927.06 million]
of which 98%
was Mining and processing of metal ore),
NMDC Limited
of INDIA
(116.99 billion Indian Rupees [US$1.60 billion]
of which 99%
was Iron Ore), and
Godawari Power & Ispat Limited
which is
also
based in INDIA
(32.89 billion Indian Rupees [US$449.21 million]
of which 97%
was Steel Segment).
Sales Analysis.
Sales were up sharply during the first
quarter of 2021 versus the previous year's first quarter.
During the first
quarter of 2021, sales at Vale S.A totalled
69.30 billion Brazilian Reals.
This is
an increase of 121.8%
from the 31.25 billion Brazilian Reals in sales at the company during the first quarter of 2020.
This was the biggest same quarter rise in sales at Vale S.A in the previous 34 quarters.
During the previous 21 quarters, sales at Vale S.A have increased compared with the same quarter in the previous year.
Vale S.A reported sales of 208.53 billion Brazilian Reals (US$40.81 billion)
for the
year ending
December of 2020.
This
represents
an
increase of 40.3%
versus 2019, when the company's sales were 148.64 billion Brazilian Reals.
Sales at Vale S.A have increased during each of the previous five years
(and since 2015, sales have increased a total of 144%).
Sales of Basic Metals saw an increase
of
52.9% in 2020, from
24.35 billion Brazilian Reals to 37.23 billion Brazilian Reals.
Not all segments of Vale S.A experienced an increase in sales in 2020:
sales of Coal fell 39.3% to 2.43 billion Brazilian Reals.
(However, this segment's sales were only a very small portion of the company's overall sales).
Vale S.A also experienced decreases in sales in
Others (down 1.1% to 1.50 billion Brazilian Reals)
.