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Freeport-Mcmoran vs Vale: revenue, profit, margins and growth compared

Freeport-Mcmoran brought in $25.9B of revenue in fiscal 2025, Vale $38.4B in fiscal 2025. Revenue changed by +1.8% at Freeport-Mcmoran and +0.9% at Vale on the year before, so Freeport-Mcmoran grew faster. Freeport-Mcmoran kept 8.5% of its revenue as net profit, Vale 6.1%.

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Side by side, latest fiscal year

FCXVALE
Fiscal year endedFY2025 (December 31, 2025)FY2025 (December 31, 2025)
Revenue$25.9B$38.4B
Revenue growth+1.8%+0.9%
Net income$2.2B$2.4B
Net margin8.5%6.1%
Free cash flow$1.1Bn/a
Free cash flow margin4.3%n/a
Earnings per share (diluted)n/an/a
Cash$3.8B$7.4B
Debt$9.4Bn/a
Price to earningsn/an/a
Market value$103.8B$58.1B
Dividend yield0.83%n/a
Rank by revenue in sector#3 of 71 · Basic materials#1 of 71 · Basic materials

Over the years

Revenue
FCX FY2018: $18.9BFCX FY2019: $14.4BFCX FY2020: $14.2BFCX FY2021: $22.8BFCX FY2022: $23.3BFCX FY2023: $22.9BFCX FY2023: $25.5BFCX FY2025: $25.9BVALE FY2018: $36.6BVALE FY2019: $36.5BVALE FY2020: $39.5BVALE FY2021: $54.5BVALE FY2022: $43.8BVALE FY2023: $41.8BVALE FY2024: $38.1BVALE FY2025: $38.4BFY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25
FCX $25.9BVALE $38.4B
Net income
FCX FY2018: $2.6BFCX FY2019: -$239MFCX FY2020: $599MFCX FY2021: $4.3BFCX FY2022: $3.5BFCX FY2023: $1.8BFCX FY2023: $1.9BFCX FY2025: $2.2BVALE FY2018: $6.9BVALE FY2019: -$1.7BVALE FY2020: $4.9BVALE FY2021: $22.4BVALE FY2022: $18.8BVALE FY2023: $8BVALE FY2024: $6.2BVALE FY2025: $2.4BFY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25
FCX $2.2BVALE $2.4B
Net margin
FCX FY2018: 13.7%FCX FY2019: -1.7%FCX FY2020: 4.2%FCX FY2021: 18.8%FCX FY2022: 14.9%FCX FY2023: 8.1%FCX FY2023: 7.4%FCX FY2025: 8.5%VALE FY2018: 18.8%VALE FY2019: -4.6%VALE FY2020: 12.3%VALE FY2021: 41.2%VALE FY2022: 42.9%VALE FY2023: 19.1%VALE FY2024: 16.2%VALE FY2025: 6.1%FY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25
FCX 8.5%VALE 6.1%
Revenue growth
FCX FY2019: -24.0%FCX FY2020: -1.4%FCX FY2021: +60.9%FCX FY2022: +1.9%FCX FY2023: -1.8%FCX FY2023: +11.4%FCX FY2025: +1.8%VALE FY2019: -0.1%VALE FY2020: +8.2%VALE FY2021: +37.8%VALE FY2022: -19.6%VALE FY2023: -4.7%VALE FY2024: -8.9%VALE FY2025: +0.9%FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25
FCX +1.8%VALE +0.9%
Free cash flow
FCX FY2018: $1.9BFCX FY2019: -$1.2BFCX FY2020: $1.1BFCX FY2021: $5.6BFCX FY2022: $1.7BFCX FY2023: $455MFCX FY2023: $2.4BFCX FY2025: $1.1BFY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY25
FCX $1.1BVALE

Fiscal years as each company reports them; the two may end in different months.

Questions about Freeport-Mcmoran and Vale

Which is bigger by revenue, Freeport-Mcmoran or Vale?

Vale is bigger by revenue: $38.4B in fiscal 2025, against $25.9B for Freeport-Mcmoran in fiscal 2025.

Which keeps more of its revenue as profit, Freeport-Mcmoran or Vale?

Freeport-Mcmoran had a net margin of 8.5% in fiscal 2025; Vale had 6.1% in fiscal 2025.

Which grew revenue faster, Freeport-Mcmoran or Vale?

In their latest fiscal years revenue changed by +1.8% at Freeport-Mcmoran and +0.9% at Vale.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the annual reports each company files with the SEC (10-K, or 20-F and 40-F for foreign companies), read from their XBRL data. Margins and growth are simple arithmetic on those figures. Nothing here is a recommendation.

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