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Daily Brief Indonesia: Vale Indonesia Tbk and more

In today’s briefing:

  • Vale Indonesia: Still Battling Nickel Price Decline in Q1/25


Vale Indonesia: Still Battling Nickel Price Decline in Q1/25

By Graeme Cunningham

  • Vale Indonesia’s Q1/25 net profit beat estimates only on non-core items, with a reversal to a gain from Q1/24 on the fair value recognition of a derivative asset 
  • Core earnings declined yoy on an unexpected maintenance shutdown-driven decline in volume and nickel price drop which offset a decline in costs
  • Trading at a P/B of 0.5x and with peers also well below 1.0x, much of the industry’s current distress has been priced in, but immediate catalysts are few 

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