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Rio Tinto RIO

US equityMarket cap rank #106Other Industrial Metals & MiningCopper
$94.25
−$1.00 (-1.05%)
Market open · Sep 24, 1:10 pm ET
After hours $95.25 0.00%
Open$94.81
Prev close$95.25
Day range$93.61 – $94.93
Volume913.9K
Market cap$153.28B
P/E (TTM)12.8
Dividend yield4.27%

Price chart

Daily bars for up to one year, weekly bars for the 5-year view. Averages are 50/200 trading days (10/40 weeks on the 5-year view).

RIO at a glance

Rio Tinto (RIO) is trading at $94.25, down 1.05% on the day. Its market value of $153.28B makes it the 106th largest of the 300 companies we follow.

Over the past 52 weeks it has traded between $62.15 and $110.16, so it sits 14.4% below the top of that range. Holders are ahead 55.0% over twelve months, and up 2.4% across the last three months.

Price is below the 50-day average ($97.45) but above the 200-day ($92.49); RSI is 39, and the last 30 sessions moved at roughly 28% annualized volatility.

In ANNUAL, ended Dec 2025 the company brought in $57.64B of revenue, up 7.4% from a year earlier, with $10.25B of net profit (a 19.6% margin).

Buyers are paying 12.8 times trailing earnings, 33% above its five-year average of 9.6. The median for its industry group is 22.0.

2 analysts follow the stock and the average call is "sell". The mean target, $90.00, sits 4.5% under where the stock trades.

This summary is put together from the numbers on the page and updates when they do. It describes the data; it is not a forecast or a recommendation.

Rio Tinto: the business

Rio Tinto is a global miner of iron ore, aluminum and copper, with major operations in Australia and Canada.

What tends to move it. Iron ore and copper prices, Chinese demand and its lithium expansion drive results.

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Performance

Price return over each window, from adjusted daily and weekly closes

1 day
-1.0%
1 week
-1.6%
1 month
-10.1%
3 months
+2.4%
6 months
+11.0%
Year to date
+23.7%
1 year
+55.0%
Day range
$93.61$94.93
52-week range
$62.15$110.16

Technical signals

Full technicals →
Trend readLeaning bearish

2 bullish · 5 bearish of 7 signals

IndicatorValueSignal
Price vs 20-day average-6.2%Bearish
Price vs 50-day average-3.3%Bearish
Price vs 200-day average+1.9%Bullish
50-day vs 200-day50d above 200dBullish
RSI (14)38.8Bearish
MACD (12,26,9)-0.78Bearish
Bollinger band position2%Bearish

Standard indicator readings worked out from daily closes. They describe how the price has behaved, not where it is going.

Key statistics

Bid / Ask$94.24 / $94.26
Average price today$94.40
Volume913.9KAvg (90d) 2.45M
Turnover$86.27M
Turnover rate0.06%of shares outstanding
Volume ratio1.04vs. recent average pace
Day amplitude1.39%
Market cap$153.28B
Float market cap$135.01B
Shares outstanding1.43B
EPS (TTM)$6.08
P/E (TTM)12.77
P/B2.34
Book value / share$40.25
Earnings yield0.18%
Dividend (TTM)$4.02 / shareYield 4.27%
Net profit (TTM)$9.89B
Net assets$65.46B
30-day volatility27.7%annualized
Avg daily range (ATR)2.40%of price, 14 days
Max drawdown (1y)-20.7%-14.0% from 1y peak

Quote as of Sep 24, 2026 1:10 pm ET. Prices can lag the live tape. This is background information, not a recommendation.

How RIO ranks on BeStock

Market value#106 of 300
P/E (cheapest = 1)#47 of 283
Dividend yield#28 of 244
Closeness to 52-week high#164 of 300
Dollar volume today#253 of 300

Ranks are among the 300 or so U.S.-listed stocks BeStock covers, recalculated whenever prices refresh. A row is left out when the measure does not apply, such as yield for a stock that pays no dividend.

Latest reported quarter: ANNUAL, ended Dec 2025

Revenue$57.64B+7.4% YoY
Operating profit$15.45B+4.5% YoY
Net profit$10.25B-11.4% YoY
Diluted EPS$6.08-14.0% YoY

Profitability & balance sheet

Gross margin57.4%
Operating margin28.3%
Net margin19.6%
Return on equity19.6%
Return on assets9.5%
Return on invested capital15.8%
Current ratio1.42
Liabilities / assets46.3%
Cash & investments$9.51B
Total debt$22.35B
Net cash (debt)-$12.84B
Free cash flow / sales9.0%

Where the revenue comes from

Quarter 2025/FY

By business line

  • Iron ore$28.99B 46.1%
  • Aluminium & Lithium$17.06B 27.1%
  • Copper$13.73B 21.8%
  • Other Operations$3.11B 5.0%

By region

  • Greater China$33.04B 57.3%
  • US$9.66B 16.8%
  • Europe (Excluding UK)$3.36B 5.8%
  • Japan$3.27B 5.7%
  • Asia (excluding Greater China, Japan and South Korea)$2.01B 3.5%
  • South Korea$1.96B 3.4%
  • Canada$1.72B 3.0%
  • Other countries$1.63B 2.8%
  • Australia$909.00M 1.6%
  • Other$92.00M 0.2%
Average move on report day±1.7%last 16 reports
Closed higher10 of 1663% of the time
Best reaction+2.6%
Worst reaction-5.2%

Stock move on the day after each report

-1.9%2022/Q4-1.3%2023/Q2+0.3%2023/Q4+2.6%2024/Q2+2.4%2024/Q4+0.5%2025/Q2+0.8%2025/Q4+0.4%2026/Q2

"Implied move" is the size of move the options market was pricing ahead of the report. Move is the stock’s change on the first session after the release.

Valuation

Multiples measured against the stock's own five-year history

Valuation detail →
Price / earnings13.2x
CheapRich

Near the top of its 5-year range · 84th percentile, 5-year average 9.6x

#918 of 2976 stocks by PE (1 = cheapest)

Price / book2.4x
CheapRich

Near the top of its 5-year range · 87th percentile, 5-year average 2.1x

#3229 of 5302 stocks by PB (1 = cheapest)

Price / sales2.6x
CheapRich

Near the top of its 5-year range · 89th percentile, 5-year average 2.0x

#2785 of 5141 stocks by PS (1 = cheapest)

P/E over five years

3x9x14x19xSep '21Mar '24Sep '26

Dashed line is the 5-year average; the shaded band is one standard deviation either side.

Morningstar fair value estimate

Fair value$88.00
Price vs. fair value+7.1%Trading above the estimate
Star rating★★☆☆☆
UncertaintyMedium

Analyst view

All ratings →
ConsensusSell
Analysts2
Average target$90.00-4.5% vs. price
  • Hold 50%
  • Sell 50%

Latest rating actions

  • 27 Aug 2026Erste GroupHOLD
  • 21 Aug 2026Morgan StanleySELL · PT $90.00
  • 27 Apr 2026Argus ResearchBUY · PT $120.00
  • 23 Jan 2026Erste GroupBUY
  • 10 Dec 2025Argus ResearchBUY · PT $85.00

Ownership & positioning

Who holds it, who is betting against it, and where the big money is moving

Ownership detail →
Institutional ownership82.6%-1.55 pts vs. prior quarter
Institutions holding1,601-39 vs. prior quarter
Short interest0.62% of floatDays to cover 4.3 · as of 31 Aug 2026
Short-sale volume share16.2%5-day average of daily volume

Short-sale volume as % of daily volume

11%16%21%26%Aug '26Sep '26Sep '26

Large-order net flow, last 20 sessions

Net of large-order buying minus selling, in USD. Over this window: +$20.21M (10 inflow days, 10 outflow days).

Dividends

Dividend yield (TTM)4.27%
Last dividend$2.11Ex-date 14 Aug 2026
Next-to-last$2.54
Payments on file40

Dividends paid per share, by year

3.0820182.4120193.8620206.8520216.8420224.0220234.3520243.732025

Across the full calendar years shown, the annual payout grew by roughly 2.8% a year.

Latest headlines

More news →
  • BHP Group Outlines BRL1.2 Billion Allocation Under New Rio Doce Agreement in BrazilMT Newswires · 9 Sep 2026
  • Morgan Stanley Maintains RIO TINTO LIMITED(RTNTF.US) With Sell Rating, Raises Target Price to $108.01Market news · 4 Sep 2026
  • RBC Capital Initiates RIO TINTO LIMITED(RTNTF.US) With Sell Rating, Announces Target Price $102.47Market news · 3 Sep 2026
  • Rio Tinto seeks a $310 per tonne aluminum premium in Japan for the fourth quarter.Breakings · 31 Aug 2026
  • Erste Group Downgrades Rio Tinto(RIO.US) to Hold RatingMarket news · 28 Aug 2026
  • Bradda Head Lithium Seals Rio Tinto JV as Loss Widens, Fundraise Bolsters U.S. Lithium PushTipRanks · 27 Aug 2026

RIO stock: common questions

Where is RIO trading right now?

$94.25 is the latest print for RIO, a move of -1.05% against yesterday's close of $95.25. Today's low and high so far: $93.61 and $94.93.

How big is Rio Tinto?

Equity value comes to $153.28B at the current price. By that measure it is number 106 of the 300 names in our coverage.

What multiple of earnings does RIO sell for?

Buyers pay 12.8 times the last twelve months of profit (EPS $6.08). Averaged over five years the multiple has been 9.6, and today's level ranks in the 84th percentile of its own history.

How far is RIO from its yearly high?

The year's floor is $62.15 and the ceiling $110.16. Shares are 14.4% away from that ceiling.

Are there dividends on Rio Tinto shares?

It does. Payouts over the past twelve months work out to a 4.27% yield; the latest ex-dividend date was August 14, 2026.

Do Wall Street analysts like RIO?

Of 2 analysts, 0% say buy, 50% hold and 50% sell. Price targets average $90.00, with the most cautious at $90.00 and the most optimistic at $90.00.

How does Rio Tinto make money?

Rio Tinto is a global miner of iron ore, aluminum and copper, with major operations in Australia and Canada.

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