Rio Tinto Plc (RIO): Price and Financial Metrics

RIO POWR Grades

• RIO scores best on the Value dimension, with a Value rank ahead of 89.31% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for RIO is in Quality, which has been heading down over the past 161 days.
• RIO's current lowest rank is in the Momentum metric (where it is better than 29.98% of US stocks).

RIO Stock Summary

• With a market capitalization of $95,098,424,296, Rio Tinto Ltd has a greater market value than 97.22% of US stocks.
• Of note is the ratio of Rio Tinto Ltd's sales and general administrative expense to its total operating expenses; merely 0.41% of US stocks have a lower such ratio.
• For RIO, its debt to operating expenses ratio is greater than that reported by 89.74% of US equities we're observing.
• Stocks that are quantitatively similar to RIO, based on their financial statements, market capitalization, and price volatility, are BTI, PTR, VALE, COP, and DUK.
• Visit RIO's SEC page to see the company's official filings. To visit the company's web site, go to www.riotinto.com.

RIO Valuation Summary

• RIO's price/sales ratio is 2.1; this is 8.7% lower than that of the median Basic Materials stock.
• Over the past 243 months, RIO's EV/EBIT ratio has gone up 4.9.
• Over the past 243 months, RIO's price/sales ratio has gone up 1.6.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for RIO.

RIO Growth Metrics

The 3 year net income to common stockholders growth rate now stands at 73.49%.
• The 4 year net income to common stockholders growth rate now stands at 111.59%.
• Its 3 year revenue growth rate is now at 27.78%.

Over the past 24 months, RIO's revenue has gone up $4,089,000,000.

The table below shows RIO's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date	Revenue	Operating Cash Flow	Net Income to Common Stock
2020-12-31	44,611	22,416	9,769
2019-12-31	43,165	20,374	8,010
2018-12-31	40,522	16,455	13,638
2017-12-31	40,030	17,487	8,762
2016-12-31	33,781	11,621	4,617
2015-12-31	34,829	12,312	-866

RIO's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.

• RIO has a Quality Grade of B, ranking ahead of 90.73% of graded US stocks.
• RIO's asset turnover comes in at 0.482 -- ranking 12th of 42 Non-Metallic and Industrial Metal Mining stocks.
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The table below shows RIO's key quality metrics over time.