Rio Tinto Plc (RIO): Price and Financial Metrics

RIO POWR Grades

• RIO scores best on the Quality dimension, with a Quality rank ahead of 91.14% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for RIO is in Growth, which has been heading up over the past 47 weeks.
• RIO's current lowest rank is in the Momentum metric (where it is better than 11.54% of US stocks).

RIO Stock Summary

• RIO has a higher market value than 97.12% of US stocks; more precisely, its current market capitalization is $88,078,746,601.
• Of note is the ratio of Rio Tinto Ltd's sales and general administrative expense to its total operating expenses; only 0.43% of US stocks have a lower such ratio.
• The ratio of debt to operating expenses for Rio Tinto Ltd is higher than it is for about 89.71% of US stocks.
• Stocks with similar financial metrics, market capitalization, and price volatility to Rio Tinto Ltd are BMY, ADI, EQNR, GILD, and BIIB.
• RIO's SEC filings can be seen here. And to visit Rio Tinto Ltd's official 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

• Its 3 year cash and equivalents growth rate is now at -2.12%.
• Its 5 year net cashflow from operations growth rate is now at 82.07%.
• Its 4 year price growth rate is now at 121.54%.

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 91.03% of graded US stocks.
• RIO's asset turnover comes in at 0.482 -- ranking 11th of 41 Non-Metallic and Industrial Metal Mining stocks.
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The table below shows RIO's key quality metrics over time.