Rio Tinto Group (RIO)

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Key Metrics & Ratings

  • symbol RIO
  • Rev/Share 33.0507
  • Book/Share 35.7036
  • PB 1.7294
  • Debt/Equity 0.2508
  • CurrentRatio 1.6282
  • ROIC 0.1267

 

  • MktCap 95611239117.0
  • FreeCF/Share 3.6822
  • PFCF 15.9939
  • PE 8.2707
  • Debt/Assets 0.1348
  • DivYield 0.0682
  • ROE 0.2091

 

  • Rating A
  • Score 4
  • Recommendation Buy
  • P/E Score 3
  • DCF Score 5
  • P/B Score 2
  • D/E Score 2

Recent Analyst Ratings

Type Ticker Analyst Firm Previous Rating Current Rating Previous Price Target Current Price Target Date
Downgrade RIO Jefferies Buy Hold -- -- June 3, 2025
Downgrade RIO Morgan Stanley Overweight Equal Weight -- -- April 9, 2025
Resumed RIO JP Morgan -- Overweight -- -- March 18, 2025
Upgrade RIO Berenberg Hold Buy -- -- Oct. 2, 2024

News

Rio Tinto downgraded as Jefferies flags CEO transition, capex pressures
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Published: June 03, 2025 by: Proactive Investors
Sentiment: Negative

Jefferies has downgraded Rio Tinto Ltd (LSE:RIO, ASX:RIO, OTC:RTNTF) to 'Hold' from 'Buy', citing emerging headwinds including CEO succession uncertainty, increasing geopolitical risks, and concerns over rising capital intensity in the company's lithium investments. “Of the major diversified miners in our coverage, we prefer Glencore, Anglo American and Vale over Rio and BHP,” Jefferies wrote in a note.

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Dow Jones Industrial Average (DIA) Live June 3: OECD Cuts US GDP Forecast, DIA Dives
CEG, CX, DG, GSK, META, RIO
Published: June 03, 2025 by: 24/7 Wall Street
Sentiment: Negative

The OECD lowered US GDP forecasts for 2025 and 2026 today. Meta and Constellation are teaming up in a nuclear power supply agreement that will last 20 years.

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Rio Tinto Agrees to New Management Plan in Area Where It Destroyed Ancient Caves
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Published: June 01, 2025 by: WSJ
Sentiment: Neutral

Rio Tinto has agreed to a new management plan with a local indigenous group that covers its iron-ore operations in an area of Australia's Pilbara region where it destroyed two ancient rock shelters five years ago.

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PKKP and Rio Tinto sign Co-Management Agreement
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Published: June 01, 2025 by: Business Wire
Sentiment: Neutral

MELBOURNE, Australia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Puutu Kunti Kurrama and Pinikura (PKKP) Aboriginal Corporation and Rio Tinto have signed a Co-Management Agreement to support a lasting and trusted partnership. The agreement is the overarching framework for Rio Tinto's iron ore operations on PKKP Country and formalises how they engage on proposals affecting heritage and social surroundings throughout the mine lifecycle. It will ensure knowledge-sharing and joint design is at the centre of Rio Tinto's.

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3 Mining Stocks to Watch Amid Tariff Updates
AG, NEM, RIO
Published: May 29, 2025 by: Schaeffers Research
Sentiment: Neutral

Commodities and safe haven assets are making noise on Wall Street, with tariff turmoil still firmly in focus.

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Rio Tinto: A Copper Growth Engine Poised For Big Returns
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Published: May 28, 2025 by: Seeking Alpha
Sentiment: Positive

Rio Tinto is evolving from an iron ore giant to a copper growth story, capitalizing on the global energy transition and electrification trends. Copper production is set to surpass 1 million tonnes by 2028, with major projects like Oyu Tolgoi and Kennecott driving volume growth. Rising copper prices and increased output should fuel significant EBITDA growth, while the stock trades below its historical valuation multiples.

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Final Trades: Nvidia, Cisco, Rio Tinto and Chipotle
CMG, CSCO, NVDA, RIO
Published: May 23, 2025 by: CNBC Television
Sentiment: Neutral

The Investment Committee give you their top stocks to watch for the second half.

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RIO Selected as Preferred Partner by ENAMI for Chilean Lithium Project
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Published: May 23, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Neutral

Rio Tinto is the preferred partner of ENAMI for Chile's Altoandinos lithium project, strengthening its global lithium portfolio amid long-term demand growth.

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Buy Any Of 18 Ideal 'Safer' May Dividend Dogs Out Of 70 Graham Value All-Stars (GVAS)
AAT, ARCC, BCS, BNS, BXSL, CALM, COLB, DHT, ET, FSK, GBDC, HP, HTGC, ING, ITUB, IVZ, KHC, MO, MPLX, NWBI, OBDC, PBR, PFS, RIO, RMR
Published: May 23, 2025 by: Seeking Alpha
Sentiment: Positive

I use YCharts' Value Score and Ben Graham Formula to identify large-cap stocks offering strong value relative to profits, assets, and dividends. Eighteen of twenty-four 'safer' lowest-priced Dividend Dogs of the GVAS are fair-priced and ready to buy for income-focused investors. Top ten GVAS stocks are projected to deliver 17.99% to 68.74% net gains by May 2026, with average risk 29% below the market.

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Rio Tinto CEO succession underscores undervaluation and puts focus on value unlock strategy
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Published: May 23, 2025 by: Proactive Investors
Sentiment: Positive

Jakob Stausholm will step down as Rio Tinto Ltd (LSE:RIO, ASX:RIO, OTC:RTNTF) chief executive at the end of 2025, a move that JPMorgan believes strengthens the case for unlocking value in the miner's global portfolio and dual-listed structure. The bank reiterated its 'overweight' rating on the stock and sees up to 30% upside, underpinned by a £59.20 base case valuation.

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Valuing Rio Tinto Stock In 2025
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Published: May 23, 2025 by: Forbes
Sentiment: Positive

Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO) has made important strategic decisions aimed at diversifying into critical minerals necessary for the energy transition, including lithium and bauxite. Rio Tinto operates as a vertically integrated mining company—managing the entire value chain from exploration and extraction to processing and export.

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Man Overboard. Rio Tinto Loses Its 4th CEO In 12 Years
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Published: May 23, 2025 by: Forbes
Sentiment: Negative

Did Jakob Stausholm jump or was he pushed out of the top job at the world's second biggest mining company, the London-based but Australian focused Rio Tinto?

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Wall Street Bulls Look Optimistic About Rio Tinto (RIO): Should You Buy?
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Published: May 22, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive

Investors often turn to recommendations made by Wall Street analysts before making a Buy, Sell, or Hold decision about a stock. While media reports about rating changes by these brokerage-firm employed (or sell-side) analysts often affect a stock's price, do they really matter?

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Rio Tinto CEO to Step Down Later This Year
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Published: May 22, 2025 by: Investopedia
Sentiment: Positive

Rio Tinto (RIO) announced Thursday that CEO Jakob Stausholm would be stepping down later this year after leading the mining and minerals provider since January 2021.

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Rio Tinto begins search for new CEO as Stausholm prepares to step down
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Published: May 22, 2025 by: Proactive Investors
Sentiment: Neutral

Rio Tinto Ltd (LSE:RIO, ASX:RIO, OTC:RTNTF) said chief executive Jakob Stausholm would step down later this year once a successor is named, with a formal search for his replacement now underway. The announcement came unexpectedly, just five years into a tenure that typically lasts six.

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Rio Tinto CEO Jakob Stausholm to Step Down
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Published: May 22, 2025 by: WSJ
Sentiment: Negative

The world's second-biggest miner by market value said Thursday that Stausholm would continue to lead the company while the process to replace him continues.

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Rio Tinto announces Chief Executive succession plan
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Published: May 22, 2025 by: Business Wire
Sentiment: Neutral

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Rio Tinto today announced that Chief Executive Jakob Stausholm will step down from the Group later this year, at the conclusion of a succession process. Jakob joined Rio Tinto in 2018 as Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer, and became Chief Executive in January 2021. As Chief Executive, Jakob has reset Rio Tinto's strategy to align the group to the opportunities of the energy transition and shaped a pathway to a decade of profitable growth. Jakob will continu.

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Rio Tinto to start early works and final studies to increase Amrun mine's bauxite production on Queensland's Cape York Peninsula
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Published: May 21, 2025 by: Business Wire
Sentiment: Neutral

MELBOURNE, Australia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Rio Tinto will begin early works and conduct final engineering studies to increase production capacity at the Amrun bauxite mine on Cape York Peninsula in Far North Queensland, aiming for first output as early as 2029. The project, named Kangwinan at the request of Traditional Owners, the Wik Waya people, will involve building a new mine and expanding the existing port to almost double bauxite production from Rio Tinto's Weipa Southern operations, where Am.

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Rio Tinto's Chile deal is a bet on unproven tech and lithium price bounce
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Published: May 21, 2025 by: Reuters
Sentiment: Neutral

Global miner Rio Tinto , will tackle one of the biggest technological challenges in the lithium industry as it takes the lead in Chile's first major project involving the battery metal in years, alongside state-run copper producer Codelco.

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Rio Tinto and Codelco Ink Deal for Major Lithium Development in Chile
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Published: May 20, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive

RIO and Codelco sign an agreement to form a joint venture for a lithium project in Chile's Salar de Maricunga.

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RIO to Invest $1.2B in Quebec Hydroelectric Power Plant Upgrade
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Published: May 19, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive

Rio Tinto earmarks $1.2 billion for the modernization of hydroelectric power plant in Quebec to secure the future of low-carbon aluminum production.

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Rio Tinto partners with Codelco to develop lithium project in Chile's Salar de Maricunga
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Published: May 19, 2025 by: Business Wire
Sentiment: Neutral

SANTIAGO, Chile--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Rio Tinto and Corporación Nacional Del Cobre de Chile ("Codelco") have signed binding agreements to form a joint venture to develop and operate a high-grade lithium project in the Salar de Maricunga in Chile. The agreement is the next step in a broader strategic partnership to strengthen both Rio Tinto's and Chile's positions as leading suppliers of materials for the global energy transition. Salar de Maricunga is a large lithium-containing resource base in the.

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Rio Tinto's Hidden Catalysts For Long-Term Growth
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Published: May 16, 2025 by: Seeking Alpha
Sentiment: Positive

Rio Tinto offers a compelling 7.2% dividend yield and a strong balance sheet, supporting its appeal to income-focused investors. Despite short-term headwinds in iron ore and Chinese demand, growth projects like Simandou, Resolution, and Arcadium Lithium drive future diversification. Valuation remains attractive with low P/E and EV/EBITDA multiples compared to peers, suggesting the market undervalues Rio's long-term potential.

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Rio Tinto invests to modernise century-old hydroelectric power plant in Quebec
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Published: May 15, 2025 by: Business Wire
Sentiment: Neutral

ALMA, Canada--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Rio Tinto is investing US$1.2 billion (CA$1.7 billion) to modernise its Isle-Maligne hydroelectric power plant, commissioned in 1926 in Alma, Quebec. This is Rio Tinto's largest single investment in its hydroelectric assets since the 1950s. The power plant modernisation is essential to secure the future of low-carbon aluminium production in Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, supporting the jobs of employees across the region. It will allow Rio Tinto to protect its assets fo.

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Securing U.S. copper supply: Rio Tinto's Kennecott copper mine
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Published: May 15, 2025 by: CNBC Television
Sentiment: Positive

CNBC's Pippa Stevens joins 'Squawk on the Street' with an inside look at one of the largest copper mines in the U.S.

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Rio Tinto and Sumitomo Metal Mining sign Definitive Agreement for Winu Project joint venture
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Published: May 12, 2025 by: Business Wire
Sentiment: Neutral

PERTH, Australia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Rio Tinto and Sumitomo Metal Mining Co (SMM) have signed the final joint venture agreements to deliver the Winu copper-gold project, located in the Great Sandy Desert region of Western Australia. The final joint venture agreements were signed in Perth by Rio Tinto Copper Chief Executive Katie Jackson and SMM Director, Managing Executive Officer, and General Manager of the Mineral Resources Division Hideyuki Okamoto. It comes after the two companies signed a Te.

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NEWS RELEASE: Indium Corporation and Rio Tinto Announce Groundbreaking Milestone in Gallium Extraction Partnership
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Published: May 07, 2025 by: GlobeNewsWire
Sentiment: Neutral

Clinton, New York, May 07, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Indium Corporation and Rio Tinto Announce Groundbreaking Milestone in Gallium Extraction Partnership

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Rio Tinto Shareholders Reject Activist Bid for Review of London Listing
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Published: May 01, 2025 by: WSJ
Sentiment: Neutral

PERTH, Australia—Rio Tinto shareholders voted against an independent review of the miner's dual-listed structure, rejecting an activist investor's proposal aimed at getting the company to drop a decades-old primary London listing.

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RIO's Q1 Iron Ore Production Declines 10% Y/Y Due to Bad Weather
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Published: April 16, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Neutral

Rio Tinto reports 70.7 Mt of iron ore shipments and production of 69.8 Mt in Q1. Both are lower y/y due to four cyclones.

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Construction begins on Rio Tinto's first Western Australian-made iron ore rail cars
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Published: April 03, 2025 by: Business Wire
Sentiment: Neutral

PERTH, Australia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Rio Tinto's first locally made iron ore rail car has been built in Western Australia, as it steps up its use of domestic manufacturing across its world class iron ore business. The company is investing about A$150 million to purchase 100 locally built rail cars, as well as continued investment in bearing refurbishment for its Pilbara operations. Its partnership with Gemco Rail and CRRC Qiqihar Rolling Stock Co. Ltd is also supported by the Western Australian g.

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About Rio Tinto Group (RIO)

  • IPO Date 1990-06-28
  • Website https://www.riotinto.com
  • Industry Industrial Materials
  • CEO Mr. Jakob Stausholm M.S.
  • Employees 60000

Rio Tinto Group engages in exploring, mining, and processing mineral resources worldwide. The company operates through Iron Ore, Aluminium, Copper, and Minerals Segments. The Iron Ore segment engages in the iron ore mining, and salt and gypsum production in Western Australia. The Aluminum segment is involved in bauxite mining; alumina refining; and aluminium smelting. The Copper segment engages in mining and refining of copper, gold, silver, molybdenum, and other by-products and exploration activities. The Minerals segment is involved in mining and processing of borates, titanium dioxide feedstock, and iron concentrate and pellets; diamond mining, sorting, and marketing; and development projects for battery materials, such as lithium. It also owns and operates open pit and underground mines; and refineries, smelters, processing plants and power, and shipping facilities. Rio Tinto Group was founded in 1873 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.