What Rio Tinto Plc (RIO) Investors Need to Know

By Blake Campbell • Monday, March 27 12:34 • Permanent Link

Rio Tinto Plc, a large-cap Industrial Metals & Mining stock, moved 0.19% this afternoon. Here are some facts about the company that we're keeping an eye on:

Rio Tinto Plc has logged a -17.65% 52 week change, compared to -13.21% for the S&P 500
RIO has an average analyst rating of buy and is -12.31% away from its mean target price of $73.89 per share
Its trailing earnings per share (EPS) is $6.23, which brings its trailing Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio to 10.4. The Basic Materials sector's average P/E ratio is 10.03
The company's forward earnings per share (EPS) is $4.21 and its forward P/E ratio is 15.39
The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 2.324 in contrast to the Basic Materials sector's average P/B ratio is 2.08
The current ratio is currently 1.64, which consists in its liquid assets divided by any liabilities due within in the next 12 months
The company's free cash flow for the last fiscal year was $9,384,000,000.00 and the average free cash flow growth rate is 17.58%
Rio Tinto Plc's revenues have an average growth rate of 7.94% with operating expenses growing at 26.67%. The company's current operating margins stand at 35.88%

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