RIO Investors, You Need to Know These Facts Today.

By Tamara Parker • Thursday, August 03 15:32 • Permanent Link

Rio Tinto Plc logged a 0.5% change during today's afternoon session, and is now trading at a price of $64.14 per share. The S&P 500 index moved -0.0%. RIO's trading volume is 3,266,259 compared to the stock's average volume of 3,073,353.

Rio Tinto Plc trades -19.93% away from its average analyst target price of $80.1 per share. The 4 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $73.5 to $92.0, and on average have given Rio Tinto Plc a rating of buy.

If you are considering an investment in RIO, you'll want to know the following:

Rio Tinto Plc's current price is 38.3% above its Graham number of $46.37, which implies that at its current valuation it does not offer a margin of safety
Rio Tinto Plc has moved 17.0% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 10.0%
Based on its trailing earnings per share of 7.62, Rio Tinto Plc has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 8.4 while the S&P 500 average is 15.97
RIO has a forward P/E ratio of 15.2 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $4.21 per share
Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 2.01 compared to its sector average of 2.08
Rio Tinto Group engages in exploring, mining, and processing mineral resources worldwide.
Based in London, the company has 54,000 full time employees and a market cap of $104.05 Billion. Rio Tinto Plc currently returns an annual dividend yield of 6.3%.

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