Don't Buy Rio Tinto Plc Before Checking Its Fundamentals!

By Tamara Parker • Friday, August 25 10:29 • Permanent Link

Rio Tinto Plc marked a 0.0% change today, compared to 0.0% for the S&P 500. Is it a good value at today's price of $60.8? Only an in-depth analysis can answer that question, but here are some facts that can give you an idea:

Rio Tinto Group engages in exploring, mining, and processing mineral resources worldwide.
Rio Tinto Plc belongs to the Basic Materials sector, which has an average price to earnings (P/E) ratio of 10.03 and an average price to book (P/B) of 2.08
The company's P/B ratio is 1.91
Rio Tinto Plc has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 11.5 based on its trailing 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $5.27 per share
Its forward P/E ratio is 14.4, based on its forward earnings per share (EPS) of $4.21
Over the last four years, Rio Tinto Plc has averaged free cash flows of $18.25 Billion, which on average grew 0.0%
RIO's gross profit margins have averaged 50.7 % over the last four years and during this time they had a growth rate of 0.1 % and a coefficient of variability of 19.1 %.
Rio Tinto Plc has moved 5.0% over the last year compared to 9.0% for the S&P 500 -- a difference of -4.0%
RIO has an average analyst rating of buy and is -24.09% away from its mean target price of $80.1 per share

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