Rio Tinto PLC

RIO Basic Materials Other Industrial Metals & Mining

Rio Tinto PLC’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $57.6 billion, up 7.42% from fiscal 2024.

83.45 1.11 −1.31%
Market cap
$104.3B
P/E
5.2×
Fwd P/E
10.2×
Dividend yield
5.57%
F-score
3/9
Altman Z
2.69
Beneish M
−2.53
Dividend safety
32/100

Rio Tinto PLC (RIO) Free cash flow margin

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Rio Tinto PLC's free cash flow margin over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 0.00%, down 7.9 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (7.89%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 7.89% (fiscal 2025) to 28.4% (fiscal 2021) — the current reading is the lowest in ten years. That is in line with the Other Industrial Metals & Mining industry median of 0.00% and in line with the Basic Materials sector median of 0.00%.

Free cash flow margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Free cash flow margin Change (points)
FY2025 7.89% (3.31)
FY2024 11.2% (3.76)
FY2023 15.0% (1.93)
FY2022 16.9% (11.49)
FY2021 28.4% 6.57
FY2020 21.8% (0.14)
FY2019 22.0% 4.73
FY2018 17.2% (6.61)
FY2017 23.8% 6.64
FY2016 17.2% 3.42

Against its own ten years

Low 7.89% High 28.4%
Ten-year median 17.2%
Current reading's percentile 9

Free cash flow margin against peers

Company Free cash flow margin
VALE VALE S.A. compare 8.32%
MTRN Materion Corporation compare 4.66%
SKE Skeena Resources Limited compare 0.00%
USAR USA Rare Earth Inc. compare 0.00%
RIO Rio Tinto PLC 0.00%
BHP BHP Group Limited Sponsored ADR compare 0.00%
ALM Almonty Industries Inc. compare −60.5%
MP MP Materials Corp. compare −165.2%
SSMR Sunshine Silver Mining & Refining Company compare —
Other Industrial Metals & Mining industry median 0.00%
Basic Materials sector median 0.00%
Market median 0.00%

What Free cash flow margin is

Free Cash Flow Margin tells an investor how much of each sale turns into cash the company keeps after paying for investment in its assets.

(Operating Cash Flow + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) + Intangible Assets Change (Net)) ÷ Revenue

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