MP Materials Corp. (MP) vs Rio Tinto PLC (RIO)

MP Materials Corp. and Rio Tinto PLC are both Other Industrial Metals & Mining companies. Rio Tinto PLC is the larger, with a market value of $113.2B against $7.4B — 15.3× the size. MP Materials Corp. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Rio Tinto PLC trades at 5.7×. MP Materials Corp. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 71.9% against 9.45%. Rio Tinto PLC has the higher net margin (23.1% vs −14.6%) and the higher return on invested capital (0.00% vs −4.28%). Across the 17 metrics below, Rio Tinto PLC leads on 13 and MP Materials Corp. on 4.

Valuation

Metric MP RIO Other Industrial Metals & Mining median
P/E n/m 5.66 26.65
P/S 17.22 n/m 6.78
P/B 3.66 n/m 1.18
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 15.65
EV/EBITDA n/m 0.26 7.09
EV/Sales 16.14 0.12 4.64
Earnings yield (0.85%) 17.67% (9.58%)
Free cash flow yield (7.04%) 0.00% (8.41%)

Profitability

Metric MP RIO Other Industrial Metals & Mining median
Gross margin 42.33% 36.19% 14.52%
Operating margin (30.48%) 0.00% 0.00%
Net margin (14.56%) 23.14% 0.00%
Free cash flow margin (121.22%) 0.00% 0.00%
Return on equity (4.08%) 0.00% (7.90%)
Return on assets (2.00%) 0.00% (11.61%)
Return on invested capital (4.28%) 0.00% (3.47%)

Growth

Metric MP RIO Other Industrial Metals & Mining median
Revenue growth (TTM) 71.92% 9.45% 27.25%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (29.84%) (14.00%) (15.57%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 15.45% 5.26% 5.26%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.40% 0.00%

Health

Metric MP RIO Other Industrial Metals & Mining median
Debt to equity 0.39 0.31 0.04
Current ratio 9.51 1.42 2.48
Net debt to EBITDA 13.83 0.62 1.07

Dividend

Metric MP RIO Other Industrial Metals & Mining median
Dividend yield — 5.15% 1.46%
Payout ratio — — —

Size

Metric MP RIO Other Industrial Metals & Mining median
Market cap 7.41b 113.18b 454.02m

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