RIO Quote, Financials, Valuation and Earnings

Freeport-McMoRan, Inc. has a net margin of -- compared to Rio Tinto Plc's net margin of 10.03%. Rio Tinto Plc's return on equity of 17.4% beat Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.'s return on equity of 13.86%.

Rio Tinto Plc has a consensus price target of $91.69, signalling downside risk potential of -6.51%. On the other hand Freeport-McMoRan, Inc. has an analysts' consensus of $63.62 which suggests that it could grow by 1.24%. Given that Freeport-McMoRan, Inc. has higher upside potential than Rio Tinto Plc, analysts believe Freeport-McMoRan, Inc. is more attractive than Rio Tinto Plc.

Rio Tinto Plc has a beta of 0.562, which suggesting that the stock is 43.817% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Freeport-McMoRan, Inc. has a beta of 1.470, suggesting its more volatile than the S&P 500 by 46.973%.

Rio Tinto Plc has a quarterly dividend of $1.48 per share corresponding to a yield of 3.8%. Freeport-McMoRan, Inc. offers a yield of 0.48% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.15 per share. Rio Tinto Plc pays 56.13% of its earnings as a dividend. Freeport-McMoRan, Inc. pays out 39.28% of its earnings as a dividend. Both of these payout ratios are sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

Rio Tinto Plc quarterly revenues are --, which are smaller than Freeport-McMoRan, Inc. quarterly revenues of $5.6B. Rio Tinto Plc's net income of -- is lower than Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.'s net income of $565M. Notably, Rio Tinto Plc's price-to-earnings ratio is 12.77x while Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.'s PE ratio is 41.51x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for Rio Tinto Plc is 2.97x versus 3.55x for Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

Anglo American PLC has a net margin of -- compared to Rio Tinto Plc's net margin of --. Rio Tinto Plc's return on equity of 17.4% beat Anglo American PLC's return on equity of -10.11%.

Rio Tinto Plc has a consensus price target of $91.69, signalling downside risk potential of -6.51%. On the other hand Anglo American PLC has an analysts' consensus of $14.13 which suggests that it could fall by -4.83%. Given that Rio Tinto Plc has more downside risk than Anglo American PLC, analysts believe Anglo American PLC is more attractive than Rio Tinto Plc.

Rio Tinto Plc has a beta of 0.562, which suggesting that the stock is 43.817% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Anglo American PLC has a beta of 0.963, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 3.715%.

Rio Tinto Plc has a quarterly dividend of $1.48 per share corresponding to a yield of 3.8%. Anglo American PLC offers a yield of 2.78% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.14 per share. Rio Tinto Plc pays 56.13% of its earnings as a dividend. Anglo American PLC pays out -33.44% of its earnings as a dividend. Rio Tinto Plc's payout ratio is sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

Rio Tinto Plc quarterly revenues are --, which are smaller than Anglo American PLC quarterly revenues of --. Rio Tinto Plc's net income of -- is lower than Anglo American PLC's net income of --. Notably, Rio Tinto Plc's price-to-earnings ratio is 12.77x while Anglo American PLC's PE ratio is 148.82x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for Rio Tinto Plc is 2.97x versus 1.32x for Anglo American PLC. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

Southern Copper Corp. has a net margin of -- compared to Rio Tinto Plc's net margin of 32.89%. Rio Tinto Plc's return on equity of 17.4% beat Southern Copper Corp.'s return on equity of 39.57%.

Rio Tinto Plc has a consensus price target of $91.69, signalling downside risk potential of -6.51%. On the other hand Southern Copper Corp. has an analysts' consensus of $148.28 which suggests that it could fall by -25.11%. Given that Southern Copper Corp. has more downside risk than Rio Tinto Plc, analysts believe Rio Tinto Plc is more attractive than Southern Copper Corp..

Rio Tinto Plc has a beta of 0.562, which suggesting that the stock is 43.817% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Southern Copper Corp. has a beta of 1.072, suggesting its more volatile than the S&P 500 by 7.178%.

Rio Tinto Plc has a quarterly dividend of $1.48 per share corresponding to a yield of 3.8%. Southern Copper Corp. offers a yield of 1.7% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $1.00 per share. Rio Tinto Plc pays 56.13% of its earnings as a dividend. Southern Copper Corp. pays out 47.87% of its earnings as a dividend. Both of these payout ratios are sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

Rio Tinto Plc quarterly revenues are --, which are smaller than Southern Copper Corp. quarterly revenues of $3.4B. Rio Tinto Plc's net income of -- is lower than Southern Copper Corp.'s net income of $1.1B. Notably, Rio Tinto Plc's price-to-earnings ratio is 12.77x while Southern Copper Corp.'s PE ratio is 42.65x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for Rio Tinto Plc is 2.97x versus 13.08x for Southern Copper Corp.. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

Vale SA has a net margin of -- compared to Rio Tinto Plc's net margin of 25.87%. Rio Tinto Plc's return on equity of 17.4% beat Vale SA's return on equity of 13.58%.

Rio Tinto Plc has a consensus price target of $91.69, signalling downside risk potential of -6.51%. On the other hand Vale SA has an analysts' consensus of $16.06 which suggests that it could fall by -3.83%. Given that Rio Tinto Plc has more downside risk than Vale SA, analysts believe Vale SA is more attractive than Rio Tinto Plc.

Rio Tinto Plc has a beta of 0.562, which suggesting that the stock is 43.817% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Vale SA has a beta of 0.527, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 47.262%.

Rio Tinto Plc has a quarterly dividend of $1.48 per share corresponding to a yield of 3.8%. Vale SA offers a yield of 3.66% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.67 per share. Rio Tinto Plc pays 56.13% of its earnings as a dividend. Vale SA pays out 54.72% of its earnings as a dividend. Both of these payout ratios are sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

Rio Tinto Plc quarterly revenues are --, which are smaller than Vale SA quarterly revenues of $10.4B. Rio Tinto Plc's net income of -- is lower than Vale SA's net income of $2.7B. Notably, Rio Tinto Plc's price-to-earnings ratio is 12.77x while Vale SA's PE ratio is 13.16x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for Rio Tinto Plc is 2.97x versus 1.90x for Vale SA. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.