Rio Tinto(RIO)

Sector:

Mining

Index:

FTSE 100

Market Cap

£30,252m

Change Today

Price Down-367.00p

Share Price

3,031.00p

Rio Tinto Overview

Mining giant Rio Tinto may be UK-based, but its operations make it truly a global company. The group has a solid reputation, mining aluminium, copper, gold, diamond, iron and lead. The majority of earnings come from the base metal side of the group. Currencies are a big influence of earnings each year.

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6 Month Chart

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Income & Efficiency

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 2.3% 2.5%
Div Cover 4.3 6.3
Op Mrgn 28.9% 32.6%
ROCE 16.1%  

Valuation

Latest F'cast
P/E 10.4 6.6
PEG 2.0 0.1
Pr/Revenue 2.0 1.1
Pr/Book 2.3  

Growth

Latest F'cast
Revenue 32.2% 89.6%
PBT -3.9% 86.8%
EPS 5.2% 60.2%
DPS 30.8% 7.5%

Rio Tinto Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue ($m) Pre-tax ($m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Dec-03 a9,228.00 a2,094.00 100.30¢ 27.0 n/a -10% 64.00¢ 2.4%
31-Dec-04 12,954.00 3,863.00 164.80¢ 16.4 0.3 +64% 77.00¢ 2.9%
31-Dec-05 19,033.00 7,312.00 363.20¢ 12.9 0.1 +120% 80.00¢ 1.7%
31-Dec-06 22,465.00 10,240.00 550.30¢ 8.7 0.2 +52% 104.00¢ 2.2%
31-Dec-07 29,700.00 9,836.00 578.90¢ 16.1 3.2 +5% 136.00¢ 1.5%

a. Based on UK GAAP presentation of accounts - includes discontinued activities

Rio Tinto Forecasts

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Dec-08 32,032.47 10,447.85 524.43p 6.5 0.1 +60% 83.14p 2.5%
31-Dec-09 35,041.70 12,238.88 630.84p 5.4 0.3 +20% 104.82p 3.1%

Covering analysts: ABN AMRO, Bayerische Landesbank, Bernstein Research, BMO Capital Markets CA, Charles Stanley & Co, Deutsche Bank Research, DZ Bank, Evolution Securities, Exane BNP Paribas, IIR Group, ING Wholesale Banking, Landesbank Baden-Württemberg, Nedgroup Securities (Pty) Ltd, Numis Securities, Oddo Securities, Seymour Pierce, Standard & Poors, Theodoor Gilissen Bankers

Rio Tinto Company Announcements

Rule 8.3 - Rio Tinto 06-Oct-2008 13:44 BW
Rule 8.3- Rio Tinto PLC 06-Oct-2008 13:41 RNS
Rule 8.3- Rio Tinto Ltd 06-Oct-2008 13:29 RNS

Rio Tinto ShareCast News

London close: US fears sink Footsie 02-Oct-2008 ShareCast
London afternoon: Footsie hit by Dow slide 02-Oct-2008 ShareCast
London midday: HBOS arbitrage gap narrows to 40p 02-Oct-2008 ShareCast

Rio Tinto Top Newspaper Links

Norwegian wealth fund sells stake in Rio Tinto 10-Sep-2008 Times
Ethical investors attack Rio Tinto 10-Sep-2008 The Independent
Suspension of EC probe hits BHP takeover battle ... 03-Sep-2008 Times

Latest Rio Tinto Director Deals

Traded Action Notifier PriceAmountValue
10-Sep-08 Buy Guy R Elliott 4,243.00p 6 £254.58
11-Aug-08 Buy Guy R Elliott 4,566.00p 6 £273.96
10-Jul-08 Buy Guy R Elliott 5,444.00p 4 £217.76

Note 1: Prices and trades are provided by Digital Look Corporate Solutions and are delayed by at least 15 minutes.

Note 2: RiskGrade figures are provided by RiskMetrics.

Note 3: Above ratios are on a 'per annum' basis, adjusted for corporate actions and based on the fundamentals of the primary listed security.

Note 4: Under IFRS, all figures are based on 'Continuing' operations unless otherwise stated.

Note 5: In the case of dual listed securities, broker recommendations and forecasts relate to the primary listing.

Note 6: Forecast figures based on normalised accounts.

 

Rio Tinto Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 3,031.00p Price Down
Change Today -367.00p
52 Week High 7,078.00
52 Week Low 2,970.00
Volume 4,034,108
Shares Issued 998.08m
Market Cap £30,252m
Beta 1.57
RiskGrade 374

Rio Tinto Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
more star ratings
Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
43.42% below the market average43.42% below the market average43.42% below the market average43.42% below the market average43.42% below the market average
90.37% below the sector average90.37% below the sector average90.37% below the sector average90.37% below the sector average90.37% below the sector average
Price Trend
34.11% above the market average34.11% above the market average34.11% above the market average34.11% above the market average34.11% above the market average
75.38% above the sector average75.38% above the sector average75.38% above the sector average75.38% above the sector average75.38% above the sector average
Income
50.99% below the market average50.99% below the market average50.99% below the market average50.99% below the market average50.99% below the market average
20% below the sector average20% below the sector average20% below the sector average20% below the sector average20% below the sector average
Growth
39.25% above the market average39.25% above the market average39.25% above the market average39.25% above the market average39.25% above the market average
80.72% below the sector average80.72% below the sector average80.72% below the sector average80.72% below the sector average80.72% below the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 9
Buy 2
Neutral 2
Sell 0
Strong Sell 2
Total 15
buy
Broker recommendations should not be taken as investment advice, and are provided by the authorised brokers listed on this page.

Rio Tinto Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Interim Final
Ex-Div 03-Sep-08 20-Feb-08
Paid 02-Oct-08 11-Apr-08
Amount 68.00¢ 84.00¢

Trades for 06-Oct-2008

Time Volume / Share Price
13:40 200 @ 3,031.00p
13:40 200 @ 3,031.00p
13:40 200 @ 3,033.00p
13:40 200 @ 3,035.00p
13:40 49 @ 3,039.00p

Rio Tinto Key Personnel

Chair Paul D Skinner
Finance Director Guy R Elliott
CEO Tom Albanese

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