Rio Tinto plc (RIO)
The company now
Rio Tinto plc is a commodity producer classed under Metal Mining. Rio Tinto tags no split of its revenue by line of business in the annual report on file, so growth by line cannot be read. 21
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Where the revenue comes from
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The record in brief
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A newer current report (Form 6-K, filed 2026-11-02) is on file; this report was written before it, and the desk writes it again on request.
Past
Rio Tinto plc's revenue rose from $34 billion in fiscal 2016 to $58 billion in fiscal 2025, growing 6.1% a year, and rose in 6 of 9 years. Net income was positive in all 10 filed years. Over the three fiscal years to 2025, the diluted share count grew about 0.2% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 0% of operating cash flow. Officers and directors filed 0 sales and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-09-30. The past tense grade reads 6.5 of 10. 12
Present
In the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Rio Tinto plc reported revenue of $58 billion and a profit of $10 billion. Return on equity was 16 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money; leverage was 51 cents owed per dollar of assets; and the share count grew 0.3% over the year. Rio Tinto's revenue of $58 billion ranks in the top 2% by size among 24 graded names in its industry family; a net margin of 17.8% ranks in the top 23%; and revenue growth of 1.2% a year over the last three filed years ranks in the top 41%. Leadership is estimated at 4.9 of 10 with a confidence of 20 of 100, because as a foreign issuer it files no Form 8-K where officer and director changes would appear, and no officer or director has filed a Form 3, 4 or 5 for it in the last fifteen months. The present tense grade reads 6.5 of 10. 21
Future
The annual report for the fiscal year ending 2026-12-31 is due by 2027-04-30. Cash of $8.9 billion against debt of $22 billion leaves -10.2% of assets as net cash, in the bottom 17% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 29.2% of revenue, in the top 8%; and research spending of 0.9% of revenue is in the bottom 13%. Revenue grew 1.2% a year over the last three filed years against 6.1% over all 10 years, slowing and in the top 47% of its family; the newest year grew 7.4%, in the bottom 48%; and research spending grew 90.3% a year, in the top 12%. Revenue of $58 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 9.3% above the $53 billion the prior three years' pace pointed to, in the top 45% of its family; net income of $10 billion came against a prior three-year average of $12 billion, in the bottom 36%; and a net margin of 17.8% came against 21.2% before, in the bottom 47%. The future tense grade reads 5.0 of 10. 312
How the company operates
Rio Tinto plc is a commodity producer classed under Metal Mining. Rio Tinto tags no split of its revenue by line of business in the annual report on file, so growth by line cannot be read. 21
New moves
On 2026-10-14, Rio Tinto plc filed a Form 6-K interim report. 4
Sources
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Track record (past, graded 7.3 of 10, weighs 33% of the past): Rio Tinto plc's 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $34 billion in fiscal 2016 to $58 billion in fiscal 2025, up 6.1% a year; it rose in 6 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 15% from fiscal 2021 to fiscal 2024; net income was positive in 10 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).
Shareholder treatment (past, graded 4.9 of 10, weighs 22% of the past): Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Rio Tinto plc's diluted share count grew about 0.2% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 0% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements).
Its officers and directors filed 0 sales and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-09-30 (their Form 4 filings).
Financial health (present, graded 6.3 of 10, weighs 45% of the present): Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Rio Tinto plc earned about 16 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 51 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 0.3% over the year (the filed statements).
Industry position (present, graded 7.8 of 10, weighs 33% of the present): Rio Tinto plc's standing among 24 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $58 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 2% by size; a net margin of 17.8% ranks in the top 23%; revenue growth of 1.2% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 41% (its annual reports).
Leadership (present, an SI estimate at 4.9 of 10, weighs 22% of the present): SI estimate, not a filed reading: Rio Tinto plc's leadership is put at 4.9 of 10 with a confidence of 20 of 100, because it files no Form 8-K (a foreign issuer reports on Form 6-K), so officer and director changes cannot be read there; no officer or director has filed a Form 3, 4 or 5 for it in the
Room to expand (future, graded 4.0 of 10, weighs 22% of the future): Rio Tinto plc's room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $8.9 billion against debt of $22 billion leaves -10.2% of its assets as net cash, bottom 17% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 29.2% of revenue (top 8%); research spending of 0.9% of revenue (bottom 13%) (its annual re
Growth drivers (future, graded 6.3 of 10, weighs 33% of the future): Rio Tinto plc's growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 1.2% a year over the last three filed years against 6.1% over all 10, slowing (top 47% of its family); the newest year grew 7.4% (bottom 48%); research spending grew 90.3% a year (top 12%) (its annual reports).
Expectations vs reality (future, graded 4.6 of 10, weighs 45% of the future): Rio Tinto plc's newest year against its own record: revenue of $58 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 9.3% above the $53 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 45% of its family); net income of $10 billion against a prior three-year average of $12 billion (bottom 36%); a net margin of 17.8% against 21.2% before
Rio Tinto plc tags no split of its revenue by line in the annual report on file, so growth by line cannot be read here; research and capital spending are on the trend.
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Headline grade 6.2 of 10; the arc reads past 6.5, present 6.5, future 5.0; 8 of 9 metrics read as filed.
In its latest annual figures on file, for the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, it reported revenue of $58 billion and a profit of $10 billion (its filed statements).
Commodity producer (prior from its industry code (SEC 1000, Metal Mining); the filing read can change it). Sector: Metal Mining (SIC 1000).
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Deadline ahead: Annual report, foreign filer (Form 20-F) for the fiscal year ending 2026-12-31 is due by 2027-04-30; foreign filers have four months after the fiscal year ends.
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2026-10-14, SEC EDGAR, current 6-K filings: "Rio Tinto plc filed a Form 6-K"