About the company
| 33.87bn | -1.98bn | 1962 | 71.00k | |||
| Revenue in GBP (TTM) | Net income in GBP | Incorporated | Employees |
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Rio Tinto plc (Rio Tinto) is engaged in finding, mining and processing mineral resources. The Company's product group includes aluminum product group, copper product group, diamonds and minerals group, energy product group and iron ore products group. Its products are iron ore, aluminum, copper, diamonds, coal, uranium, gold and industrial minerals (borax, titanium dioxide and salt). Its iron ore businesses delivered record production and shipments, and its copper business showed a second half recovery in copper volumes. In January 2012, it acquired 2% of Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. In August 2012, Orocobre Ltd acquired Borax Argentina S.A. from Rio Tinto Ltd entities, Rio Tinto Minerals Development Limited and Borax Europe Limited. In September 2012, it sold the North American portion of its Alcan Cable business to General Cable Corporation. As of December 31, 2012, the Company had 51% interest in Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd.,formerly known as Ivanhoe Mines.
Mergers & acquisitions
There are no recent mergers or acquisitions for Rio Tinto PLC.
Peer analysis
| Company | Revenue (TTM) | Net income (TTM) | Market cap | Employees | Price/earnings (TTM) | Price/book value (MRQ) | Price/cash flow (TTM) | Price/sales (TTM) | EPS (excluding extraordinary items (TTM) | EPS (including extraordinary items) (TTM) | Revenue per share (TTM) | Book value per share (MRQ) | Asset turnover (TTM) | Inventory turnover (TTM) | Receivables turnover (TTM) | Revenues per employee (TTM) | Return on average assets (TTM) | Return on average assets (5 yr average) | Return on investment (TTM) | Return on investment (5 yr average) | Gross margin (TTM) | Gross margin (5 yr average) | Net profit margin (TTM) | Net Profit margin (5 Yr Average) | Quick ratio (MRQ) | Interest coverage (TTM) | Total debt to capital (MRQ) | Payout ratio (5 yr average) | Revenue (Year-over-year change%) | Revenue (5 yr growth rate) | Net income (Year-over-year change%) | Net income (5 Yr growth rate) | Capital expenditure (5 Yr growth rate) | Dividend (5 yr growth rate) | |
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| Anglo American plc | 19.11bn | -992.22m | 23.21bn | 106000 | -- | 0.9256 | 20.85 | 1.21 | -0.7597 | -0.7597 | 14.92 | 17.99 | 0.3789 | -- | 8.28 | 180,321 | -0.8089 | 9.95 | -0.9855 | 9.95 | -- | 34.97 | -2.1348 | 18.19 | 1.48 | -- | 0.2885 | 17.47 | -5.9483 | 2.46 | -124.2017 | -- | 7.36 | -7.2744 | |
| Glencore Xstrata PLC | 142.51bn | 667.24m | 46.89bn | 57656 | 38.90 | 1.21 | 26.88 | 0.329 | 0.0909 | 0.0909 | 19.85 | 2.93 | 2.24 | 11.13 | 9.62 | -- | 1.20 | 6.25 | 2.15 | 6.25 | 1.87 | 2.57 | 0.5372 | 1.53 | 0.7079 | 5.92 | 0.5085 | 27.91 | 15.19 | 8.54 | -75.1976 | -1.952 | 13.66 | -- | |
| Rio Tinto plc | 33.87bn | -1.98bn | 59.25bn | 71000 | -- | 1.82 | 61.74 | 1.75 | -1.0927 | -1.0952 | 18.26 | 16.86 | 0.4299 | -- | 8.96 | 477,066 | -2.5279 | 7.00 | -3.1464 | 7.00 | -- | 81.20 | -5.8803 | 11.56 | 1.02 | -- | 0.3161 | 39.03 | -15.8085 | 11.41 | -151.1138 | -- | 28.41 | 8.25 | |
| BHP Billiton plc | 44.49bn | 6.39bn | 116.35bn | 46370 | 16.86 | 2.41 | 10.55 | 2.61 | 1.20 | 1.20 | 8.33 | 8.36 | 0.5235 | -- | 8.49 | 959,535 | 7.57 | 20.77 | 9.15 | 20.77 | -- | 80.29 | 14.47 | 24.40 | 0.7836 | 57.51 | 0.3423 | 33.96 | 0.6789 | 8.76 | -34.8063 | 2.82 | 21.50 | 18.97 | |
| GMK Noril'skiy nikel' OAO | 7.97bn | 1.43bn | 17.54bn | 96193 | 11.24 | 1.90 | 9.05 | 2.20 | 430.76 | 430.76 | 2,394.96 | 2,547.02 | 0.605 | 2.11 | 10.56 | -- | 10.75 | 14.59 | 13.45 | 14.59 | 44.44 | 49.21 | 17.76 | 21.98 | 0.9113 | 9.70 | 0.2796 | -- | -14.5659 | -6.7584 | -47.8867 | -16.4406 | 18.00 | -- |
Data as of May 23 2013. Currency figures normalised to Rio Tinto PLC's reporting currency: .
Institutional shareholders
| Holder | Shares | % Held |
|---|---|---|
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Ltd. as of 01 May 2013 | 84.51m | 5.83% |
Legal & General Investment Management Ltd. as of 01 May 2013 | 46.07m | 3.21% |
Standard Life Investments Ltd. as of 01 May 2013 | 22.49m | 1.57% |
State Administration of Foreign Exchange (Invt Mgmt) as of 01 May 2013 | 19.42m | 1.35% |
M&G Investment Management Ltd. as of 01 May 2013 | 14.57m | 1.06% |
Scottish Widows Investment Partnership Ltd. as of 01 May 2013 | 14.78m | 1.04% |
State Street Global Advisors Ltd. as of 01 May 2013 | 13.91m | 0.99% |
Aviva Investors Global Services Ltd. as of 01 May 2013 | 13.62m | 0.98% |
The Vanguard Group, Inc. as of 01 May 2013 | 13.60m | 0.95% |
AXA Investment Managers UK Ltd. as of 01 May 2013 | 13.05m | 0.92% |
Data from 31 Jan 2013 - 08 May 2013Source: FactSet Research Systems Inc.