Shares of Rio Tinto Group (LON:RIO - Get Free Report) passed above its 200-day moving average during trading on Monday . The stock has a 200-day moving average of GBX 4,580.29 ($61.97) and traded as high as GBX 4,614.50 ($62.43). Rio Tinto Group shares last traded at GBX 4,576.23 ($61.92), with a volume of 1,185,702 shares changing hands.
Analysts Set New Price Targets
A number of equities analysts recently commented on the company. Berenberg Bank reaffirmed a "hold" rating and issued a GBX 4,700 ($63.59) target price on shares of Rio Tinto Group in a report on Friday, August 1st. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft lowered Rio Tinto Group to a "hold" rating and lowered their price target for the company from GBX 5,300 ($71.71) to GBX 5,100 ($69.00) in a report on Wednesday, July 30th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. dropped their target price on Rio Tinto Group from GBX 5,570 ($75.36) to GBX 5,450 ($73.74) and set an "overweight" rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, July 31st. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada increased their price objective on Rio Tinto Group from GBX 4,700 ($63.59) to GBX 4,900 ($66.30) and gave the company a "sector perform" rating in a report on Wednesday, July 30th. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and two have issued a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Rio Tinto Group currently has an average rating of "Hold" and an average target price of GBX 5,325 ($72.05).
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Rio Tinto Group Price Performance
The company's fifty day moving average is GBX 4,416.08 and its two-hundred day moving average is GBX 4,578.51. The stock has a market cap of £95.23 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 8.59, a P/E/G ratio of -0.64 and a beta of 0.59. The company has a current ratio of 1.70, a quick ratio of 1.34 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 25.28.
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