LON:RIO - Rio Tinto Share Price, Forecast & News

Rio Tinto's stock was trading at GBX 3,364.50 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, RIO shares have increased by 4.9% and is now trading at GBX 3,528. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus.

18 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Rio Tinto in the last year. There are currently 6 sell ratings, 7 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Rio Tinto.

Rio Tinto announced a dividend on Wednesday, February 26th. Investors of record on Thursday, March 5th will be given a dividend of GBX 177.47 per share on Thursday, April 16th. This represents a yield of 4.53%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, March 5th. This is a positive change from Rio Tinto's previous dividend of $173.14. The official announcement can be seen at this link. View Rio Tinto's dividend history.

18 brokerages have issued 1-year target prices for Rio Tinto's shares. Their forecasts range from GBX 3,300 to GBX 5,100. On average, they expect Rio Tinto's share price to reach GBX 4,271.24 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 21.1% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Rio Tinto.

News coverage about RIO stock has trended somewhat positive on Saturday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Rio Tinto earned a media sentiment score of 1.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles about the company a news buzz of 4.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View the latest news aboutRio Tinto.

Some companies that are related to Rio Tinto include BHP Group (BHP), Tc Pipelines (TRP), Fortescue Metals Group (FMG), BHP Group (BHP), Anglo American (AAL), Glencore (GLEN), South32 (S32), Antofagasta (ANTO), Polymetal International (POLY), Fresnillo (FRES), Teck Resources (TECK.B), First Quantum Minerals (FM), South32 (S32), Cameco (CCO) and Iluka Resources (ILU).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Rio Tinto investors own include Anglo American (AAL), BHP Group (BHP), Glencore (GLEN), Citigroup (C), BHP Group (BHP), Royal Dutch Shell (RDSB), Intel (INTC), Alibaba Group (BABA), NVIDIA (NVDA) and Freeport-McMoRan (FCX).

Rio Tinto trades on the London Stock Exchange (LON) under the ticker symbol "RIO."

Shares of RIO and other U.K. stocks can be purchased through online brokerage accounts that support trading on the London Stock Exchange (LSX). Some U.K. companies can be purchased through major U.S. brokerages in the form of American Depository Receipts (ADRs), which are placeholder equities held in a trust by a bank that represent shares of a foreign stock.

One share of RIO stock can currently be purchased for approximately GBX 3,528.

Rio Tinto has a market capitalization of £44.30 billion and generates £43.16 billion in revenue each year. Rio Tinto employs 47,458 workers across the globe. View additional information about Rio Tinto.

The official website for Rio Tinto is http://www.riotinto.com/.

Rio Tinto's mailing address is 6 St James's Square, LONDON, 00000, United Kingdom. The company can be reached via phone at +44-20-77811623.