NYSE:RIO - Rio Tinto Stock Price, Forecast & News

Rio Tinto trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "RIO."

Rio Tinto announced a semiannual dividend on Friday, March 1st. Shareholders of record on Friday, March 8th will be given a dividend of $1.806 per share on Thursday, April 18th. This represents a yield of 6.19%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 7th. This is a boost from Rio Tinto's previous semiannual dividend of $1.27. View Rio Tinto's Dividend History.

Rio Tinto announced that its board has approved a stock buyback program on Wednesday, February 7th 2018, which permits the company to buyback $1,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are often an indication that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

Rio Tinto is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 26th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Rio Tinto.

24 brokers have issued 12 month price objectives for Rio Tinto's shares. Their forecasts range from $55.23 to $4,100.00. On average, they anticipate Rio Tinto's stock price to reach $1,067.08 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 1,658.8% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Rio Tinto.

24 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Rio Tinto in the last year. There are currently 5 sell ratings, 13 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Rio Tinto.

Media coverage about RIO stock has trended neutral this week, according to InfoTrie. The research group scores the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Rio Tinto earned a coverage optimism score of 0.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the mining company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Rio Tinto.

Some companies that are related to Rio Tinto include BHP Group (BHP), Vale (VALE), GMK Noril'skiy nikel' PAO (GDR) (NILSY), Anglo American (NGLOY), Southern Copper (SCCO), FORTESCUE METAL/S (FSUGY), Freeport-McMoRan (FCX), SOUTH32 LTD/S (SOUHY), IMPALA PLATINUM/S (IMPUY), First Quantum Minerals (FQVLF), Lundin Mining (LUNMF), Compania de Minas Buenaventura SAA (BVN), EXXARO RESOURCE/S (EXXAY), Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF) and Pretium Resources (PVG).

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Rio Tinto's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Park National Corp OH (0.01%), Manning & Napier Group LLC (0.01%), Grassi Investment Management (0.01%), AE Wealth Management LLC (0.00%), Gilman Hill Asset Management LLC (0.00%) and Neville Rodie & Shaw Inc. (0.00%). View Institutional Ownership Trends for Rio Tinto.

RIO stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI, Neville Rodie & Shaw Inc., First Hawaiian Bank, AE Wealth Management LLC, Carroll Financial Associates Inc. and Coastline Trust Co. View Insider Buying and Selling for Rio Tinto.

RIO stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Park National Corp OH, Manning & Napier Group LLC, Clear Street Markets LLC, Perigon Wealth Management LLC, Grassi Investment Management, Peterson Wealth Management, Raymond James Trust N.A. and Tocqueville Asset Management L.P.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Rio Tinto.

Shares of RIO can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of RIO stock can currently be purchased for approximately $60.67.

Rio Tinto has a market capitalization of $77.17 billion and generates $40.52 billion in revenue each year. The mining company earns $13.64 billion in net income (profit) each year or $5.07 on an earnings per share basis. 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 X0, 12207-2543. The mining company can be reached via phone at 44-20-7781-1623 or via email at [email protected]