NYSE:RIO - Rio Tinto plc ADR Common Stock Stock Price, News, & Analysis

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

Rio Tinto plc ADR Common Stock announced a semiannual dividend on Thursday, August 2nd. Stockholders of record on Friday, August 10th will be paid a dividend of $1.271 per share on Thursday, September 20th. This represents a dividend yield of 4.9%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, August 9th. View Rio Tinto plc ADR Common Stock's Dividend History.

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

17 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Rio Tinto plc ADR Common Stock's stock. Their predictions range from $41.00 to $67.00. On average, they anticipate Rio Tinto plc ADR Common Stock's share price to reach $55.6740 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 16.4% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Rio Tinto plc ADR Common Stock.

17 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Rio Tinto plc ADR Common Stock in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 8 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Rio Tinto plc ADR Common Stock.

Rio Tinto plc ADR Common Stock saw a increase in short interest during the month of July. As of July 13th, there was short interest totalling 8,583,916 shares, an increase of 32.3% from the June 29th total of 6,489,034 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 3,743,910 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.3 days. Approximately 0.7% of the company's shares are short sold. View Rio Tinto plc ADR Common Stock's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Rio Tinto plc ADR Common Stock include BHP Billiton (BHP), Vale (VALE), Southern Copper (SCCO), GMK Noril'skiy nikel' PAO (GDR) (NILSY), Freeport-McMoRan (FCX), SOUTH32 Ltd/S (SOUHY), FORTESCUE METAL/S (FSUGY), First Quantum Minerals (FQVLF), Turquoise Hill Resources (TRQ), Lundin Mining (LUNMF), Compania de Minas Buenaventura SAA (BVN), Vedanta Resources (VDNRF), Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF), Nexa Resources (NEXA) and Pretium Resources (PVG).

Media headlines about RIO stock have been trending somewhat positive recently, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. Accern identifies negative and positive news coverage by reviewing more than 20 million news and blog sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Rio Tinto plc ADR Common Stock earned a coverage optimism score of 0.00 on Accern's scale. They also gave media headlines about the mining company an impact score of 46.95 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days. View Recent Headlines for Rio Tinto plc ADR Common Stock.

Rio Tinto plc ADR Common Stock's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Fisher Asset Management LLC (0.30%), Boston Partners (0.24%), Bank of America Corp DE (0.19%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (0.19%), Earnest Partners LLC (0.17%) and Van ECK Associates Corp (0.15%). View Institutional Ownership Trends for Rio Tinto plc ADR Common Stock.

RIO stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Morgan Stanley, Jennison Associates LLC, Bank of America Corp DE, Waddell & Reed Financial Inc., Nikko Asset Management Americas Inc., BlackRock Inc., Advisors Asset Management Inc. and Point72 Asset Management L.P.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Rio Tinto plc ADR Common Stock.

RIO stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Fisher Asset Management LLC, Boston Partners, Capital Fund Management S.A., FMR LLC, Cornerstone Wealth Management LLC, Gabalex Capital Management LLC, Manning & Napier Group LLC and Glenmede Trust Co. NA. View Insider Buying and Selling for Rio Tinto plc ADR Common Stock.

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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of RIO stock can currently be purchased for approximately $47.82.

Rio Tinto plc ADR Common Stock has a market capitalization of $63.73 billion and generates $40.03 billion in revenue each year. The mining company earns $8.76 billion in net income (profit) each year or $4.79 on an earnings per share basis. Rio Tinto plc ADR Common Stock employs 46,807 workers across the globe.

Rio Tinto plc ADR Common Stock's mailing address is 6 ST JAMES`S SQUARE, LONDON X0, 12207-2543. The mining company can be reached via phone at 44-20-7781-2000 or via email at [email protected]