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 paid 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 an increase from Rio Tinto's previous semiannual dividend of $1.27. View Rio Tinto's Dividend History.

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

22 brokers have issued 1 year price objectives for Rio Tinto's stock. Their forecasts range from $55.23 to $4,100.00. On average, they expect Rio Tinto's share price to reach $1,404.08 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 2,476.3% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Rio Tinto.

22 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 4 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 somewhat negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm identifies negative and positive press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Rio Tinto earned a news sentiment score of -1.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the mining company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Rio Tinto.

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Rio Tinto's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Franklin Resources Inc. (0.68%), Earnest Partners LLC (0.15%), Menora Mivtachim Holdings LTD. (0.13%), Van ECK Associates Corp (0.12%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (0.12%) and Todd Asset Management LLC (0.09%). View Institutional Ownership Trends for Rio Tinto.

RIO stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Credit Suisse AG, Bank of America Corp DE, Van ECK Associates Corp, Parsec Financial Management Inc., Pacer Advisors Inc., SG Americas Securities LLC, State Street Corp and Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI. View Insider Buying and Selling for Rio Tinto.

RIO stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Franklin Resources Inc., Tdam USA Inc., SPX Equities Gestao de Recursos Ltda, Bank of Montreal Can, Renaissance Technologies LLC, TD Asset Management Inc., Oxford Asset Management LLP and Park National Corp OH. 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 $54.50.

Rio Tinto has a market capitalization of $69.32 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]