Freeport-McMoRan Inc. vs RIO TINTO PLC, two Mining stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where FCX and RIO diverge most: on revenue growth, FCX reads +0.8% and RIO reads -2.4%; on ev/ebitda, FCX reads 12.3 and RIO reads 7.8. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What FCX's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). What RIO's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | FCX | RIO |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $73.70 | $94.77 |
| Market cap | $106.3B | $153.9B |
| Sector | Mining | Mining |
| Stage | Cyclical | Cyclical |
| Implied growth (priced in) | — | -2.7% |
| P/E | — | 15.4 |
| P/B | 3.30 | 2.30 |
| P/S | 4.11 | 2.67 |
| EV/EBITDA | 12.3 | 7.8 |
| Revenue growth | +0.8% | -2.4% |
| Operating margin | 28.5% | 25.9% |
| Net margin | 16.2% | 17.8% |
| Return on equity | 13.0% | 15.3% |
| Return on assets | 7.0% | 8.0% |
| Return on invested capital | 16.3% | 11.8% |
| FCF yield | 2.7% | 2.9% |
| Dividend yield | 0.8% | — |
| Debt / equity | 0.29 | 0.33 |
| Current ratio | 2.07 | 1.44 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 3.08 | 2.92 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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