FRANCO NEVADA Corp vs RIO TINTO PLC, two Mining stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where FNV and RIO diverge most: on revenue growth, FNV reads +4.0% and RIO reads -2.4%; on debt / equity, FNV reads 0.00 and RIO reads 0.33. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. 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 | FNV | RIO |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $245.09 | $94.77 |
| Market cap | $47.2B | $153.9B |
| Sector | Mining | Mining |
| Stage | Cyclical | Cyclical |
| Implied growth (priced in) | — | -2.7% |
| P/E | 66.6 | 15.4 |
| P/B | 6.19 | 2.30 |
| P/S | 36.01 | 2.67 |
| EV/EBITDA | 39.8 | 7.8 |
| Revenue growth | +4.0% | -2.4% |
| Gross margin | 73.6% | — |
| Operating margin | 82.8% | 25.9% |
| Net margin | 54.0% | 17.8% |
| Return on equity | 9.3% | 15.3% |
| Return on assets | 8.6% | 8.0% |
| Return on invested capital | 9.3% | 11.8% |
| FCF yield | 3.9% | 2.9% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.33 |
| Current ratio | 8.30 | 1.44 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 6.65 | 2.92 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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