RIO Tinto PLC RIO
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What this company does
Written from the business description in RIO TINTO PLC's annual report to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, filed 19 February 2026. Every sentence was checked against that document before publication.
Growth
Revenue compounded at +5.3% a year over the five years to FY2025 — but profit grew slower: net income at +0.4%, earnings per share at +0.3%.
Compound annual rates per period — left blank where that exact year isn't on file, the series crosses a loss, or (per-share rows) a split falls inside the window.
Profitability
Each USD of equity produced 17 cents of profit this year.
The 11-year record
| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue $B | 57.6 | 53.7 | 54.0 | 55.6 | 63.5 | 44.6 | 43.2 | 40.5 | 40.0 | 33.8 | 34.8 |
| Operating income $B | 14.9 | 15.7 | 14.8 | 19.9 | 29.8 | 16.8 | 11.5 | 17.7 | 14.1 | 6.8 | 3.6 |
| EBITDA $B | 15.5 | 16.2 | 15.3 | 20.4 | 30.3 | 21.1 | 15.8 | 21.7 | 18.5 | 11.6 | 8.3 |
| Income tax $B | 4.3 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 5.6 | 8.2 | 5.0 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 1.6 | 1.0 |
| Net income $B | 10.0 | 11.6 | 10.1 | 12.4 | 21.1 | 9.8 | 8.0 | 13.6 | 8.8 | 4.6 | −0.9 |
| EPS, diluted $ | 6.08 | 7.07 | 6.17 | 7.60 | 12.96 | 6.00 | 4.88 | 7.88 | 486.92 | 255.30 | −47.50 |
| Dividend / sh $ | ◌ | ◌ | ◌ | ◌ | ◌ | 3.86 | 6.35 | 3.07 | 2.35 | 1.52 | 2.27 |
| Payout % | 62 | 61 | 64 | 95 | 73 | 63 | 129 | 39 | 49 | 59 | −471 |
| ROE % | 17.0 | 21.0 | 19.1 | 24.3 | 42.7 | 22.2 | 19.0 | 30.9 | 20.9 | 12.0 | −2.3 |
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This company against its peers
Company facts, as filed
Reconciled in 8 of the 11 fiscal years we could check. 18 checks were skipped: the balance sheet is not tagged before 2016. Eight checks were skipped: EPS is not tagged before 2015.