MP Materials
MP Β· Diversified Metals & Mining
$38.30
0.7%Rio Tinto
RIO Β· Diversified Metals & Mining
$83.42
οΏ½οΏ½The short version
- Rio Tinto is the larger business, with $57.6B of revenue in fiscal 2025 against $224M for MP Materials, about 257 times as much.
- MP Materials grew revenue faster (10.1%, against 7.4%).
- Rio Tinto kept more of each dollar of sales as operating profit (25.9% operating margin, against β66.6% operating margin).
- Rio Tinto turned more of its sales into free cash flow (7.8% FCF margin, against β146.2% FCF margin).
- Rio Tinto earned a higher return on the capital invested in it (14.9%, against β10.4%).
| Latest fiscal year | MP Β· FY25 | RIO Β· FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $6.8B | $136.6B |
| Revenue | $224M | $57.6B |
| Free cash flow | β$328M | $4.5B |
| Net income | β$85.9M | $10.0B |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | 10.1% | 7.4% |
| 5-year growth | 10.8% | 5.3% |
| Share count change | 0.1% | 0.3% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | β | β |
| Operating margin | β66.6% | 25.9% |
| Net margin | β38.3% | 17.3% |
| FCF margin | β146.2% | 7.8% |
| Return on capital | β10.4% | 14.9% |
| Return on equity | β5.7% | 17.0% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | β$832M | $12.5B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | β | 0.6x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $0.0M | $6.1B |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | β | β |
| Piotroski F-score | 3 | 4 |
FY16
MP β
RIO $33.8B
FY17
MP β
RIO $40.0B
FY18
MP β
RIO $40.5B
FY19
MP $73.4M
RIO $43.2B
FY20
MP $134M
RIO $44.6B
FY21
MP $332M
RIO $63.5B
FY22
MP $528M
RIO $55.6B
FY23
MP $253M
RIO $54.0B
FY24
MP $204M
RIO $53.7B
FY25
MP $224M
RIO $57.6B
MP
RIO
FY16
MP β
RIO 20.1%
FY17
MP β
RIO 35.3%
FY18
MP β
RIO 43.7%
FY19
MP β10.4%
RIO 26.6%
FY20
MP β25.8%
RIO 37.7%
FY21
MP 49.8%
RIO 47.0%
FY22
MP 62.1%
RIO 35.9%
FY23
MP β7.0%
RIO 27.4%
FY24
MP β83.1%
RIO 29.2%
FY25
MP β66.6%
RIO 25.9%
MP
RIO
FY16
MP β
RIO $5.5B
FY17
MP β
RIO $9.4B
FY18
MP β
RIO $6.4B
FY19
MP β$2.7M
RIO $9.4B
FY20
MP β$19.1M
RIO $9.7B
FY21
MP β$21.9M
RIO $18.0B
FY22
MP $16.9M
RIO $9.4B
FY23
MP β$199M
RIO $8.1B
FY24
MP β$173M
RIO $6.0B
FY25
MP β$328M
RIO $4.5B
MP
RIO
FY16
MP β
RIO β
FY17
MP β
RIO 17.5%
FY18
MP β
RIO 25.6%
FY19
MP β
RIO 14.3%
FY20
MP β
RIO 21.9%
FY21
MP 33.0%
RIO 39.5%
FY22
MP 42.2%
RIO β
FY23
MP β1.4%
RIO β
FY24
MP β12.4%
RIO 19.3%
FY25
MP β10.4%
RIO 14.9%
MP
RIO
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