Materion
MTRN · Diversified Metals & Mining
$221.06
0.9%Rio Tinto
RIO · Diversified Metals & Mining
$83.42
0.9%The short version
- Rio Tinto is the larger business, with $57.6B of revenue in fiscal 2025 against $1.8B for Materion, about 32 times as much.
- Rio Tinto grew revenue faster (7.4%, against 6.0%).
- Rio Tinto kept more of each dollar of sales as operating profit (25.9% operating margin, against 6.2% operating margin).
- Rio Tinto turned more of its sales into free cash flow (7.8% FCF margin, against 2.8% FCF margin).
- Rio Tinto earned a higher return on the capital invested in it (14.9%, against 7.3%).
| Latest fiscal year | MTRN · FY25 | RIO · FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $4.7B | $136.6B |
| Revenue | $1.8B | $57.6B |
| Free cash flow | $50.0M | $4.5B |
| Net income | $74.8M | $10.0B |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | 6.0% | 7.4% |
| 5-year growth | 8.7% | 5.3% |
| Share count change | −0.1% | 0.3% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 17.3% | — |
| Operating margin | 6.2% | 25.9% |
| Net margin | 4.2% | 17.3% |
| FCF margin | 2.8% | 7.8% |
| Return on capital | 7.3% | 14.9% |
| Return on equity | 8.3% | 17.0% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | $483M | $12.5B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 2.7x | 0.6x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $19.3M | $6.1B |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | 51.5x | — |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 | 4 |
FY16
MTRN $969M
RIO $33.8B
FY17
MTRN $1.1B
RIO $40.0B
FY18
MTRN $1.2B
RIO $40.5B
FY19
MTRN $1.2B
RIO $43.2B
FY20
MTRN $1.2B
RIO $44.6B
FY21
MTRN $1.5B
RIO $63.5B
FY22
MTRN $1.8B
RIO $55.6B
FY23
MTRN $1.7B
RIO $54.0B
FY24
MTRN $1.7B
RIO $53.7B
FY25
MTRN $1.8B
RIO $57.6B
MTRN
RIO
FY16
MTRN 3.0%
RIO 20.1%
FY17
MTRN 3.5%
RIO 35.3%
FY18
MTRN 5.1%
RIO 43.7%
FY19
MTRN 6.0%
RIO 26.6%
FY20
MTRN 0.7%
RIO 37.7%
FY21
MTRN 5.1%
RIO 47.0%
FY22
MTRN 6.8%
RIO 35.9%
FY23
MTRN 8.2%
RIO 27.4%
FY24
MTRN 2.8%
RIO 29.2%
FY25
MTRN 6.2%
RIO 25.9%
MTRN
RIO
FY16
MTRN $41.0M
RIO $5.5B
FY17
MTRN $40.3M
RIO $9.4B
FY18
MTRN $48.7M
RIO $6.4B
FY19
MTRN $75.0M
RIO $9.4B
FY20
MTRN $33.8M
RIO $9.7B
FY21
MTRN −$12.7M
RIO $18.0B
FY22
MTRN $38.4M
RIO $9.4B
FY23
MTRN $33.9M
RIO $8.1B
FY24
MTRN $19.2M
RIO $6.0B
FY25
MTRN $50.0M
RIO $4.5B
MTRN
RIO
FY16
MTRN 6.1%
RIO —
FY17
MTRN 4.2%
RIO 17.5%
FY18
MTRN 12.2%
RIO 25.6%
FY19
MTRN 10.8%
RIO 14.3%
FY20
MTRN 1.3%
RIO 21.9%
FY21
MTRN 7.7%
RIO 39.5%
FY22
MTRN 8.1%
RIO —
FY23
MTRN 9.3%
RIO —
FY24
MTRN 1.8%
RIO 19.3%
FY25
MTRN 7.3%
RIO 14.9%
MTRN
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