Materion vs Rio Tinto
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I put Materion and Rio Tinto side by side, using each one’s latest annual report. Here is what stands out:
- 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%).
- Rio Tinto turned more of its sales into free cash flow (7.8% FCF margin, against 2.8%).
- Rio Tinto earned a higher return on the capital invested in it (14.9%, against 7.3%).
Who comes out ahead
Of the 10 measures where higher (or lower) is clearly better, how many each company leads.
Materion
MTRN
3/10
5-year growthPiotroski F-scoreShare count change
Rio Tinto
RIO
7/10
Revenue growthOperating marginNet marginFCF marginReturn on capitalReturn on equityNet debt / EBITDA
Side by side
Best in the row
| 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 |
Ten years
Revenue
Operating margin
Free cash flow
Return on capital
Each company's latest fiscal year; fiscal years end in different months. The best value in each row is highlighted where higher (or lower) is clearly better. Not investment advice.