Which is more profitable, Freeport-McMoRan or Rio Tinto Group?

Rio Tinto Group keeps more of every sale as profit.

Which grows faster, Freeport-McMoRan or Rio Tinto Group?

Freeport-McMoRan grew its sales faster in recent years.

Which is cheaper, Freeport-McMoRan or Rio Tinto Group?

Rio Tinto Group costs less for each unit of yearly profit (lower P/E).

Which has less debt, Freeport-McMoRan or Rio Tinto Group?

Rio Tinto Group would need fewer years of earnings to pay off its debt.

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Freeport-McMoRan vs Rio Tinto Group stock

Side by side in plain words: who keeps more of its sales, grows faster, costs less and owes less.

In one sentence

Freeport-McMoRan grows faster. Rio Tinto Group is more profitable, is cheaper for its profits and has less debt.

Side by side

	Freeport-McMoRan	Rio Tinto Group
	$85.0 billion	£102 billion
	8.5%	17.3%
	+12.8%	+1.2%
	38.6×	13.6×
	0.7 years	0.7 years
	18.6%	14.3%
	0.9%	4.5%

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How we compare

Four contests with the same rules as each stock page: profit kept from sales (higher wins), yearly sales growth across the last reports, up to five years (higher wins), price per unit of yearly profit (lower P/E wins; a company without profit loses) and debt in years of earnings (lower wins). A winner is only named when both companies have the number.

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