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Mathew Hodge
EUR 101.80 For Business Accounts Only

Favourable Commodity Prices Further Inflate Rio Tinto’s Near-Term Earnings

Rio Tinto continues to enjoy a near-term tailwind from strong commodity prices. We raise our fair value estimate by 2% to AUD 44 per share for the no-moat-rated firm, reflecting better near-term earnings. We raise our 2017 adjusted earnings forecast by 7% to AUD 6.82 per share and our 2018 estimate by 5% to AUD 4.65. Higher forecasts reflect generally favourable commodity prices, particularly for aluminium, copper, and iron ore.
Rio Tinto remains overvalued. The market is increasingly comfortabl...
Underlying
Rio Tinto plc

Rio Tinto is engaged in finding, mining and processing mineral resources. Co. has four product groups: iron ore, which supplies the global seaborne iron ore trade; aluminium, which includes bauxite mines, alumina refineries, and aluminium smelters; Copper and Diamonds, which has managed operations in Australia, Canada, Mongolia and the U.S., and non-managed operations in Chile and Indonesia, with by-product including gold, silver, molybdenum and others such as sulphuric acid, rhenium, and lead carbonate; and Energy and Minerals, which comprises mining, refining and marketing operations across borates, coal, iron ore concentrate and pellets, salt, titanium dioxide and uranium sectors.

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Morningstar
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Mathew Hodge

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