Rio Tinto Group (RIO) balance sheet

NYSE · Basic Materials · Industrial Materials · 56,890 employees · CEO Simon Callas Trott

Price: $81.89 -1.63%
Market cap: $133B
Enterprise value: $147B
Last report: Q2 '26 filed 2026-07-29
Next report: 2027-02-24 EPS est. $3.80

At the end of Q2 '26 Rio Tinto Group (RIO) held $9.51B in cash and short-term investments against $22.9B of debt incl. leases. Total assets $134B, total liabilities $61.8B, shareholders' equity $65.5B.

Balance sheet

Balance sheet	Q4 '20	Q2 '21	Q4 '21	Q2 '22	Q4 '22	Q2 '23	Q4 '23	Q2 '24	Q4 '24	Q2 '25	Q4 '25	Q2 '26
Assets
Cash & equivalents	$10.4B	$14B	$12.8B	$11.4B	$6.78B	$9.18B	$8.7B	$9.26B	$6.83B	$9.02B	$8.87B	$8.91B
Short-term investments	$2.85B	$2.91B	$2.54B	$2.5B	$2.16B	$1.33B	$1.08B	$569M	$370M	$319M	$548M	$594M
Receivables	$3.4B	$4.38B	$3.12B	$3.71B	$3.37B	$3.85B	$3.47B	$3.88B	$3.52B	$221M	$5.16B	$225M
Inventory	$3.92B	$4.45B	$5.44B	$5.8B	$6.21B	$6.42B	$6.66B	$6.52B	$5.86B	$6.83B	$6.97B	$7.73B
Other current assets	$990M	$55M	$938M	$60M	$1.22B	$305M	$1.05B	$196M	$1.82B	$4.57B	-$891M	$4.66B
Current assets	$20.9B	$25.8B	$24.4B	$23.4B	$19B	$20.8B	$21.5B	$20.4B	$19.1B	$21B	$21.6B	$22.1B
Property, plant & equipment (net)	$62.9B	$63.8B	$64.9B	$64.4B	$64.7B	$63.1B	$68.4B	$66.6B	$69.1B	$79.1B	$84.3B	$88B
Long-term investments	$1.38B	$1.43B	$1.34B	$1.37B	$1.54B	$2.65B	$3.71B	$5.03B	$4.99B	$7.09B	$7.58B	$8.67B
Goodwill	$946M	$945M	$879M	$849M	$826M	$776M	$797M	$785M	$727M	$2.56B	$2.95B	$2.96B
Intangible assets	$2.76B	$2.81B	$2.83B	$3.61B	$3.65B	$3.7B	$2.41B	$3.77B	$2.24B	$5.17B	$5.23B	$5.13B
Deferred tax assets	$3.39B	$3.4B	$3.38B	$3.41B	$2.77B	$3.09B	$3.62B	$3.44B	$4.02B	$3.97B	$4.29B	$4.54B
Other non-current assets	$5.18B	$5.25B	$5.11B	$4.88B	$4.26B	$3.47B	$3.05B	$5.3B	$2.56B	$1.93B	$2.18B	$2.03B
Non-current assets	$76.5B	$77.7B	$78.5B	$78.5B	$77.8B	$76.8B	$82B	$81.5B	$83.7B	$99.8B	$107B	$111B
Total assets	$97.4B	$103B	$103B	$102B	$96.7B	$97.6B	$104B	$102B	$103B	$121B	$128B	$134B
Liabilities
Accounts payable	$3.12B	$7.52B	$3.41B	$7.99B	$3.27B	$7.63B	$3.27B	$7.69B	$3.21B	$9.23B	$10.1B	$9.71B
Accrued expenses	$2.92B	$377M	$3.24B	$361M	$3.49B	$352M	$3.92B	$362M	$359M	$427M	$473M	$472M
Short-term debt	$351M	$0	$812M	$1.41B	$923M	$176M	$824M	$767M	$180M	$875M	$733M	$1.73B
Taxes payable	$1.85B	$2.02B	$1.41B	$1.05B	$223M	$204M	$1.41B	$227M	$1.21B	$0	$0	$0
Deferred revenue	-$4.55B	-$704M	-$4.32B	$0	$0	$0	$0	$227M	$0	$0	$0	$0
Other current liabilities	$4.93B	$4.18B	$4.8B	$3.35B	$3.54B	$1.99B	$4.38B	$2.88B	$5.46B	$2.58B	$2.48B	$2.93B
Current liabilities	$11.6B	$12.1B	$12.6B	$13.1B	$11.6B	$10.4B	$12.7B	$12B	$11.7B	$13.7B	$14.9B	$15.5B
Long-term debt	$12.3B	$13.2B	$11.4B	$12B	$10.1B	$12.7B	$12.2B	$12.1B	$12.3B	$21.6B	$21.2B	$20.2B
Lease obligations (non-current)	$945M	$0	$1.04B	$1.27B	$908M	$931M	$1.01B	$1.09B	$1.06B	$1.18B	$1.06B	$936M
Deferred revenue (non-current)	$204M	$0	$205M	$0	$114M	$0	$103M	$0	$118M	$0	$428M	$0
Deferred tax liabilities	$3.24B	$3.5B	$3.5B	$3.73B	$3.6B	$3.08B	$2.58B	$2.44B	$2.64B	$4.09B	$4.09B	$4.36B
Other non-current liabilities	$17.2B	$16.5B	$17.6B	$14.7B	$18.5B	$17.1B	$18.6B	$17B	$17B	$18.2B	$19.4B	$20.8B
Non-current liabilities	$33.9B	$33.2B	$33.7B	$31.7B	$32.9B	$33.8B	$34.5B	$32.7B	$33.1B	$45.1B	$46.1B	$46.3B
Total liabilities	$45.5B	$45.3B	$46.3B	$44.8B	$44.5B	$44.2B	$47.2B	$44.7B	$44.8B	$58.8B	$61.1B	$61.8B
Equity
Common stock & paid-in capital	$3.99B	$3.91B	$3.78B	$3.59B	$3.54B	$3.47B	$3.58B	$3.49B	$3.27B	$3.42B	$3.51B	$3.59B
Retained earnings	$26.8B	$33.2B	$33.3B	$34.1B	$34.5B	$36.4B	$38.4B	$40.1B	$42.5B	$43.4B	$46.6B	$49.3B
Accumulated other comprehensive income	$12B	$11.5B	$10B	$8.56B	$7.81B	$7.4B	$8.33B	$7.3B	$5.11B	$7.08B	$7.79B	$8.25B
Shareholders' equity	$47.1B	$53B	$51.4B	$50.6B	$50.2B	$51.6B	$54.6B	$55.3B	$55.2B	$58.2B	$62.2B	$65.5B
Debt
Total debt (incl. leases)	$14B	$13.9B	$13.5B	$13.7B	$12.3B	$14.1B	$14.4B	$14.3B	$13.9B	$23.6B	$23.5B	$22.9B
Net debt (debt - cash)	$3.63B	-$113M	$724M	$2.33B	$5.5B	$4.9B	$5.65B	$5.04B	$7.03B	$14.6B	$14.6B	$13.9B

Balance sheet	FY16	FY17	FY18	FY19	FY20	FY21	FY22	FY23	FY24	FY25
Assets
Cash & equivalents	$8.2B	$10.6B	$10.8B	$8.03B	$10.4B	$12.8B	$6.78B	$9.67B	$6.83B	$8.87B
Short-term investments	$359M	$1.08B	$2.69B	$2.67B	$2.85B	$2.54B	$2.16B	$1.08B	$370M	$548M
Receivables	$3.29B	$3.29B	$3.07B	$2.92B	$3.4B	$3.12B	$3.37B	$3.47B	$3.52B	$5.16B
Inventory	$2.94B	$3.47B	$3.45B	$3.46B	$3.92B	$5.44B	$6.21B	$6.66B	$5.86B	$6.97B
Other current assets	$1.03B	$1.47B	$1.68B	$836M	$990M	$938M	$1.22B	$0	$1.82B	-$891M
Current assets	$15.1B	$19.2B	$20.9B	$17.3B	$20.9B	$24.4B	$19B	$21.5B	$19.1B	$21.6B
Property, plant & equipment (net)	$58.9B	$62.1B	$56.4B	$57.4B	$62.9B	$64.9B	$64.7B	$66.5B	$69.1B	$84.3B
Long-term investments	$4.96B	$3.66B	$2B	$1.94B	$1.74B	$1.49B	$1.54B	$5.59B	$4.99B	$7.58B
Goodwill	$951M	$1.04B	$912M	$922M	$946M	$879M	$826M	$797M	$727M	$2.95B
Intangible assets	$3.28B	$3.12B	$2.78B	$2.64B	$2.76B	$2.83B	$3.65B	$2.41B	$2.24B	$5.23B
Deferred tax assets	$3.73B	$3.4B	$3.14B	$3.1B	$3.39B	$3.38B	$2.77B	$3.62B	$4.02B	$4.29B
Other non-current assets	$2.41B	$3.25B	$4.86B	$4.53B	$4.83B	$4.96B	$4.26B	$3.15B	$2.56B	$2.18B
Non-current assets	$74.2B	$76.6B	$70B	$70.5B	$76.5B	$78.5B	$77.8B	$82B	$83.7B	$107B
Total assets	$89.3B	$95.7B	$90.9B	$87.8B	$97.4B	$103B	$96.7B	$104B	$103B	$128B
Liabilities
Accounts payable	$2.79B	$3.26B	$3.18B	$2.86B	$3.12B	$3.41B	$3.27B	$3.27B	$3.2B	$10.1B
Accrued expenses	$2.21B	$2.57B	$2.35B	$2.55B	$2.92B	$3.24B	$3.49B	$1.35B	$1.28B	$473M
Short-term debt	$696M	$548M	$1.07B	$720M	$351M	$812M	$923M	$1.17B	$180M	$733M
Taxes payable	$764M	$1.99B	$1.84B	$1.87B	$1.85B	$1.41B	$223M	$1.41B	$1.21B	$0
Deferred revenue	$2.11B	$3.38B	$3.19B	$200M	$344M	$399M	$333M	$280M	$0	$0
Other current liabilities	$3.6B	$4.95B	$4.19B	$4.39B	$4.59B	$4.4B	$3.54B	$6.13B	$7.43B	$2.48B
Current liabilities	$9.4B	$11.3B	$10.9B	$11.1B	$11.6B	$12.6B	$11.6B	$12.7B	$11.7B	$14.9B
Long-term debt	$16.9B	$14.6B	$12.4B	$12.1B	$12.3B	$11.4B	$10.1B	$12.2B	$12.3B	$21.2B
Lease obligations (non-current)	$24M	$49M	$39M	$1.01B	$945M	$1.04B	$908M	$1.01B	$1.06B	$1.06B
Deferred revenue (non-current)	$325M	$331M	$252M	$214M	$204M	$205M	$114M	$103M	$118M	$428M
Deferred tax liabilities	$3.12B	$3.63B	$3.67B	$3.22B	$3.24B	$3.5B	$3.6B	$2.58B	$2.64B	$4.09B
Other non-current liabilities	$17.2B	$18.6B	$13.9B	$14.9B	$17.2B	$17.6B	$18.1B	$18.6B	$17B	$19.4B
Non-current liabilities	$34.1B	$33.3B	$30.3B	$31.4B	$33.9B	$33.7B	$32.9B	$34.5B	$33.1B	$46.1B
Total liabilities	$43.5B	$44.6B	$41.1B	$42.6B	$45.5B	$46.3B	$44.5B	$47.2B	$44.8B	$61.1B
Equity
Common stock & paid-in capital	$4.14B	$4.36B	$3.69B	$3.66B	$3.99B	$3.78B	$3.54B	$3.58B	$3.27B	$3.51B
Retained earnings	$21.6B	$23.8B	$27B	$23.4B	$26.8B	$33.3B	$34.5B	$38.4B	$42.5B	$46.6B
Accumulated other comprehensive income	-$50.9B	-$56.1B	-$50B	$9.18B	$12B	$10B	$7.81B	$8.33B	$5.11B	$7.79B
Shareholders' equity	$39.3B	$44.7B	$43.7B	$40.5B	$47.1B	$51.4B	$50.2B	$54.6B	$55.2B	$62.2B
Debt
Total debt (incl. leases)	$18.4B	$16.1B	$13.9B	$14.7B	$14B	$13.5B	$12.3B	$14.4B	$13.9B	$23.5B
Net debt (debt - cash)	$10.2B	$5.5B	$3.15B	$6.69B	$3.63B	$724M	$5.5B	$4.68B	$7.03B	$14.6B

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Data as of 2026-11-01