GMTL vs RIO vs NUAI Stock Comparison

Guardian Metal Resources, Rio Tinto and New ERA Energy & Digital Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
RIO Rio Tinto Plc
$83.71 -11.4% 1M +18.7% 1Y
Market cap
$138.57B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
—
Div. yield
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Iron Ore Basic Materials
3 wins

Head to Head

3 decided of 12

Rio Tinto leads on 3 of the 12 questions below (Rio Tinto 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionGMTLRIONUAILeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $309.77M $138.57B $303.84M RIO
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -30.5x — -5.8x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 10.7x — –
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — — +65.4% –
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — — -4,382.5% –
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — — — –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — — 1.3x –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months — +18.7% -49.3% RIO
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years — +5.4%/yr — –
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 91.1% 30.7% 144.0% RIO
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers — — 23/100 –

Percentile Scorecard

GMTLRIONUAI

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisGMTLRIONUAI
Valuation 29 #115 of 162 – 2 #97 of 99
Growth – – 18 #80 of 97
Profitability – – 1 #95 of 96
Financial Health 95 #9 of 165 22 #129 of 165 91 #10 of 102
Shareholder Returns – 98 #3 of 107 4 #73 of 76
Overall – – 23
  • GMTL ranked among 176 companies in Metals and Mining
  • RIO ranked among 176 companies in Metals and Mining
  • NUAI ranked among 103 companies in Oil and Gas Upstream

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodGMTLRIONUAISPY
1 month -48.0%-11.4%-57.9% -0.8%
3 months -53.2%-9.0%-37.9% +3.5%
6 months -74.3%-16.2%-25.7% +7.0%
Year to date —+4.6%+1.4% +12.2%
1 year —+18.7%-49.3% +13.0%
3 years —+31.3%-72.0% +86.3%
3 years, per year —+9.5%-34.6% +23.1%
5 years —+29.9%— +68.6%
5 years, per year —+5.4%— +11.0%
10 years —+144.7%— +258.0%
10 years, per year —+9.4%— +13.6%

Risk

MeasureGMTLRIONUAISPY
Volatility, 1Y 91.1%30.7%144.0% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 91.7%32.1%142.0% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 2.291.273.76 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y —0.61-0.34 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -76.4%-39.0%-97.2% -25.4%
From 52-week high -74.3%-25.3%-63.2% -1.8%
52-week high $20.64$112.04$8.06 $779.14
52-week low $4.88$67.89$2.37 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleGMTLRIONUAI
P/E now vs peer median -30.5xmedian 12.8x —median 12.8x -5.6xmedian 13.5x
P/S now vs peer median —median 3.1x —median 3.1x 266.1xmedian 2.1x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 7.0x —median 7.0x -6.2xmedian 5.9x
P/FCF now vs peer median -50.9xmedian 15.2x —median 15.2x -13.5xmedian 11.0x
P/B now vs peer median 3.3xmedian 2.1x 2.0xmedian 2.1x 2.3xmedian 1.5x
PEG now vs peer median —median 0.29 —median 0.29 —median 2.27

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsGMTLRIONUAI
Revenue – – $1.19M
Operating income – – -$45.06M
Net income – – -$53.93M
Free cash flow – – -$23.50M
EPS (diluted) – – $-0.53
Cash & equivalents $52.46M $8.87B $69.82M
Total debt – $16.90B $76.81M
Shares (diluted) 57.79M 1.63B 98.17M
Enterprise value $309.77M $99.07B $210.87M

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricGMTLRIONUAI
P/E -30.5x – -5.6x
P/FCF -50.9x – -13.5x
P/Operating cash flow – – -17.7x
P/S – – 266.1x
P/B 3.3x 2.0x 2.3x
P/Tangible book 5.8x 2.2x 2.3x
EV/EBITDA – – -6.2x
EV/EBIT – – -5.8x
EV/Revenue – – 218.9x
EV/FCF – – -11.1x
EV/Operating cash flow – – -14.5x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – – –

Growth

14 metrics
MetricGMTLRIONUAI
Revenue growth (1Y) – – 65.4%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – – –
Gross profit growth (1Y) – – –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – – –
Operating income growth (1Y) – – -221.9%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – – –
Net income growth (1Y) – – -187.5%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – – –
EPS growth (1Y) – – 52.2%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – – –
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – – -99.8%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – – –
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – – -140.5%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – – –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricGMTLRIONUAI
Gross margin – – –
EBITDA margin – – -3,505%
Operating margin – – -3,791%
Pretax margin – – -4,383%
Net margin – – -4,383%
FCF margin – – -1,977%
Operating cash flow margin – – -1,506%
Return on equity – – -69.4%
Return on assets – – -39.9%
Return on invested capital – – –
Return on capital employed – – -36.2%
Asset turnover – – 0.0x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – – 0.3x
Stock comp / revenue – – 1,269%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricGMTLRIONUAI
Debt / assets – – 8.7%
Debt / equity – 0.3x 0.1x
Net debt / EBITDA – – 1.3x
Debt / FCF – – -0.6x
Liabilities / assets 3.7% – 20.7%
Equity / assets 96.3% – 79.3%
Interest coverage – – -10.9x
Current ratio 15.3x 1.4x 14.2x
Quick ratio 14.8x 1.0x 11.6x
Cash ratio 14.4x 0.6x 11.4x
Altman Z-score – – 4.38

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricGMTLRIONUAI
Dividend yield – 5.6% –
Net buyback yield – – -50.2%
Shareholder yield – 5.6% -50.2%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusGMTLRIONUAI
Forward P/E – 10.7xFY2026 –
EPS, next fiscal year $-0.25FY2027 $7.84FY2026 $-0.63FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – +17.2%FY2026 –
EPS growth, the year after – +9.1% –
Revenue, next fiscal year $0.00FY2027 $67.58BFY2026 $740.74KFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY – +17.2%FY2026 -16.3%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after – -8.0% +975.3%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersGMTLRIONUAI
Held by institutions 10.6% 7.9% 51.4%
Institutions holding 47 968 128
Change in shares held, QoQ +16.7% -1.1% +309.7%
Institutions buying 36 504 105
Institutions selling 10 283 16
Buyers to sellers 3.60 1.78 6.56

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

GMTLRIONUAI
GMTL 1.00 0.37 0.33
RIO 0.37 1.00 0.31
NUAI 0.33 0.31 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, GMTL, RIO and NUAI?

Rio Tinto (RIO) is the largest by market capitalisation: Guardian Metal Resources (GMTL) $309.77M, Rio Tinto (RIO) $138.57B, New ERA Energy & Digital (NUAI) $303.84M.

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Rio Tinto (RIO) returned the most: Rio Tinto (RIO) +18.7%, New ERA Energy & Digital (NUAI) -49.3%. Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Rio Tinto (RIO) has been the steadiest (Guardian Metal Resources (GMTL) 91.1%, Rio Tinto (RIO) 30.7%, New ERA Energy & Digital (NUAI) 144.0%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, GMTL, RIO and NUAI?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Rio Tinto (RIO) leads on 3. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.