Rio Tinto (RTNTF) Short-term Investments (2016 - 2025)

Rio Tinto's (RTNTF) quarterly Short-term Investments came in at $574.0 million in Q4 2025, up 36.99% year-on-year from $419.0 million in Q4 2024, and up 36.99% quarter-over-quarter from $419.0 million in Q4 2024.

Rio Tinto (RTNTF) Short-term Investments (2016 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

Rio Tinto has disclosed Short-term Investments across 10 years of filings, most recently posting $574.0 million for Q4 2025.

  • Short-term Investments for Q4 2025 came in at $574.0 million, up 36.99% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 was $574.0 million (up 36.99% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $574.0 million, up 36.99% from the prior year.
  • Short-term Investments came in at $574.0 million for Q4 2025 at Rio Tinto, up from $419.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Short-term Investments ranged from a high of $2.5 billion in Q4 2021 to a low of $419.0 million in Q4 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Short-term Investments is $1.1 billion (2023), against an average of $1.4 billion.
  • Across the five-year window, Short-term Investments plunged 62.52% in 2024 and soared 36.99% in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Rio Tinto's Short-term Investments stood at $2.5 billion in 2021, then slipped by 15.06% to $2.2 billion in 2022, then tumbled by 48.24% to $1.1 billion in 2023, then plunged by 62.52% to $419.0 million in 2024, then jumped by 36.99% to $574.0 million in 2025.
  • The last three Short-term Investments figures came in at $574.0 million (Q4 2025), $419.0 million (Q4 2024), and $1.1 billion (Q4 2023), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr)
1 Elevra Lithium 556.97 Bn 556.92 Bn -
2 Bhp 421.29 Bn 411.77 Bn -
3 Skeena Resources 17.36 Bn 17.34 Bn -
4 Ioneer 10.78 Bn 10.76 Bn -
5 MP Materials 10.54 Bn 7.94 Bn 16.40 Mn
6 Iperionx 8.57 Bn 8.52 Bn -
7 Materion 4.58 Bn 4.57 Bn 81.84 Mn
8 Sigma Lithium 4.36 Bn 4.36 Bn 25.57 Mn
9 Americas Gold & Silver 4.00 Bn 3.87 Bn 16.76 Mn
10 Rio Tinto - - -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2025 574.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 419.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 1.12 Bn
Dec 31, 2022 2.16 Bn
Dec 31, 2021 2.54 Bn
Dec 31, 2020 2.85 Bn
Dec 31, 2019 2.67 Bn
Dec 31, 2018 2.69 Bn
Dec 31, 2017 9.52 Bn
Dec 31, 2016 7.25 Bn