Rio Tinto annual free cash flow
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Rio Tinto Free Cash Flow (FCF) History (RIO)
Rio Tinto reported $4.50B in free cash flow for fiscal 2025, a decrease of 24.77% from the previous fiscal year, with a free cash flow margin of 7.80%.
View full Rio Tinto company overviewRio Tinto free cash flow by year
| Fiscal year | Period ended | Free cash flow | Change | Growth | FCF margin |
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| 2025 | 2025-12-31 | $4.50B | −$1.48B | −24.77% | +7.80% |
| 2024 | 2024-12-31 | $5.98B | −$2.10B | −25.96% | +11.14% |
| 2023 | 2023-12-31 | $8.07B | −$1.31B | −13.96% | +14.94% |
| 2022 | 2022-12-31 | $9.38B | −$8.58B | −47.75% | +16.89% |
| 2021 | 2021-12-31 | $17.96B | $8.28B | +85.43% | +28.29% |
| 2020 | 2020-12-31 | $9.69B | $262.0M | +2.78% | +21.71% |
| 2019 | 2019-12-31 | $9.42B | $3.03B | +47.46% | +21.83% |
| 2018 | 2018-12-31 | $6.39B | −$3.01B | −32.03% | +15.77% |
| 2017 | 2017-12-31 | $9.40B | $3.95B | +72.42% | +23.49% |
| 2016 | 2016-12-31 | $5.45B | $755.0M | +16.07% | +16.14% |
| 2015 | 2015-12-31 | $4.70B | — | — | +13.49% |
Rio Tinto quarterly free cash flow
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Rio Tinto free cash flow growth trends
Over the last five reported fiscal years, free cash flow declined from $9.69B to $4.50B, a compound annual decline of 14.23%.
About the metric
What free cash flow means
Free cash flow is the cash a company generates from operations after capital expenditures. Positive FCF can fund dividends, buybacks, debt repayment, or reinvestment; negative FCF means capital spending exceeded operating cash flow for that period.
Calculation and source
How free cash flow is calculated
TickerStat calculates free cash flow as SEC-reported operating cash flow minus capital expenditures. FCF margin equals free cash flow divided by revenue. Fiscal periods can differ from calendar years, so the tables include exact period-end dates.
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