JPMorgan cuts target for Rio Tinto stock to GBp 7,950.00

Published on 10/14/2026 at 14:58 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWS

Yield stood at 0.05 percent on October 14. Rio Tinto stock trades at EUR 82.84 on October 14, 2026, down 0.36 percent versus Xetra's October 13 close.

Analyst target and valuation

On October 13, 2026, JPMorgan lowered its Rio Tinto target from GBp 8,100.00 to GBp 7,950.00.
Dividend yield stood at 0.05 percent on October 14, 2026.
Rio Tinto stock cost EUR 82.84 at Lang & Schwarz on October 14, 2026 at 2:41 p.m. CEST, down 0.36 percent versus the Xetra close of October 13, 2026.
Rio Tinto had a price-to-earnings ratio of 12.49 on October 14, 2026.

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JPMorgan cut its Rio Tinto target from GBp 8,100.00 to GBp 7,950.00 on October 13, 2026, while keeping a Neutral rating, according to BÖRSE ONLINE. The new target lies 14.13 percent above the LSE price of GBp 6,966.00, based on the October 14, 2026 quote. Rio Tinto was trading at EUR 82.84 at Lang & Schwarz on October 14, 2026 at 2:41 p.m. CEST, down 0.36 percent versus the Xetra close of October 13, 2026 at EUR 83.14.

Target cut leaves a 14.13 percent gap

The JPMorgan decision reduces the target by GBp 150.00, or 1.85 percent, from the previous GBp 8,100.00. The note cited limited Chinese policy support for fixed-asset investment in the current and following quarter, according to BÖRSE ONLINE. For the stock, the target change matters less than the remaining gap between GBp 6,966.00 and GBp 7,950.00.

Price stays below the yearly high

Rio Tinto's LSE quote was GBp 6,966.00 at 2:57 p.m. CEST on October 14, 2026, with a daily change of minus 0.44 percent in the home-market quotation. The 52-week range was GBp 4,970.50 to GBp 9,117.00, placing the quote 23.60 percent below the high and 40.15 percent above the low.

On October 14, 2026, Rio Tinto published its third-quarter production review, according to Rio Tinto. The review kept 2026 production guidance unchanged across the listed commodities.

Valuation remains measurable

The finance snapshot for Rio Tinto's LSE listing showed a price-to-earnings ratio of 12.49 and a dividend yield of 0.05 percent on October 14, 2026. Trading volume was 784,636 shares against an average volume of 2,773,410 shares, so the session's turnover stood at 28.28 percent of that average.

Comparison with peers

Rio Tinto: minus 0.36 percent, P/E 12.49, dividend yield 0.05 percent.
BHP Group (LSE, GBp): plus 0.16 percent, P/E 22.01, dividend yield 0.04 percent.
Glencore (LSE, GBp): plus 0.65 percent, P/E 17.44, dividend yield 0.03 percent.

Price and target in view

The central market contrast is clear: Rio Tinto's LSE price of GBp 6,966.00 sits below JPMorgan's GBp 7,950.00 target, while the euro quote remains below the October 13 Xetra close. The further course of trading is shown by the continuously updated real-time quote of Rio Tinto stock.