Is RIO halal?
Rio Tinto Plc
Halal
Rio Tinto Plc passed every check under AAOIFI Shariah standard No. 21: no prohibited business activity, and all three financial ratios are within limits.
Checked: 15 October 2026
Exchange
NYSE
Price
90.32
Day
+0.12%
Market cap
$146.16B
Industry
Other Industrial Metals & Mining
Sector
Basic Materials
What the company does
Rio Tinto (UK/Australia) is a mining giant: iron ore (Pilbara — the main revenue), aluminium, copper (Oyu Tolgoi, Mongolia) and lithium (Arcadium acquisition). Its money comes from selling ore and metals.
What was checked
The AAOIFI standard has four steps: business activity first, then three financial ratios. Fail one and the stock is not halal.
Business activity
No prohibited activity
Interest-bearing debt / market cap
limit 30%
Interest-bearing debt $22.85B ÷ 36-month average market cap $106.98B = 21.4%
21.4%
Pass
Cash & investments / market cap
limit 30%
Cash + interest-bearing securities $11.21B ÷ 36-month average market cap $106.98B = 10.5%
10.5%
Pass
Non-compliant income / total revenue
limit 5%
Interest income $72.00M ÷ annual revenue $57.64B (2025) = 0.1%
0.1%
Pass
Figures from the company's filings (2026-06-30), USD. Market cap is a 36-month average (the S&P Shariah index approach), so a one-day price move does not flip the verdict. Today's market cap: $146.16B.
In the lists
- In the S&P 500
- Not in the S&P 500
- Among halal stocks
- 0.21% · #67 of 1454
- Held by funds
- SPWO 0.45%
- Dividend
- 5.00% · purify 0.1% · net 4.99%
Superinvestors
SEC 13F, 2026 Q3. Up to 45 days delayed.Held by 1 superinvestors · Average reported price: $94.93
- Dodge & Cox Funds$285K0.0%
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