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EMX vs RIO

Side-by-side comparison of EMX Royalty Corporation (EMX) and Rio Tinto Plc (RIO): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • Both EMX and RIO operate in Metal Mining (Basic Materials), so they compete in similar markets.
  • RIO is the larger of the two at $126.47B, about 603.2x EMX ($209.7M).
  • Over the past year, EMX is up 70.4% and RIO is up 70.9% - RIO leads by 0.5 points.
  • RIO has hit the wire 2 times in the past 4 weeks while EMX has been quiet.
  • RIO has more recent analyst coverage (25 ratings vs 2 for EMX).
PerformanceEMX+70.37%RIO+25.80%
2025-06-09+0.00%2025-11-12
MetricEMXRIO
Company
EMX Royalty Corporation
Rio Tinto Plc
Price
$4.14+2.10%
$101.34+0.66%
Market cap
$209.7M
$126.47B
1M return
-13.57%
-1.75%
1Y return
+70.37%
+70.88%
Industry
Metal Mining
Metal Mining
Exchange
AMEX
NYSE
IPO
2002
News (4w)
0
2
Recent ratings
2
25
EMX

EMX Royalty Corporation

EMX Royalty Corporation engages in the acquisition, exploration, and evaluation of metals and mineral properties. It explores for gold, silver, platinum, palladium, copper, lead, zinc, nickel, cobalt, volcanogenic massive sulfide, molybdenum, and iron deposits. The company's royalty and exploration portfolio primarily consist of properties in North America, Turkey, Europe, Haiti, Australia, and New Zealand, as well as Sweden and Norway. The company was formerly known as Eurasian Minerals Inc. and changed its name to EMX Royalty Corporation in July 2017. EMX Royalty Corporation is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

RIO

Rio Tinto Plc

Rio Tinto Group engages in exploring, mining, and processing mineral resources worldwide. The company offers aluminum, copper, diamonds, gold, borates, titanium dioxide, salt, iron ore, and uranium. It also owns and operates open pit and underground mines, mills, refineries, smelters, power stations, and research and service facilities. The company was founded in 1873 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.