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RIO — structural market context

Rio Tinto plc

Structural market context from public regulatory and market data, shown with its as-of dates. Descriptive only: nothing on this page is a recommendation, a prediction, or advice to buy or sell any security.

What changed

As of the close on Oct 22. Each line shows the earlier value, the later value and their dates.

Price

Close $84.14 (Oct 22) vs $86.92 (Oct 21): −3.20%.

Volume

1.58× its 20-session average (2.3M) on Oct 22.

Includes pre- and post-market trading.

Short interest

Short interest 9.3M shares (settlement Sep 30) vs 9.8M (Sep 15).

No new publication in this window. Latest: settlement Sep 30, published Oct 10.

Analyst rating actions

None recorded in this window.

RIO events and their magnitude

Latest SEC filing in the event study

Shelf registration (S-3/F-3) · filed 2026-05-07 · View on sec.gov ↗

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RIO short interest & days to cover

SHARES SHORT
9.3M
% OF FLOAT
0.7%
DAYS TO COVER
5.2
CHANGE VS PRIOR
-4.9%

FINRA consolidated short interest, reported twice a month and published ~2 weeks after each settlement date. % of float uses reported free float. · as of 2026-09-30 (23d ago)

RIO fails-to-deliver (FTD)

Settlement dateFailed sharesPrice
2026-08-31 · 53d9K$103.3
2026-08-24 · 60d1K$105.3
2026-08-14 · 70d9K$98.2

SEC fails-to-deliver files, published twice a month with ~6 weeks of delay.

RIO analyst ratings

FirmActionRatingPublished
CitigroupholdNeutral2026-10-13
RBC CapitalupgradeSector Perform (from Underperform)2026-10-06
BernsteinholdOutperform2026-09-09
Bernsteinprice_target—2026-09-09
Morgan StanleyinitialiseUnderweight2026-08-24

Rating actions as published by the firms, from public feeds. They are not graded here.

Frequently asked questions

What is RIO's short interest?
As of the FINRA settlement date 2026-09-30, RIO had 9.3M shares sold short — 0.7% of its float, with 5.2 days to cover at average volume. FINRA publishes this data roughly two weeks after each twice-monthly settlement, so it is inherently delayed. A short-interest figure describes an aggregate position; it does not predict what the stock will do.
What do analysts say about RIO?
The most recent action: Citigroup hold to Neutral on 2026-10-13. Rating actions are shown as published by the firms; they are not graded here.
Is this page telling me to buy or sell RIO?
No. Everything on this page is descriptive, structural market context from public data, shown with its as-of dates. TradeAI News does not issue directional recommendations, price predictions, or buy/sell advice — for any ticker.
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