Metric Deep Dive: Understanding Rentokil Initial Plc. ADR (RTO) Through its Ratios

Kiel Thompson

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After finishing at $24.34 in the prior trading day, Rentokil Initial Plc. ADR (NYSE: RTO) closed at $23.99, down -1.44%. In other words, the price has decreased by -$1.44 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.51 million shares were traded. RTO stock price reached its highest trading level at $24.425 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $23.981.

Ratios:

Our goal is to gain a better understanding of RTO by taking a closer look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 7.14 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 16.07. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 1.03 and its Current Ratio is at 1.12. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 1.15 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.87.

Valuation Measures:

Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, RTO now has a Market Capitalization of 12178563072 and an Enterprise Value of 64893779968. As of this moment, Rentokil’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 36.44, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 16.89. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 8.08. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 1.74 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 2.29. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 11.726 whereas that against EBITDA is 67.387.

Stock Price History:

The Beta on a monthly basis for RTO is 0.95, which has changed by -0.069072545 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.16333759 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, RTO has reached a high of $27.37, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $19.60. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -2.09%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -0.31%.

Shares Statistics:

The stock has traded on average 803.29K shares per day over the past 3-months and 578920 shares per day over the last 10 days, according to various share statistics. A total of 503.15M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 502.79M. Insiders hold about 0.03% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 12.79% stake in the company. Shares short for RTO as of 1756425600 were 3519637 with a Short Ratio of 4.38, compared to 1753920000 on 2237238. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 3519637 and a Short% of Float of 0.72000003.

Dividends & Splits

In the trailing 12 months, RTO’s forward annual dividend rate was 0.088, compared to 0.66 this year. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.0036154478. The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 1.23. The current Payout Ratio is 66.16% for RTO, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-08-15 with an ex-dividend date of 2025-08-15. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2001-11-16 when the company split stock in a 2:1 ratio.

Earnings Estimates

Analysts are recommending an EPS of between $1.34 and $1.28 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of $1.31. EPS for the following year is $1.42, with 2.0 analysts recommending between $1.43 and $1.41.

Revenue Estimates

A total of 13 analysts have provided revenue estimates for RTO’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $5.68B, while the lowest revenue estimate was $5.08B, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $5.25B. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $5.44BBased on 13 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $5.41B in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $5.8B and the low estimate is $5.27B.

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