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Rentokil Initial Plc. ADR (NYSE: RTO) closed the day trading at $23.16 down -2.65% from the previous closing price of $23.79. In other words, the price has decreased by -$2.65 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.56 million shares were traded. RTO stock price reached its highest trading level at $23.37 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $23.11.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of RTO, let’s look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 10.03 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 17.42. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.72 and its Current Ratio is at 0.81. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.97 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.67.
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 12089219072 and an Enterprise Value of 63528357888. As of this moment, Rentokil’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 29.93, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 15.95. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 5.57. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 1.68 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 2.20. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 11.687 whereas that against EBITDA is 64.041.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for RTO is 0.93, which has changed by -0.24115336 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.10500872 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, RTO has reached a high of $34.07, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $19.60. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -1.90%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -4.51%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, RTO traded about 750.69K shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, RTO traded about 734110 shares per day. A total of 502.93M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 502.79M. Insiders hold about 0.03% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 13.08% stake in the company. Shares short for RTO as of 1749772800 were 1561293 with a Short Ratio of 2.08, compared to 1747267200 on 1047077. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 1561293 and a Short% of Float of 0.32.
Dividends & Splits
RTO’s forward annual dividend rate is 0.59, up from 0.091 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.0038251365The 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 2025-04-04 with an ex-dividend date of 1743724800. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2001-11-16 when the company split stock in a 2:1 ratio.
