Rentokil Initial plc offers route-based services in North America, the UK, the rest of Europe, Asia, the Pacific and internationally. The company is headquartered in Crawley, the United Kingdom.
| Revenue (TTM) | $7.13B |
| Gross Profit (TTM) | $999.00M |
| EBITDA | $1.25B |
| Operating Margin | 12.80% |
| Return on Equity | 5.97% |
| Return on Assets | 4.00% |
| Revenue/Share (TTM) | $14.12 |
| Book Value | $10.92 |
| Price-to-Book | 2.19 |
| Price-to-Sales (TTM) | 1.67 |
| EV/Revenue | 2.213 |
| EV/EBITDA | 12.66 |
| Quarterly Earnings Growth (YoY) | 4.20% |
| Quarterly Revenue Growth (YoY) | 6.70% |
| Shares Outstanding | $502.88M |
| Float | $495.92M |
| % Insiders | 0.05% |
| % Institutions | 15.41% |
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Rentokil Initial PLC (LSE:RTO) has had its price target raised by UBS after third-quarter trading showed better-than-expected stability in its key North American pest control business. The broker reiterated its 'buy' rating and increased its target to 390p from 370p, compared with a share price of 342p.
Rentokil Initial plc (RTO) Q3 2026 Sales/Trading Call Transcript
Rentokil Initial NYSE: RTO reported third-quarter revenue of $1.9 billion and organic growth of 3.4%, with Chief Executive Officer Mike Duffy describing the period as a “solid quarter” marked by progress on customer service, sales execution and business simplification.
Shares in Rentokil Initial PLC (LSE:RTO), the FTSE 100 pest control and hygiene group, rose 8% to 337.70p on Thursday morning, a gain of 23p from Wednesday's close of 314.70p, after it announced a $200 million share buyback. The buyback is expected to start imminently and be completed by the full-year results, following the agreed $230 million sale of SOLitude Lake Management to Bain Capital.
Rentokil Initial PLC (LSE:RTO), the pest control and hygiene services group, announced a $200 million share buyback on Thursday and reported third-quarter organic revenue growth of 3.4%, while confirming that it expects 2026 profit to be in line with current market expectations. Group revenue for the three months to 30 September rose 4.0% to $1,890 million, and the company expects full year profit to match current market expectations.
Rentokil announces $200 million buyback; quarterly revenue rises on improving North America business
Rentokil Initial PLC (LSE:RTO), the pest-control and hygiene services group, faces tighter pricing power and changing customer acquisition trends in the United States as weaker consumer demand weighs on the industry. Jefferies maintains a 'buy' rating on the shares with a 370p price target, implying a 17% upside from the 315.9p reference price in its 19 October research note.
Stifel has upgraded Rentokil Initial PLC (LSE:RTO), the pest-control and hygiene services group, to 'buy' from 'hold' as its valuation falls to a more than decade-low. The broker cut its price target slightly to 390p from 395p, but the new target represents about 30% upside from Rentokil's 299p closing price on 2 October.
Pest control and sanitation contracts renew whether markets cooperate or not, yet two of the three companies discussed here have lost nearly half their value this year while their customers keep paying.
Pest control and sanitation companies sell contracts that customers keep renewing even when share prices collapse, and two of these three stocks are down sharply this year while their retention numbers barely flinched.
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