Rentokil Initial plc (RTO)
Industrials · NYQ
Price as at 1 Oct 2026, 02:39 UTC. Quotes are delayed.
Fundamentals
Valuation and ratings
Rentokil Initial plc trades at $19.75, close to the $21.94 our fair value estimate puts on the business. On this measure the market and the model broadly agree, so the interesting question is which of them is wrong.
Our moat model scores it 29 out of 100, which is little in the way of a moat. A moat is a structural reason competitors cannot take the profits away, and it matters more to a long holding period than any single quarter's numbers do.
It changes hands at 52.2 times earnings. Be careful reading that in isolation: for a cyclical business a low P/E arrives at the top of the cycle, when profits are peaking and about to fall, which is exactly when the shares look cheapest and are not.
RTO dividend history
Dividends per share by year
| Year | Total per share | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | $0.636 | 2 |
| 2025 | $0.656 | 2 |
| 2024 | $0.581 | 2 |
| 2023 | $0.494 | 2 |
| 2022 | $0.430 | 2 |
| 2021 | $0.521 | 2 |
| 2019 | $0.298 | 2 |
| 2018 | $0.276 | 2 |
| 2017 | $0.224 | 2 |
| 2016 | $0.213 | 2 |
| 2015 | $0.204 | 2 |
Split-adjusted amounts in the listing currency, grouped by the calendar year of the ex-dividend date, from the filed record. Growth and streak figures compare complete years only.
RTO earnings and analyst estimates
Recommendation mix, 4 published ratings
Estimates are the published analyst consensus and move often. An earnings date is scheduled, not certain, and a share tends to reprice most violently on the day itself.
About Rentokil Initial plc
Rentokil Initial plc, together with its subsidiaries, provides route-based services in North America, Europe, the United Kingdom, Asia, the Middle East, North Africa, Turkey, and Pacific. The company offers a range of pest control services for rodents, and flying and crawling insects, as well as other forms of wildlife management. It provides hygiene services, including the provision and maintenance of products, such as soap and hand sanitizer dispensers, hand dryers, air care and purification, cubicle and surface sanitizers, feminine hygiene units, toilet paper dispensers, and floor protection mats. In addition, the company engages in the supply and laundering of garments for commercial organizations. Further, the company provides a range of specialist cleaning services, such as graffiti removal, deep cleaning of kitchens and washrooms, trauma cleaning, and flood or fire damage cleaning, as well as specialist deep cleaning services. Rentokil Initial plc was founded in 1903 and is headquartered in Crawley, the United Kingdom.
Company profile, industry and headcount are as reported by our data provider and can lag a company's own filings by a reporting period. The annual report is the authority.
RTO passes 2 of our 30 screens today
Each screen prints the exact criteria it used, and the circumstances in which it is wrong.
Super investor ownership
4 of the funds we track reported a position in their latest SEC 13F filing. Largest first:
- Diamond Hill, Diamond Hill Capital Management, LLC (Investment Advisor)$29.67M · 0.2% of book
- Parnassus Investments, PARNASSUS INVESTMENTS, LLC$25.79M · 0.1% of book
- Ken Griffin, CITADEL ADVISORS LLC$766.3K · 0.0% of book
- Cliff Asness, AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC$628.6K · 0.0% of book
A word of warning on reading these figures: a 13F reports the market value of a holding, so a fund that traded nothing at all still appears to have sold when the price fell. We found 102 companies where the standard reading gives the opposite answer. Only the share count is honest.
Politician trades in RTO
Trades in RTO disclosed by members of Congress and executive-branch officials, latest first:
- Alan Armstrong · SenateBuy · $1,001 - $15,000 · traded 30 Mar 2026 · disclosed 21 Jul 2026
- Daniel Goldman · HouseSell · $15,001 - $50,000 · traded 10 Jul 2023 · disclosed 13 Aug 2023
- Daniel Goldman · HouseBuy · $1,001 - $15,000 · traded 31 Mar 2023 · disclosed 17 Apr 2023
- Daniel Goldman · HouseSell · $15,001 - $50,000 · traded 27 Feb 2023 · disclosed 20 Mar 2023
A disclosure reports a value band, not an amount, and is due up to 45 days after the trade; some arrive later. Every filer we track, each with their own page, is on the Congress trading tracker.
RTO peers
The largest companies in the same industry (Specialty Business Services), then in the same sector.
- RLXXF RELX PLC
- TRI.TO Thomson Reuters Corporation
- RBA RB Global, Inc.
- WTKWY Wolters Kluwer N.V.
- ARMK Aramark
- AMTM Amentum Holdings, Inc.
- UNF UniFirst Corporation
- FA First Advantage Corporation
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Common questions
Is Rentokil Initial plc (RTO) undervalued?
Against our fair value estimate of $21.94, RTO at $19.75 is 11% below fair value. That is one model's answer, not a recommendation. It is built from normalized earning power with growth capped deliberately low, which understates companies whose value is mostly future growth.
Which funds own RTO?
4 of the institutions we track reported a position in RTO in their most recent SEC 13F filing. A 13F is filed up to 45 days after quarter end, so it tells you what a fund held then, not what it holds now.
What is RTO's P/E ratio?
RTO trades at 52.2 times earnings. A low P/E is not automatically cheap: on a cyclical company it is usually a warning that earnings are at a peak.
Does Rentokil Initial plc (RTO) pay a dividend?
Yes. Rentokil Initial plc yields 2.09% at the current share price. It has paid $0.636 per share over the trailing twelve months. It has paid a dividend in each of the last 5 complete calendar years. A dividend is declared by the board and can be cut at any time; a yield is a fact about the current price, not a promise.
Where does SteadyShares get its RTO data?
Fundamentals for RTO come from company filings and exchange data, as listed on NYQ; institutional ownership comes from SEC 13F filings. The share price shown was last refreshed on 1 Oct 2026, 02:39 UTC and is delayed. Our data quality score for this company is 100/100, which is the share of the inputs behind our scores that were actually available rather than assumed. Metrics we do not hold are left out of the page rather than estimated.
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Data from company filings, exchange quotes and SEC EDGAR 13F disclosures. Quotes are delayed. Metrics we do not have are left out rather than estimated. Educational information, not financial advice.