RTORentokil Initial plc

$23.44

Is the business good?

How good a business is RTO?

Rentokil Initial plc earns 6.3% on the capital it employs against a 9.0% cost of capital, so growth costs more than it returns.

6.3%

Return on invested capital · cost of capital 9.0% · 2.7 points below what the capital costs: growth destroys value

Operating margin
10%

Operating margin · Specialty Business Services median 10% · fiscal year to FY2024

Cash conversion
1.65×

Cash conversion · 1.50× a year ago · every dollar of reported profit arrived as cash, and more

Share count, year on year
+0.04%

Share count, year on year · flat: no meaningful dilution

Operating margin by fiscal year
YearOperating margin
FY202010%
FY202112%
FY20228.5%
FY202312%
FY202410%
Details
Gross marginfiscal year to FY2024
84%
Operating marginfiscal year to FY2024
10%
Net marginfiscal year to FY2024
5.7%
Free cash flow margin
9.3%
Revenue, trailing twelve months
$5.44B
Free cash flow, trailing twelve months
$507M
Net income, trailing twelve months
$307M
Return on invested capitaloperating profit after tax ÷ debt + equity − cash
6.3%

Margins, capital and share counts from the statements as filed with the SEC; cash conversion from the cash flow statement.