RTORentokil Initial plc

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RyuScore

Seven criteria, each scored 0 to 100 on a published scale, weighted into one number.

RyuScore 38 out of 100, Below average
Today's price. Only valuation depends on it.

Below average. Rentokil Initial plc scores higher than 33% of the 1,794 companies Ryufin scores.

Carried by return on new capital and cycle position, held back by valuation and capital allocation.

Industrials median 53 · all companies 50

Valuation

26% of the score, 32% here after data gaps

0median 13

Rentokil Initial plc is valued at 31.3x its operating profit, including debt: past the 25 times where this criterion gives nothing.

25x
20x
15x
10x
6x
31.3x
Full points at 6x or less, none from 25xfull points

Return on capital

Taken out: its 18% is shared by the others

n/ano data

Fewer than three years of operating profit and capital on file.

Return on new capital

16% of the score, 20% here after data gaps

100median 49

For every dollar of operating profit earned over 5 years, yearly profit grew by 13 cents.

-5%
12%
13%
None at minus 5 cents, full points from 12 centsfull points

Capital allocation

14% of the score, 17% here after data gaps

0median 64

How management spends the money: shares bought back or issued, and whether assets grow faster than the business they serve.

Share countUp 6.3% a year over 5 years: new shares
0
5%
-3%
6.3%
0 pointsfull points

Cycle position

12% of the score, 15% here after data gaps

72median 62

Today's operating margin of 10% is 0.94x its normal 11%: close to its usual level. Normal is half the 5 year median, half the last four years, so a margin that has held is not taken for a peak.

2x
1.5x
1x
0.7x
0.9x
A trough earns points, a peak costs themfull points
Operating margin by year, against its normal level
6 years agonow 10%

Balance sheet

8% of the score, 10% here after data gaps

6median 50

What the debt weighs against the profit that has to carry it.

Net debt to EBITDANet debt with no operating cash profit.
0
Interest coverOperating profit covers interest 3x
12
1.5x
12x
2.8x
0 pointsfull points

Earnings quality

6% of the score, 7% here after data gaps

100median 90

Whether the reported profit arrives as cash, and whether the accounts show the usual signs of stretching.

Cash against profitOperating cash flow was 2.19x profit over 3 years
100
0.7x
1x
1.3x
2.2x
0 pointsfull points

How the RyuScore works

Each criterion earns 0 to 100 points on the scale drawn under it, and the RyuScore is their average weighted 26, 18, 16, 14, 12, 8 and 6. Scales bend in the company's favour between their ends, so an ordinary figure is never already near zero. For RTO, return on capital could not be measured from the filings, so it is taken out and the remaining weights scale up.

Built from the company's annual and quarterly filings with the SEC and today's share price. Banks, insurers and property trusts are not scored: their debt is their raw material, so these yardsticks mean something else there. Figures as of 2024-12-31, latest annual report FY2025.