Key Points
- Insider purchase: Sally Johnson bought 2,676 Rentokil Initial shares on March 16 at GBX 483 each, spending about £12,925.
- Analyst upgrades: UBS and Jefferies recently raised their ratings/targets (UBS to Buy, GBX 540; Jefferies to Buy, GBX 550), and the consensus is a "Moderate Buy" with five Buys, one Hold, one Sell and an average price target of GBX 450.71.
- Share price and valuation: Shares opened at GBX 482.70—near the one‑year high of GBX 493.90 and above the 50‑day (GBX 462.08) and 200‑day (GBX 426.38) moving averages—with a market cap of £12.14bn and a P/E of 37.61.
Rentokil Initial plc (LON:RTO - Get Free Report) insider Sally Johnson bought 2,676 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Monday, March 16th. The stock was bought at an average cost of GBX 483 per share, with a total value of £12,925.08.
Rentokil Initial Price Performance
Shares of LON RTO opened at GBX 482.70 on Wednesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 111.54, a current ratio of 1.16 and a quick ratio of 1.76. Rentokil Initial plc has a 1 year low of GBX 306 and a 1 year high of GBX 493.90. The company's 50-day moving average is GBX 462.08 and its 200 day moving average is GBX 426.38. The stock has a market capitalization of £12.14 billion, a P/E ratio of 37.61, a P/E/G ratio of 0.56 and a beta of 0.49.
Analyst Ratings Changes
RTO has been the topic of several research reports. UBS Group upgraded Rentokil Initial from a "neutral" rating to a "buy" rating and lifted their price target for the company from GBX 430 to GBX 540 in a research report on Thursday, March 12th. Jefferies Financial Group upped their target price on shares of Rentokil Initial from GBX 540 to GBX 550 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research report on Tuesday, March 10th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus reissued a "hold" rating and set a GBX 390 price target on shares of Rentokil Initial in a research report on Thursday, March 5th. Five analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, one has assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Rentokil Initial has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of GBX 450.71.
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Rentokil Initial Company Profile
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Rentokil Initial plc, together with its subsidiaries, provides route-based services in North America, the United Kingdom, rest of Europe, Asia, the Pacific, and internationally. It offers a range of pest control services for rodents, and flying and crawling insects, as well as other forms of wildlife management for commercial customers. The company 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.
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