Rentokil Initial Valuation

Is RTO undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

1/6

Valuation Score 1/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of RTO when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: RTO (€24.2) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€27.46)

Significantly Below Fair Value: RTO is trading below fair value, but not by a significant amount.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for RTO?

Key metric: As RTO is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for RTO. This is calculated by dividing RTO's market cap by their current earnings.
What is RTO's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio25.8x
EarningsUK£392.00m
Market CapUK£10.11b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does RTO's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for RTO vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average22.1x
BFSA Befesa
14.4x29.6%€778.8m
GBF Bilfinger
6.9x2.3%€1.6b
TTEK Tetra Tech
33.4x12.5%US$11.0b
CLH Clean Harbors
33.6x12.0%US$14.0b
RTO Rentokil Initial
25.8x15.7%€10.1b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: RTO is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (25.8x) compared to the peer average (21.9x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does RTO's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Commercial Services Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
RTO 25.8xIndustry Avg. 15.0xNo. of Companies12PE01020304050+
0 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: RTO is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (25.8x) compared to the European Commercial Services industry average (14.9x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is RTO's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

RTO PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio25.8x
Fair PE Ratio17.7x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: RTO is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (25.8x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (17.7x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

Analyst Forecast: Insufficient data to show price forecast.


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