Rentokil Initial Valuation

Is RTO1 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 RTO1 when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: RTO1 (€4.82) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€5.47)

Significantly Below Fair Value: RTO1 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 RTO1?

Key metric: As RTO1 is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for RTO1. This is calculated by dividing RTO1's market cap by their current earnings.
What is RTO1's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio25.8x
EarningsUK£392.00m
Market CapUK£10.11b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does RTO1's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for RTO1 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
RTO1 Rentokil Initial
25.8x15.7%€10.1b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: RTO1 is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (25.8x) compared to the peer average (22x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does RTO1's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Commercial Services Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
RTO1 25.8xIndustry Avg. 15.0xNo. of Companies12PE01020304050+
0 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: RTO1 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 RTO1'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.

RTO1 PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio25.8x
Fair PE Ratio16.7x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: RTO1 is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (25.8x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (16.7x).


Analyst Price Targets

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

The above table shows the analyst RTO1 forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€4.82
€5.51
+14.2%
15.8%€7.42€4.31n/a17
Nov ’25€4.62
€5.51
+19.5%
15.8%€7.43€4.31n/a17
Oct ’25€4.35
€5.65
+29.7%
14.4%€7.38€4.28n/a17
Sep ’25€5.68
€6.57
+15.7%
12.1%€8.01€5.39n/a17
Aug ’25€5.45
€6.57
+20.7%
12.1%€8.01€5.39n/a17
Jul ’25€5.30
€6.51
+22.9%
15.5%€7.95€4.18n/a17
Jun ’25€4.82
€6.38
+32.2%
16.8%€7.85€4.13n/a17
May ’25€4.72
€6.38
+35.1%
16.8%€7.85€4.13n/a17
Apr ’25€5.49
€6.47
+17.9%
16.6%€7.88€4.38n/a16
Mar ’25€5.08
€6.33
+24.6%
18.9%€8.19€4.09n/a16
Feb ’25€4.70
€6.44
+37.2%
19.1%€8.18€4.09n/a16
Jan ’25€5.05
€6.94
+37.4%
15.9%€8.66€5.20n/a16
Dec ’24€4.92
€7.06
+43.4%
14.5%€8.63€5.18n/a16
Nov ’24€4.76
€7.25
+52.3%
12.1%€8.61€5.17€4.6216
Oct ’24€6.99
€7.62
+8.9%
10.4%€8.66€5.31€4.3516
Sep ’24€6.91
€7.69
+11.2%
10.4%€8.76€5.37€5.6816
Aug ’24€7.23
€7.65
+5.8%
10.3%€8.75€5.37€5.4517
Jul ’24€7.10
€7.39
+4.1%
10.5%€8.57€5.33€5.3017
Jun ’24€7.37
€7.33
-0.5%
10.5%€8.56€5.32€4.8217
May ’24€7.04
€7.10
+0.9%
9.9%€7.98€5.25€4.7218
Apr ’24€6.62
€6.89
+4.0%
10.1%€7.91€5.20€5.4918
Mar ’24€5.60
€6.61
+18.1%
11.6%€7.52€5.16€5.0817
Feb ’24€5.40
€6.67
+23.6%
12.0%€7.55€5.18€4.7017
Jan ’24€5.72
€6.95
+21.5%
9.2%€7.64€5.28€5.0516
Dec ’23€6.26
€6.95
+11.0%
9.2%€7.64€5.28€4.9216
Nov ’23€6.04
€6.98
+15.5%
9.8%€8.14€5.28€4.7616

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.


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