Sally Johnson Buys 3,567 Shares of Rentokil Initial plc (LON:RTO) Stock

Rentokil Initial plc (LON:RTO - Get Free Report) insider Sally Johnson acquired 3,567 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, June 2nd. The stock was bought at an average cost of GBX 351 ($4.77) per share, for a total transaction of £12,520.17 ($17,001.86).

Rentokil Initial Stock Performance

RTO traded down GBX 1.14 ($0.02) during midday trading on Thursday, reaching GBX 349.96 ($4.75). The company's stock had a trading volume of 2,817,577 shares, compared to its average volume of 12,247,858. The stock has a market cap of £8.77 billion, a P/E ratio of 22.45, a PEG ratio of 0.56 and a beta of 0.55. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of GBX 344.79 and a 200 day simple moving average of GBX 372.42. The company has a current ratio of 1.04, a quick ratio of 1.76 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 113.35. Rentokil Initial plc has a twelve month low of GBX 306 ($4.16) and a twelve month high of GBX 517.60 ($7.03).

Rentokil Initial (LON:RTO - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Thursday, March 6th. The company reported GBX 21.25 ($0.29) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Rentokil Initial had a return on equity of 9.50% and a net margin of 7.25%. Research analysts expect that Rentokil Initial plc will post 25.8725561 earnings per share for the current year.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Separately, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft cut their price objective on Rentokil Initial from GBX 485 ($6.59) to GBX 465 ($6.31) and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, March 7th.

About Rentokil Initial

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.