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

Rentokil Initial plc (LON:RTO) insider Sally Johnson bought 3,567 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, June 2nd. The stock was acquired at an average price of GBX 351 ($4.75) per share, for a total transaction of £12,520.17 ($16,926.01).

Rentokil Initial Stock Performance

RTO stock opened at GBX 355.76 ($4.81) on Wednesday. The company has a quick ratio of 1.76, a current ratio of 1.04 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 113.35. The company has a market capitalization of £8.91 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 22.82, a P/E/G ratio of 0.56 and a beta of 0.55. Rentokil Initial plc has a 12 month low of GBX 306 ($4.14) and a 12 month high of GBX 517.60 ($7.00). The firm has a 50 day moving average of GBX 344.77 and a two-hundred day moving average of GBX 372.75.

Rentokil Initial (LON:RTO) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, March 6th. The company reported GBX 21.25 ($0.29) earnings per share for the quarter. Rentokil Initial had a net margin of 7.25% and a return on equity of 9.50%. As a group, equities analysts anticipate that Rentokil Initial plc will post 25.8725561 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Rentokil Initial Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, May 14th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, April 3rd were issued a GBX 5.93 ($0.08) dividend. This represents a yield of 1.78%. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, April 3rd. This is a positive change from Rentokil Initial’s previous dividend of $3.16. Rentokil Initial’s payout ratio is 57.73%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Separately, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft dropped their target price on shares of Rentokil Initial from GBX 485 ($6.56) to GBX 465 ($6.29) and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report 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.