Rentokil Initial plc

RTO stock score: 48/100

$21.04 · -0.80% · Scored Oct 21, 2026

Technical
35
Fundamental
62
News
51

The reading

Rentokil Initial (RTO) scores 48 out of 100, which reads weak, higher than 33% of Industrials stocks and 37% of the 4,166 US stocks we score.

The composite is technicals and fundamentals weighted equally: technicals read 35, fundamentals 62.

Among the fundamentals, Price Target at 100 and Institutional Ownership at 100 score highest, while Price to Book Ratio at 0 weighs the most against it.

On the daily chart, trend-following indicators average 43 and contrarian oscillators 39.

News sentiment is neutral at 51; it is shown, not counted in the composite.

Since Jul 25, 2026 the composite has ranged from 45 to 73, and it is down 19 points over the period.

What’s driving the score

The strongest and weakest of the scorers that count toward RTO’s composite. Each returns 0–100, higher is more bullish — including metrics where low is good, like P/E.

Fundamental

62

Pulling it up

  • Price Target100

    Price target score compares the current stock price to analyst consensus targets.

  • Institutional Ownership100

    Institutional ownership measures the percentage held by professional investors.

  • Revenue Growth (Quarterly)93

    Quarterly revenue growth measures sales increase compared to the previous quarter.

Holding it back

  • Price to Book Ratio0

    Price-to-Book ratio compares market value to book value.

  • Earnings Estimates7

    Earnings estimates score evaluates analyst projections for future profitability.

  • Gross Margins9

    Gross margins show profitability after cost of goods sold.

37 weighted scorers; 4 had no data today and are left out rather than counted as zero.

Technical · daily

37

Pulling it up

  • Parabolic SAR (PSAR)100

    Parabolic SAR (Stop and Reverse) provides trailing stop levels that follow price trends.

  • Percentage Price Oscillator (PPO)98

    Percentage Price Oscillator shows the difference between two moving averages as a percentage.

  • Know Sure Thing (KST)93

    Know Sure Thing (KST) combines multiple rate-of-change calculations to identify long-term trend reversals.

Holding it back

  • Candlestick Patterns0

    Candlestick patterns recognize specific price formations that historically suggest continuation or reversal.

  • SMA 2000

    Simple Moving Average (200-period) is the most widely followed long-term trend indicator.

  • SMA 1000

    Simple Moving Average (100-period) provides a longer-term perspective on price trends.

62 weighted scorers; 3 had no data today and are left out rather than counted as zero.

News · shown, not counted

Global News
51

Technical score by timeframe

ChartScoreWeight
Hourly461
Daily373
Weekly252
Monthly332
Quarterly392

Composite score, last 90 days

05010048Jul 25, 2026Oct 21, 2026Jul 25, 2026: 67Jul 26, 2026: 67Jul 27, 2026: 71Jul 28, 2026: 71Jul 29, 2026: 73Jul 30, 2026: 67Jul 31, 2026: 64Aug 2, 2026: 50Aug 3, 2026: 50Aug 5, 2026: 50Aug 6, 2026: 50Aug 7, 2026: 48Aug 8, 2026: 48Aug 9, 2026: 47Aug 10, 2026: 48Aug 11, 2026: 48Aug 12, 2026: 48Aug 13, 2026: 49Aug 14, 2026: 47Aug 15, 2026: 47Aug 16, 2026: 48Aug 17, 2026: 47Aug 18, 2026: 48Aug 19, 2026: 48Aug 20, 2026: 48Aug 22, 2026: 48Aug 23, 2026: 48Aug 24, 2026: 49Aug 25, 2026: 48Aug 26, 2026: 48Aug 27, 2026: 48Aug 28, 2026: 49Aug 29, 2026: 49Aug 30, 2026: 49Aug 31, 2026: 48Sep 1, 2026: 51Sep 2, 2026: 50Sep 3, 2026: 48Sep 4, 2026: 49Sep 5, 2026: 49Sep 6, 2026: 49Sep 7, 2026: 49Sep 8, 2026: 48Sep 9, 2026: 46Sep 10, 2026: 46Sep 11, 2026: 47Sep 12, 2026: 47Sep 13, 2026: 47Sep 14, 2026: 47Sep 15, 2026: 46Sep 16, 2026: 46Sep 17, 2026: 46Sep 18, 2026: 46Sep 19, 2026: 46Sep 20, 2026: 46Sep 21, 2026: 47Sep 22, 2026: 47Sep 23, 2026: 48Sep 24, 2026: 47Sep 25, 2026: 46Sep 26, 2026: 46Sep 27, 2026: 46Sep 28, 2026: 46Sep 29, 2026: 46Sep 30, 2026: 45Oct 1, 2026: 46Oct 2, 2026: 47Oct 3, 2026: 47Oct 4, 2026: 47Oct 5, 2026: 47Oct 6, 2026: 46Oct 7, 2026: 46Oct 8, 2026: 48Oct 9, 2026: 48Oct 10, 2026: 48Oct 11, 2026: 48Oct 12, 2026: 48Oct 13, 2026: 48Oct 14, 2026: 47Oct 15, 2026: 51Oct 16, 2026: 49Oct 17, 2026: 50Oct 18, 2026: 50Oct 19, 2026: 49Oct 20, 2026: 49Oct 21, 2026: 48
Show the daily numbers
DateComposite
Oct 21, 202648
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Oct 18, 202650
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Oct 15, 202651
Oct 14, 202647
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Oct 1, 202646
Sep 30, 202645
Sep 29, 202646
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Sep 27, 202646
Sep 26, 202646
Sep 25, 202646
Sep 24, 202647
Sep 23, 202648
Sep 22, 202647
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Sep 20, 202646
Sep 19, 202646
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Sep 17, 202646
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Sep 14, 202647
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Sep 9, 202646
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Sep 4, 202649
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Sep 2, 202650
Sep 1, 202651
Aug 31, 202648
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Aug 28, 202649
Aug 27, 202648
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Aug 25, 202648
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Aug 17, 202647
Aug 16, 202648
Aug 15, 202647
Aug 14, 202647
Aug 13, 202649
Aug 12, 202648
Aug 11, 202648
Aug 10, 202648
Aug 9, 202647
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Aug 7, 202648
Aug 6, 202650
Aug 5, 202650
Aug 3, 202650
Aug 2, 202650
Jul 31, 202664
Jul 30, 202667
Jul 29, 202673
Jul 28, 202671
Jul 27, 202671
Jul 26, 202667
Jul 25, 202667

Key facts

Market cap
$10.6B
Sector
Industrials
Industry
Specialty Business Services
Beta
0.45
Risk grade (1–10)
—
Next earnings
Jul 30, 2026

Specialty Business Services peers

CompanyMarket capScore
GPN Global Payments$22.1B52
RBA RB Global$15.2B53
ULS UL Solutions$15.0B59
ARMK Aramark$14.7B59
DLB Dolby Laboratories$5.9B55
UNF UniFirst$5.0B58

Questions

What is RTO's stock score today?

RTO scores 48/100 (Weak) as of Oct 21, 2026: technical 35, fundamental 62, and news sentiment 51, which is shown but not counted. Scores are recomputed every night.

Is RTO a buy?

The score is not a buy or sell recommendation. A 48 says the technical and fundamental signals we measure lean weak today, relative to every other stock scored the same way. Use the breakdown above to see why, and treat it as a starting point for your own research.

How is the RTO score calculated?

99 weighted scorers feed it today: 37 fundamental, scored against Industrials ranges, and 62 technical on the daily chart, with 5 timeframes blended into the technical total. Every scorer returns 0–100; missing data is left out, never counted as zero.

Scores are information, not investment advice. Computed from Yahoo Finance, Finnhub and Alpha Vantage data; technical indicators via TA-Lib. Past scores do not predict future returns.