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Rentokil Initial (LSE:RTO) 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % : 2.11 (As of Apr. 28, 2024)


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What is Rentokil Initial 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %?

Rentokil Initial's yield on cost for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 2.11.


The historical rank and industry rank for Rentokil Initial's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % or its related term are showing as below:

LSE:RTO' s 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.83   Med: 1.31   Max: 2.26
Current: 2.11


During the past 13 years, Rentokil Initial's highest Yield on Cost was 2.26. The lowest was 0.83. And the median was 1.31.


LSE:RTO's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % is ranked worse than
72.4% of 587 companies
in the Business Services industry
Industry Median: 3.57 vs LSE:RTO: 2.11

Competitive Comparison of Rentokil Initial's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %

For the Specialty Business Services subindustry, Rentokil Initial's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %, along with its competitors' market caps and 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Rentokil Initial's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, Rentokil Initial's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Rentokil Initial's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % falls into.



Rentokil Initial 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Calculation

Dividend Yield % and dividend growth of a stock is an important factor for income investors. But if company A raises its dividend constantly faster than company B, company A's future dividend yield might be much higher than Company B's even if their yields are the same now and their stock prices do not change.

Yield on Cost assumes that you buy and the stock today, and hold it for 5 years. If the company raises it dividends at the same rate as it did over the past 5 years, the dividends investors receive annually in 5 years relative to the stock price today.

Therefore, Yield-on-Cost of Rentokil Initial is calculated as

Yield-on-Cost=Dividend Yield %*(1+Dividend Growth Rate)^5

Rentokil Initial  (LSE:RTO) 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Explanation

Of course the risk here is that the company may not raise its dividends as it did before. The key is to select the companies that can consistently raise its dividends. Usually companies with long history of raising dividends tend to do so.


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Rentokil Initial (LSE:RTO) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
Manor Royal, Compass House, Crawley, West Sussex, GBR, RH10 9PY
Rentokil Initial is a leading global provider of route-based pest-control and commercial hygiene services, operating in 83 countries. The group also offers a range of specialist route-based services including office and commercial space plant care, property care, and workwear rentals. The group has a diverse client base that includes global food producers, hotel chains, industrial goods businesses, restaurants, and individual residential customers.

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