ABM vs ROL vs RTO Stock Comparison

Abm Industries, Rollins and Rentokil Initial Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
ABM Abm Industries Inc /De/
$53.56 +7.5% 1M +17.9% 1Y
Market cap
$3.14B
P/E
19.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$9.15B
Div. yield
2.17%
Facility Services Industrials
6 wins
ROL Rollins Inc
$34.03 +13.3% 1M -39.5% 1Y
Market cap
$16.27B
P/E
31.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$3.99B
Div. yield
2.12%
Facility Services Industrials
5 wins
RTO Rentokil Initial Plc /Fi
$22.89 +10.8% 1M -22.0% 1Y
Market cap
$11.56B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
—
Div. yield
2.75%
Facility Services Industrials
1 win

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Abm Industries leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Abm Industries 6, Rollins 5, Rentokil Initial 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionABMROLRTOLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $3.14B $16.27B $11.56B ROL
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 19.0x 31.0x — ABM
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 14.1x 31.2x 16.0x ABM
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +6.0% +8.3% — ROL
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 1.8% 13.2% — ROL
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 6.8% 26.0% — ROL
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 3.8x 0.7x — ROL
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 2.17% 2.12% 2.75% RTO
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +17.9% -39.5% -22.0% ABM
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +4.1%/yr -0.5%/yr -11.2%/yr ABM
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 28.5% 30.1% 34.7% ABM
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 57/100 56/100 — ABM

Percentile Scorecard

ABMROLRTO

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisABMROLRTO
Valuation 89 #13 of 112 25 #84 of 112 –
Growth 64 #35 of 96 61 #38 of 96 –
Profitability 44 #51 of 91 97 #4 of 91 –
Financial Health 37 #79 of 125 61 #49 of 125 –
Shareholder Returns 52 #33 of 67 33 #45 of 67 38 #42 of 67
Overall 57 56 –
  • ABM ranked among 130 companies in Business Services
  • ROL ranked among 130 companies in Business Services
  • RTO ranked among 130 companies in Business Services

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodABMROLRTOSPY
1 month +7.5%+13.3%+10.8% -0.2%
3 months +8.8%-12.8%-20.5% +3.9%
6 months +32.4%-38.9%-31.5% +8.2%
Year to date +26.6%-43.3%-22.3% +12.9%
1 year +17.9%-39.5%-22.0% +12.3%
3 years +36.5%-5.7%-10.2% +87.4%
3 years, per year +10.9%-2.0%-3.5% +23.3%
5 years +22.3%-2.3%-44.8% +67.9%
5 years, per year +4.1%-0.5%-11.2% +10.9%
10 years +39.9%+149.3%+61.9% +261.1%
10 years, per year +3.4%+9.6%+4.9% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureABMROLRTOSPY
Volatility, 1Y 28.5%30.1%34.7% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 30.9%33.9%37.2% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.150.050.32 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.63-1.31-0.63 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -36.2%-54.8%-54.2% -25.4%
From 52-week high -0.9%-48.1%-33.7% -1.2%
52-week high $54.02$65.60$34.52 $779.14
52-week low $37.39$29.68$19.75 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleABMROLRTO
P/E now vs peer median 19.0xmedian 21.2x 31.0xmedian 21.2x —median 21.2x
P/S now vs peer median 0.3xmedian 0.9x 4.1xmedian 0.9x —median 0.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 11.0xmedian 11.9x 19.6xmedian 11.9x —median 11.9x
P/FCF now vs peer median 10.1xmedian 13.7x 24.2xmedian 13.7x —median 13.7x
P/B now vs peer median 1.8xmedian 2.4x 11.7xmedian 2.4x —median 2.4x
PEG now vs peer median -2.48median 1.00 3.25median 1.00 —median 1.00

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsABMROLRTO
Revenue $9.15B $3.99B –
Gross profit $1.09B $2.08B –
Operating income $321.50M $729.77M –
Net income $166.40M $526.12M –
Free cash flow $312.30M $671.82M –
EPS (diluted) $2.81 $1.10 –
Cash & equivalents $110.50M $129.05M $2.47B
Total debt $1.77B $2.69B -$1.94B
Shares (diluted) 59.30M 478.98M 507.00M
Enterprise value $2.73B $15.81B $5.08B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricABMROLRTO
P/E 19.0x 31.0x –
P/FCF 10.1x 24.2x –
P/Operating cash flow 7.7x 23.3x –
P/S 0.3x 4.1x –
P/B 1.8x 11.7x –
P/Tangible book 2.1x 20.3x –
EV/EBITDA 11.0x 19.6x –
EV/EBIT 14.9x 23.1x –
EV/Revenue 0.5x 4.2x –
EV/FCF 15.4x 25.1x –
EV/Operating cash flow 11.8x 24.2x –
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -2.48 3.25 –

Growth

14 metrics
MetricABMROLRTO
Revenue growth (1Y) 6.0% 8.3% –
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 4.5% 10.2% –
Gross profit growth (1Y) 1.5% 6.9% –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 2.0% 10.2% –
Operating income growth (1Y) 22.5% 1.8% –
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -5.6% 9.0% –
Net income growth (1Y) 43.6% 2.0% –
Net income CAGR (3Y) -11.2% 8.6% –
EPS growth (1Y) 52.0% 3.2% –
EPS CAGR (3Y) -7.7% 9.5% –
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 210.8% -0.6% –
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 22.7% 11.8% –
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 438.4% -0.5% –
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 21.6% 12.7% –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricABMROLRTO
Gross margin 12.0% 52.1% –
EBITDA margin 4.8% 21.6% –
Operating margin 3.5% 18.3% –
Pretax margin 2.4% 17.4% –
Net margin 1.8% 13.2% –
FCF margin 3.4% 16.8% –
Operating cash flow margin 4.5% 17.5% –
Return on equity 9.4% 37.3% –
Return on assets 3.0% 15.7% –
Return on invested capital 6.8% 26.0% –
Return on capital employed 7.6% 30.8% –
Asset turnover 1.6x 1.2x –
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 2.5x 1.3x –
Stock comp / revenue 0.4% 1.0% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricABMROLRTO
Debt / assets 31.7% 21.6% -13.4%
Debt / equity 1.0x 0.5x –
Net debt / EBITDA 3.8x 0.7x –
Debt / FCF 5.7x 1.1x –
Liabilities / assets 68.0% 58.6% –
Equity / assets 32.0% 41.4% –
Interest coverage 3.0x 20.1x –
Current ratio 1.4x 0.6x -683.2x
Quick ratio 1.3x 0.4x -411.8x
Cash ratio 0.1x 0.1x -411.8x
Altman Z-score 2.80 7.04 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricABMROLRTO
Dividend yield 2.2% 2.1% 2.8%
Net buyback yield 5.4% 2.2% –
Shareholder yield 7.5% 4.3% 2.8%
Payout ratio (earnings) 40.5% 66.8% –
Payout ratio (FCF) 21.6% 52.3% –
Dividend growth (1Y) 6.1% 10.0% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 6.1% 11.2% –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusABMROLRTO
Forward P/E 14.1xFY2026 31.2xFY2026 16.0xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $3.81FY2026 $1.09FY2026 $1.43FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +10.8%FY2026 0.0%FY2026 +10.9%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +19.9% +17.4% +2.1%
Revenue, next fiscal year $8.78BFY2026 $4.31BFY2026 $7.01BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +0.3%FY2026 +14.7%FY2026 +1.5%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +3.9% +5.2% +13.5%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersABMROLRTO
Held by institutions 99.6% 58.8% 15.4%
Institutions holding 306 828 287
Change in shares held, QoQ +4.4% +0.5% +5.9%
Institutions buying 193 416 161
Institutions selling 77 323 90
Buyers to sellers 2.51 1.29 1.79

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

ABMROLRTO
ABM 1.00 0.33 0.30
ROL 0.33 1.00 0.42
RTO 0.30 0.42 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, ABM, ROL and RTO?

Rollins (ROL) is the largest by market capitalisation: Abm Industries (ABM) $3.14B, Rollins (ROL) $16.27B, Rentokil Initial (RTO) $11.56B.

Which stock is cheaper, ABM, ROL and RTO?

Abm Industries (ABM) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Abm Industries (ABM) 19.0x, Rollins (ROL) 31.0x). On next year's consensus earnings, Abm Industries (ABM) is cheapest (Abm Industries (ABM) 14.1x, Rollins (ROL) 31.2x, Rentokil Initial (RTO) 16.0x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Rollins (ROL) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Abm Industries (ABM) +6.0%, Rollins (ROL) +8.3%.

Which company is more profitable?

Rollins (ROL) has the highest net margin (Abm Industries (ABM) 1.8%, Rollins (ROL) 13.2%). On return on invested capital, Rollins (ROL) leads (Abm Industries (ABM) 6.8%, Rollins (ROL) 26.0%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Abm Industries (ABM) returned the most: Abm Industries (ABM) +17.9%, Rollins (ROL) -39.5%, Rentokil Initial (RTO) -22.0%. Over five years, Abm Industries (ABM) compounded fastest (Abm Industries (ABM) +4.1%/yr, Rollins (ROL) -0.5%/yr, Rentokil Initial (RTO) -11.2%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Rentokil Initial (RTO) has the highest dividend yield: Abm Industries (ABM) 2.17%, Rollins (ROL) 2.12%, Rentokil Initial (RTO) 2.75%.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Abm Industries (ABM) has been the steadiest (Abm Industries (ABM) 28.5%, Rollins (ROL) 30.1%, Rentokil Initial (RTO) 34.7%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, ABM, ROL and RTO?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Abm Industries (ABM) leads on 6. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.