RTO vs OTIS Stock Comparison

Rentokil Initial and Otis Worldwide Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
RTO Rentokil Initial Plc /Fi
$22.60 +9.4% 1M -22.9% 1Y
Market cap
$11.42B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
—
Div. yield
2.79%
Facility Services Industrials
2 wins
OTIS Otis Worldwide Corp
$75.26 +14.1% 1M -18.2% 1Y
Market cap
$28.65B
P/E
19.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$14.91B
Div. yield
2.29%
Building Products Industrials
4 wins

Head to Head

6 decided of 12

Otis Worldwide leads on 4 of the 12 questions below (Otis Worldwide 4, Rentokil Initial 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionRTOOTISLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $11.42B $28.65B OTIS
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only — 19.0x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 15.8x 19.2x RTO
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — +5.2% –
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 10.2% –
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 69.7% –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 3.1x –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 2.79% 2.29% RTO
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -22.9% -18.2% OTIS
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -11.3%/yr -1.1%/yr OTIS
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 34.8% 22.8% OTIS
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers — 63/100 –

Percentile Scorecard

RTOOTIS

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

AxisRTOOTIS
Valuation – 74 #6 of 20
Growth – 50 #9 of 17
Profitability – 94 #2 of 17
Financial Health – 24 #17 of 22
Shareholder Returns 50 #11 of 21 71 #3 of 8
Overall – 63
  • RTO ranked among 64 companies in Business Services
  • OTIS ranked among 22 companies in Construction Products

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodRTOOTISSPY
1 month +9.4%+14.1% -0.8%
3 months -21.2%+2.8% +3.5%
6 months -32.5%-2.9% +7.0%
Year to date -23.3%-13.8% +12.2%
1 year -22.9%-18.2% +13.0%
3 years -11.3%-1.2% +86.3%
3 years, per year -3.9%-0.4% +23.1%
5 years -45.1%-5.6% +68.6%
5 years, per year -11.3%-1.1% +11.0%
10 years +54.3%— +258.0%
10 years, per year +4.4%— +13.6%

Risk

MeasureRTOOTISSPY
Volatility, 1Y 34.8%22.8% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 37.2%23.3% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.320.22 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.66-0.80 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -54.2%-39.6% -25.4%
From 52-week high -34.5%-19.6% -1.8%
52-week high $34.52$93.62 $779.14
52-week low $19.75$64.07 $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.

MultipleRTOOTIS
P/E now vs peer median —median 20.2x 19.0xmedian 18.2x
P/S now vs peer median —median 1.0x 1.9xmedian 1.1x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 12.3x 14.7xmedian 13.1x
P/FCF now vs peer median —median 22.6x 16.7xmedian 14.7x
P/B now vs peer median —median 1.7x -5.0xmedian 2.4x
PEG now vs peer median —median 1.83 2.57median 0.64

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 monthsRTOOTIS
Revenue – $14.91B
Gross profit – $4.52B
Operating income – $2.29B
Net income – $1.58B
Free cash flow – $1.71B
R&D – $154.00M
EPS (diluted) – $3.95
Cash & equivalents $2.47B $813.00M
Total debt -$7.31B $8.44B
Shares (diluted) 507.00M 383.50M
Enterprise value $4.93B $25.25B

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
MetricRTOOTIS
P/E – 19.0x
P/FCF – 16.7x
P/Operating cash flow – 15.3x
P/S – 1.9x
P/B – -5.0x
P/Tangible book – -4.7x
EV/EBITDA – 14.7x
EV/EBIT – 15.8x
EV/Revenue – 2.4x
EV/FCF – 21.2x
EV/Operating cash flow – 19.4x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – 2.57

Growth

14 metrics
MetricRTOOTIS
Revenue growth (1Y) – 5.2%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – 2.5%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 5.4%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 3.1%
Operating income growth (1Y) – 23.6%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 2.7%
Net income growth (1Y) – -0.7%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – 3.4%
EPS growth (1Y) – 3.4%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – 7.4%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – 25.7%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 9.5%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – 27.0%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 9.4%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricRTOOTIS
Gross margin – 30.3%
EBITDA margin – 16.5%
Operating margin – 15.4%
Pretax margin – 13.9%
Net margin – 10.2%
FCF margin – 11.5%
Operating cash flow margin – 12.5%
Return on equity – –
Return on assets – 14.5%
Return on invested capital – 69.7%
Return on capital employed – 87.2%
Asset turnover – 1.4x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 1.2x
Stock comp / revenue – 0.5%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricRTOOTIS
Debt / assets -13.4% 75.6%
Debt / equity – -1.5x
Net debt / EBITDA – 3.1x
Debt / FCF – 4.9x
Liabilities / assets – 151.5%
Equity / assets – -51.5%
Interest coverage – –
Current ratio -683.2x 0.8x
Quick ratio -411.8x 0.7x
Cash ratio -411.8x 0.1x
Altman Z-score – 2.87

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricRTOOTIS
Dividend yield 2.8% 2.3%
Net buyback yield – 3.7%
Shareholder yield 2.8% 6.0%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 41.7%
Payout ratio (FCF) – 38.4%
Dividend growth (1Y) – 4.4%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 9.4%

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.

ConsensusRTOOTIS
Forward P/E 15.8xFY2026 19.2xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $1.43FY2026 $3.91FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +10.9%FY2026 -3.5%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +2.8% +22.3%
Revenue, next fiscal year $7.00BFY2026 $16.18BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +1.3%FY2026 +12.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +13.9% -3.5%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersRTOOTIS
Held by institutions 15.4% 93.1%
Institutions holding 287 1,219
Change in shares held, QoQ +5.9% +3.6%
Institutions buying 161 561
Institutions selling 90 450
Buyers to sellers 1.79 1.25

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.

RTOOTIS
RTO 1.00 0.30
OTIS 0.30 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, RTO and OTIS?

Otis Worldwide (OTIS) is the largest by market capitalisation: Rentokil Initial (RTO) $11.42B, Otis Worldwide (OTIS) $28.65B.

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Otis Worldwide (OTIS) returned the most: Rentokil Initial (RTO) -22.9%, Otis Worldwide (OTIS) -18.2%. Over five years, Otis Worldwide (OTIS) compounded fastest (Rentokil Initial (RTO) -11.3%/yr, Otis Worldwide (OTIS) -1.1%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Rentokil Initial (RTO) has the highest dividend yield: Rentokil Initial (RTO) 2.79%, Otis Worldwide (OTIS) 2.29%.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Otis Worldwide (OTIS) has been the steadiest (Rentokil Initial (RTO) 34.8%, Otis Worldwide (OTIS) 22.8%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Do RTO and OTIS move together?

Their daily returns over the past year have a correlation of 0.30, a weak relationship. Holding both diversifies more than two closely linked stocks would.

Which is the better stock, RTO and OTIS?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Otis Worldwide (OTIS) leads on 4. 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.