Rentokil Initial (#RTO) – agreement for sale of SOLitude, Vertex Aquatic Solutions division for $230m

Rentokil Initial (#RTO) – agreement for sale of France Workwear business for up to €410m Enterprise Value

Rentokil Initial (#RTO) – Q1 update, notes North America “slow first quarter with continued subdued lead flow”

Rentokil Initial (#RTO) – CFO Stuart Ingall-Tombs retiring, Paul Edgecliffe-Johnson to succeed

Rentokil Initial (#RTO) – Q3 organic revenue +2.6% YoY, notes an “integration review period” is to delay synergy delivery

Whilst chat about the “world’s smartest mousetrap” is striking, I am still not yet buying shares in Rentokil Initial

It is a busy Thursday (as usual). I still remain rather grumpy about the recent decision from the CEO of BT Group (BT.A) to exit the business, given he has still got loads of his promised job to do. Despite personally using the telecoms company across a bunch of such offerings, if its shares get back to a 150p plus level then I am selling out and moving on. And if you believe the bid rumours…then keep your fingers crossed. Instead, I am going to talk today about Rentokil Initial (RTO) and the world of rats, termites and much more.

Rentokil Initial – good news that I still haven’t required its pest-control services (and I am still not buying the shares either)

About six months ago I observed that Rentokil Initial (RTO), founded in 1925 as a pest-control business, was “almost perfectly in the middle of the 450-600p range over the last year”. And that it “need to be a bit cheaper to have another look…if you own the stock, then you have probably held it for ages and are very happy to do so, but there is no need to chase this one if you do not”. A bit like the FTSE 100, there has been just a bit of volatility since then but now we are kicking around a similar share price. Is there any need to change my thoughts from back in April, or not?

Rentokil Initial (#RTO) – notes Q3 revenue growth, maintains FY outlook

Rentokil solves a bunch of pest problems, but should you buy its shares?

Until I looked yesterday I never would have guessed that Rentokil Initial (RTO) - founded in 1925 as a pest-control business - now has a market cap of just shy of £10 billion, so if you have held the stock for the last decade or so then you would have done rather well. But what has gone has gone, so what should investors be thinking now about the “world’s leading commercial pest control services provider (and) the world’s leading commercial provider of plants and scenting” which now operates in nearly 90 different countries around the world?

Rentokil Initial (#RTO) – agreement for $6.7bn shares & cash acquisition of Terminix

Rentokil Initial (#RTO) – notes Q3 progress, in line with full-year guidance

Rentokil Initial (#RTO) – Q3 “ongoing revenue” +5.5% (+9.8% at constant exchange rates), “currently expect the outcome for the full year to be at least in line with expectations”

Rentokil looked expensive even before Covid-19, and far more so now - sell

Pest control and hygiene company, Rentokil Initial (RTO), wasn’t looking particularly strong even prior to the arrival of Covid-19 and was trading at a very racey valuation, in my opinion.

Rentokil Initial (#RTO) – “impact of the virus on our businesses to date has been varied”, cost actions including dividend cancellation

Rentokil Initial (#RTO) – acquisition of Florida Pest Control, price undisclosed

Rentokil Initial (#RTO) – Q3 update, “remain on track to meet expectations for the full year”

Rentokil (#RTO) – CMA notes concerns on purchase of Cannon Hygiene

Rentokil Initial (#RTO) – Q3 organic revenue +3.1% (H1: 2.5%), FY guidance unchanged

Rentokil Initial at 118p: can the fundamentals deliver a technical bounce?

Early last month, I pointed out that Rentokil Initial (RTO), the £2 billion plus market cap services support company, was not far from what looked like a potential one year trend support line. At 118p, according to my inspection of the share price chart, the share seems to have reached that support level. So will it bounce off it?

Rentokil - earnings need to improve to justify share price

Rentokil (RTO) the services company know to market wags (in the old fashioned sense of the world; nothing to do with the female consorts footballers) as the 'Royal Rat Catcher' has been rattling away and is now has the attention of an international investment bank which make a share to buy. It has risen 34% over the year when the FTSE 100 has gone up only 3.3%. Can it sustain this pace?