Rentokil Initial Dividend yield

Rentokil Initial is part of Support Services business, which is part of Industrials industry. Rentokil Initial is a company from UK, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Rentokil Initial stock dividend

Rentokil Initial paid a total dividend of 202 million GBP last year, for a market value of 15,170 millions (Market Cap 15,156 millions). Rentokil Initial dividend per share is 0.08 GBP, and his stock market price 6.02 GBP.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Rentokil Initial has a dividend yield of 1.31%, lower than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from UK. It is also lower than average of Industrials industry. This low dividend yield might has several explanations: company overpriced, expanding their business,...

In addition, you should compare Rentokil Initial stocks dividend with other Support Services companies or other of the best UK dividend stocks list.

Rentokil Initial Dividend Payout

About the ability of Rentokil Initial to maintain his current dividend of GBP 0.08 per share, an amount that accounts for 1.31%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Rentokil Initial payout on ernings is currently 57.14%, which is higher than the market average, and companies of Industrials industry, which are 39.34% and 37.26% respectively. Both figures show that Rentokil Initial can have problems to keep with his present dividend yield.

The payout on earnings should be complemented with the payout on cash flow since it is this last amount the one which can be distributed to shareholders. Cash flow per share of Rentokil Initial is GBP 0.24 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of GBP 0.08, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Rentokil Initial, compared againt world market average, UK companies, Industrials industry and Support Services sector companies.

Rentokil Initial Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Rentokil Initial's dividend stock, both in percentage and in GBP, its Payout on Earnings and the number of shares (in case there is an split, number shares altered the dividend per share).

Year	Yield	GBP	Paypout	Shares*
Present	1.31%	0.08	57.14%	2,520
2022	1.32%	0.07	50.00%	2,509
2021	1.28%	0.07	46.67%	1,859
2020	0.00%	0.00	0.00%	1,854
2019	1.03%	0.05	0.00%	1,849
2018	1.20%	0.04	10.00%	1,843
2017	1.11%	0.04	33.33%	1,837
2016	1.42%	0.03	33.33%	1,829
2015	1.69%	0.03	18.75%	1,810

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Rentokil Initial dividend stock, and compare it with the average of UK stocks and that of the Support Services stocks.

Rentokil Initial Stock performance

Finally, last moth Rentokil Initial showed a return of -5.20% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -2.39% of Industrials firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 15.50% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for UK and Support Services firms.