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RTO

RENTOKIL INITIAL PLC
NYSE· Services-Management Services· Inc. X0· CIK 0000930157 Services
$22.89 +0.28 (+1.24%)
Oct 27 4:00 PM ET · prev $22.61
Market cap
$11.5B
Large cap
Median target
$30.95
+35% · range $25.90–35.00
1 year
−19.7%
from $28.50 · Oct 28
30 days
+11.7%
from $20.50
52-week range
$19.75–34.52
−34% from high · low Sep 30
Avg volume 20D
2.03M
shares / day
Short interest
3.14M
≈0.6% of shares · −3.2%
Days to cover
1.8
at average volume
New fund stakes
1
Q2 2026 13F · 1 exit
Reddit crowd
44°
Neutral · 5 mentions this week
Filing reports
13
analyzed by SecBot
SecBot read MIXED 11 reports · 90 days
Balance 1 bearish · 0 bullish · 10 neutral oldest → newest, height = score
Avg score ·High conf. 9/11
Strongest NEUTRAL Rentokil Initial reported Q3 2026 revenue of $1,890m (+4.0% constant currency) with Group organic revenue…
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Price

Daily candles with volume. Pins mark insider trades, rating changes, 13F stakes, reports, catalysts and short-interest jumps.

  • A Jul 7 Goldman Sachs upgrades
  • X Sep 15 Short interest jumps 26.6% to 3.29M

Signal stack

Where each data set points today.

  • InstitutionsBULLISH

    Q2 2026: 16 added (1 new), 8 trimmed or exited. Largest new: 1832 Asset Management $12.5M.

  • Short sellersSTEADY

    Short interest −3.2% to 3.14M shares. 1.8 days to cover, ≈0.6% of shares.

  • TrendUPTREND

    4% above its 50-day average.

  • SocialQUIET

    Crowd 44° (neutral) this week from 5 mentions: 0 bullish, 1 bearish. No setup call.

Who's buying

13F· Q2 2026
1
new positions
1
exit
$12.5M
in new stakes
FundMoveSharesValue
Diamond Hill Capital Management, LLC (Investment Advisor)ADD1,037,169$29.7M
Qube Research & Technologies LtdDOUBLED979,732$28.0M
PARNASSUS INVESTMENTS, LLCDOUBLED901,334$25.8M
CITIGROUP INCDOUBLED478,658$13.7M
1832 Asset Management L.P.NEW437,105$12.5M
JONES FINANCIAL COMPANIES LLLPTRIM407,824$11.8M
Quantinno Capital Management LPADD382,116$10.9M
Optiver Holding B.V.DOUBLED204,956$5.9M

Quarterly 13F filings are due 45 days after each quarter ends.

The Street

last action Jul 2026
12-month targets · 4 analysts

Price is below the lowest target. Median implies +35%.Targets as of Oct 28, 2026.

Recent actions
DateFirmActionRating
Jul 7, 2026Goldman Sachs
UPGRADE
UPGRADEBuy

Earnings setup

Estimates

Revision history: 🔒 Fresh data, subscribers only

PeriodEPS est.Range30D rev.Revenue
Current Q🔒 Fresh data, subscribers only
Next Q———$0.00
Current FY🔒 Fresh data, subscribers only
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Reddit mentions per day, 14 days
Crowd this week 44° Neutral 0 bullish · 1 bearish
Mentions, 7 days 5 0 in posts · 5 in comments
Recent comments
r/dividends Bearish 1d ago
I posted this 14 days ago. Not going to rerun the figures but the stock is down another 5.88% in just the last 5 days. *"T has returned 15.5% with dividends reinvested over the past 8 years. Down 28.9% excluding dividends. Dismal stock. There's zero innovation going on. $144B in debt. John Stankey is laser focused on RTO while Starlink is now on his doorstep. The employee morale is rock bottom."*
r/wallstreetbets Neutral 1d ago
I was at WBD prior, and the A team (in my humble opinion) is still there. Just asked one for a peer recommendation. But as of today their LinkedIn is “open to work.” So.. you’re right. But just a little off. My experience being from the HBO team which I always felt was amazingly tech forward given you may think it to be linear media and archaic. Edit: the same individual said “I just got the email” one hour after the news was breaking here and elsewhere. Full time RTO, etc.
r/wallstreetbets Neutral 1d ago
Pretty sure that was the point. Instead of doing "layoffs" get people to leave with a RTO policy and then backtrack once enough people leave.
r/wallstreetbets Neutral 4d ago
How is commercial real estate going to survive when the RTO people are no longer working? Maybe companies will pay rent to keep their robots there?
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Short side

FINRA· Oct 15, 2026
3,139,335
shares short
-3.2%
vs prior settlement
1.8
days to cover
≈0.6%
of shares outstanding
Recent activity
The latest filings, insider trades, analyst actions, press and options flow — newest first.
Oct 27, 2026 SEC
🔒 Fresh report (last 24h), subscribers only
Oct 23, 2026 SEC
The filing reports that a trust associated with Thérèse Esperdy, Chair of Rentokil Initial plc, purchased 10,881…
6-K — Impact 2/10
Oct 22, 2026 SEC
Four institutional asset managers reduced or exited their RTO positions in Q3 2026, with aggregate net selling of…
INST-CLUSTER — Impact 4/10
Jun 30, 2026 Inst.
Diamond Hill Capital Management, — ADD
1,037,169 shares ($29.7M)
Jun 30, 2026 Inst.
Qube Research & Technologies — DOUBLED
979,732 shares ($28.0M)
May 1, 2026 Short interest
FTD: RTO — 76,727 shares ($2.6M) failed to deliver
Settlement: 20260501, Price: $33.87, FTD Value: $2,598,743.49, RENTOKIL INITIAL PLC SPONS ADR
Catalysts
Scheduled dates and disclosed events: earnings, FDA and trial readouts, halts, press releases. Colored dot = impact.
Recent
May 1, 2026
Short interest
FTD: RTO — 76,727 shares ($2.6M) failed to deliver
Settlement: 20260501, Price: $33.87, FTD Value: $2,598,743.49, RENTOKIL INITIAL PLC SPONS ADR
Apr 24, 2026
Short interest
FTD: RTO — 18,268 shares ($0.6M) failed to deliver
Settlement: 20260424, Price: $33.59, FTD Value: $613,622.12, RENTOKIL INITIAL PLC SPONS ADR
Apr 13, 2026
Short interest
FTD: RTO — 30,963 shares ($1.0M) failed to deliver
Settlement: 20260413, Price: $33.60, FTD Value: $1,040,356.8, RENTOKIL INITIAL PLC SPONS ADR
Apr 10, 2026
Short interest
FTD: RTO — 75,780 shares ($2.6M) failed to deliver
Settlement: 20260410, Price: $33.86, FTD Value: $2,565,910.8, RENTOKIL INITIAL PLC SPONS ADR
Apr 7, 2026
Short interest
FTD: RTO — 31,114 shares ($1.0M) failed to deliver
Settlement: 20260407, Price: $32.85, FTD Value: $1,022,094.9, RENTOKIL INITIAL PLC SPONS ADR

SecBot reports

13 filings · 0 bullish · 1 bearish · 12 neutral
All RTO filing & press-release reports (13)