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Rollins

ROL
63
Personal Products & Services · Consumer Cyclical
Price
$45.11
-0.35 (-0.77%)
Market Cap
$21.72B
Winston Score
63
Winston is curious
A decent business — some strong pillars, some weaker.

Share count falling — buybacks

−1.6% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 492.1M (2021) → 484.1M (2025)

Rollins is a pest control company. It sends trained technicians to homes and businesses to get rid of insects, rodents, termites, and other pests. It owns several well-known brands, including Orkin, which is one of the largest pest control brands in the United States.

Rollins makes most of its money through recurring service contracts, where customers pay on a monthly or annual basis to keep pests away. The company operates across the United States and in about 70 countries through franchises and company-owned branches. Its main competitive advantages are its large network of local branches, its recognizable brands, and the sticky nature of recurring contracts — most customers stay for years. The key growth driver is continued expansion through acquisitions of smaller regional pest control companies, though rising labor costs remain a persistent risk since the business depends heavily on field technicians.

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Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+10.2% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady revenue growth

EPS Growth

+0.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow EPS growth

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (4%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

35.8%ownership

Insiders own a meaningful stake in the company

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$117M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

→ Burn rate stable

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Growth + cash flow

Rollins is a rare growth stock that's already generating positive cash flow while growing at 10%. The Winston Score doesn't fully credit this transition from "burner" to "earner."

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Gross Margin
50.8%
Healthy — 50.8% gross margin
Operating Margin
16.1%
Healthy — 16.1% operating margin
ROCE
5.9%
Weak — 5.9% return on capital

ROIC between 5% and 15%. They earn 5 to 15 cents back per year on every dollar invested.

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Growth

Sales YoY
+11.0%
Steady sales growth (11.0% YoY)
EPS YoY
+10.1%
Earnings growing (10.1% YoY)

Healthy double-digit earnings growth — what compounders look like.

EPS Consistency
6/8 quarters
Earnings grew in most of the last 8 quarters

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
123%
Turns 123% of profit into real cash
FCF Margin
16.2%
Converts sales into free cash efficiently (16.2%)

FCF margin between 10% and 20%. Every $100 in sales becomes $10 to $20 in real cash.

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Stability

Debt / Equity
0.77
Moderate — manageable debt (0.77)
Interest Cover
23.09x
Comfortably covers interest (23.1x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)
41.4x
Pricey — P/E 41.4

P/E over 35. The market is pricing in heavy, sustained growth.

P/E vs Forward
+12.8
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (41.4 → 28.6)

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Dividends

Dividend Yield
1.64%
Small dividend — 1.64% yield

Modest yield. The bulk of any return needs to come from price appreciation.

Dividend Growth
+10.5%
Dividend growing fast (10.5% YoY)

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