The growth track for Rollins Inc. (ROL) has changed recently

Rollins Inc. (NYSE: ROL) stock jumped 1.15% on Thursday to $37.07 against a previous-day closing price of $36.65. With 3.97 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 1.96 million shares. During the session, the Personal Services company that operates in wider Consumer Cyclical sector, reached to the highest price of $37.40 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $36.62. The 52-week range on ROL shows that it touched its highest point at $45.04 and its lowest point at $34.20 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $45.33. With its current market cap of 18.07 billion, ROL has annualized dividend of $0.52 while the current yield stands at 1.40%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.67.

Price Performance and Earnings:

Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of ROL was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 3.78%, but this was down by -9.43% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -9.34% while six-month performance rose 2.54%. The stock gained 3.17% in the past year, while it has gained 1.45% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for ROL yields 0.80 with Next year EPS estimates of 0.98. For the next quarter, that number is 0.25. This implies an EPS growth rate of 3.30% for this year and 13.00% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 14.20% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 14.10%.

Float and Shares Shorts:

At present, 492.70 million ROL shares are outstanding with a float of 242.20 million shares on hand for trading. On Aug 30, 2023, short shares totaled 8.43 million, which was 1.71% higher than short shares on Jul 30, 2023.

Institutional Ownership:

Through their ownership of 44.30% of ROL’s outstanding shares, institutional investors have minority control over the company. Other institutions hold 78.89% of ROL, in contrast to 23.27% held by mutual funds. Shares owned by individuals account for 21.39%. As the largest shareholder in ROL with 5.28% of the stake, The Vanguard Group, Inc. holds 26,015,103 shares worth 26,015,103. A second-largest stockholder of ROL, APG Asset Management NV, holds 17,877,460 shares, controlling over 3.63% of the firm’s shares. BlackRock Fund Advisors is the third largest shareholder in ROL, holding 16,155,991 shares or 3.28% stake. With a 3.40% stake in ROL, the Stichting Pensioenfonds ABP is the largest stakeholder. A total of 16,765,229 shares are owned by the mutual fund manager. The Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF, which owns about 1.56% of ROL stock, is the second-largest Mutual Fund holder. It holds 7,688,606 shares valued at 313.93 million. Vanguard Mid Cap Index Fund holds 1.16% of the stake in ROL, owning 5,700,856 shares worth 232.77 million.

An Overview of Recent Financials:

Understanding a company as a customer does not mean you will understand it as an investor. The wise investor uses quantitative research to analyze metrics such as revenue, net income, and earnings. In its fiscal quarter reported on Jun 29, 2023, ROL reported revenue of $714.05M and operating income of $132.96M. The EBITDA in the recently reported quarter was $159.19M and diluted EPS was $0.21.

Analysts Ratings:

Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for ROL since 0 analysts follow the stock currently. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential. With ROL analysts setting a high price target of $52.00 and a low target of $40.00, the average target price over the next 12 months is $45.33. Based on these targets, ROL could surge 40.28% to reach the target high and rise by 7.9% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 22.28% from current levels.

EPS: Estimates vs Actual

It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy.

Summary of Insider Activity:

Insiders traded ROL stock several times over the past three months with 0 Buys and 4 Sells. In these transactions, 0 shares were bought while 6,551 shares were sold. The number of buy transactions has increased to 14 while that of sell transactions has risen to 42 over the past year. The total number of shares bought during that period was 188,236 while 15,997,511 shares were sold.