Rollins

The past year was a profitable year for the Rollins investors

The period between December 2015 and December 2016 was a profitable period for the investors in Rollins. The stock gained around 28 percent. The period between August 2011 and August 2016 was a good period for the investors. The stock rose around 135 percent. Rollins's revenues between 2011 and 2015 were relatively steady and moved between 1,27 billion dollars and 1,49 billion dollars. Rollins's net results between 2011 and 2015 were far from constant and moved between 100,71 million dollars and 152,15 million dollars.

Rollins is mostly active in the support services sector. Between 2006 and 2016 the global support companies gained around 20 percent. Since 2011 the sector is 17 percent higher and over the past year minus 20 percent.

Over the past 5 years the American company paid out dividends. Rollins's dividend return over the period 2011 - 2015 was around 1,47 percent per year.

Rollins financed with relatively low debt

At the end of 2015 the American company's balance sheet was worth 852,43 million dollars. The total debt of the support company was at the end of 2015 328,4 million dollars, which equals around 38,53 percent of the total balance sheet. At the end of 2015 the support company's stock was traded with a price/earnings-ratio 32. So the stock' value was 32 times the 2015' earnings per share. Many analysts say that based on her price/earnings-ratio and dividend yield the American stock can be seen as a value stock.

At the end of 2015 the support company's market size (her number of outstanding share times the stock price) equaled around 5,56 billion dollars. At the end of 2015 around 218,58 million stocks were listed.

All Rollins's annual reports can be found here. More information about Rollins can be found it's website. .