Frontdoor vs Rollins
FTDR and ROL side by side, both in business services. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How FTDR and ROL compare
Rollins is the larger company, worth 2.7 times as much as Frontdoor ($18.4B against $6.7B).
On earnings, Frontdoor is cheaper: it trades at 24.4× trailing earnings, against 35.3× for Rollins.
Rollins grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (8.3% versus 6.9% for Frontdoor).
Rollins keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 13.2% compared with 13.0% at Frontdoor.
Rollins pays a dividend yielding 1.4%; Frontdoor does not pay one.
Rollins scores higher on the StockData Score (18 against 11 for Frontdoor), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | FTDR | ROL |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $6.7B | $18.4B |
| Share price | $97.86 | $38.47 |
| Change, 1 year | 96.2% | −34.3% |
| Change, 5 years | 161% | 8.6% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.00 | 0.59 |
| Employees | 2,034 | 22K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 11 | 18 (better) |
| Valuation score | 1 | 3 (better) |
| Growth score | 2 | 2 |
| Performance score | 5 | 5 |
| Health score | 3 | 4 (better) |
| Dividend score | 0 | 4 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 24.4× (better) | 35.3× |
| P/S | 3.1× (better) | 4.6× |
| P/B | 21.4× | 13.2× (better) |
| EV/EBITDA | 13.7× (better) | 21.5× |
| P/FCF | 17.2× (better) | 27.4× |
| PEG | 0.42 (better) | 2.66 |
| FCF yield | 5.8% (better) | 3.7% |
| Fair value | $85.59 | $38.56 |
| Margin of safety | −14.3% | 0.24% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 6.9% | 8.3% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 7.3% | 11.7% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 8.0% (better) | 2.0% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 14.2% (better) | 1.9% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 21.2% (better) | 15.1% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 55.0% (better) | 52.1% |
| Operating margin | – | 18.3% |
| Net margin | 13.0% | 13.2% (better) |
| FCF margin | 18.0% (better) | 16.8% |
| Return on equity | 90.0% (better) | 36.0% |
| Return on invested capital | – | 38.1% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 3.66 | 0.17 (better) |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.07 | 0.13 (better) |
| Interest coverage | – | 20.1× |
| Current ratio | 1.75 (better) | 0.62 |
| Altman Z-score | 3.94 | 7.69 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 | 8 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | – | 1.4% |
| Payout ratio | – | 66.8% |
| Years of dividend growth | – | 6 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | – | 15.5% |
| Buyback yield | 5.2% (better) | 2.0% |
| Shareholder yield | 5.2% (better) | 3.4% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 104% | 59.3% |
| Held by insiders | 0.81% | 66.5% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$4.6M | $95.4M (better) |
| Superinvestors holding | – | 3 |
| Short interest, % of float | 4.8% | 16.7% |
Go deeper
- FTDR stock overview
- FTDR income statement
- FTDR valuation and score
- ROL stock overview
- ROL income statement
- ROL valuation and score
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