Frontdoor, Inc. vs ROLLINS INC, two Business Services stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Frontdoor sells home-warranty plans, collecting premiums to cover appliance and system breakdowns, and it keeps a healthy 12.23 cents per sales dollar. Rollins, running pest control through a capital-light franchise, earns a touch more on margin, 13.77%, and grows more steadily. On earnings Frontdoor is much the cheaper stock, 21.34 times against Rollins' 39.69, and its free-cash yield of 7.16% more than doubles Rollins' 2.98%. Rollins is the far bigger company, $20.8B to $5.4B, and the market pays up for its franchise durability. Frontdoor gives you cheaper cash flow; Rollins gives you the steadier, pricier compounder.
Comparison updated 2026-07-11.
| Metric | FTDR | ROL |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $75.33 | $44.46 |
| Market cap | $5.4B | $21.4B |
| Sector | Business Services | Business Services |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +3.7% | +23.2% |
| P/E | 21.5 | 40.8 |
| P/B | 23.65 | 15.49 |
| P/S | 2.57 | 5.57 |
| EV/EBITDA | 69.8 | 28.8 |
| Revenue growth | +11.7% | +11.0% |
| Gross margin | 55.0% | — |
| Operating margin | — | 16.1% |
| Net margin | 12.2% | 13.8% |
| Return on equity | 112.6% | 38.3% |
| Return on assets | 12.0% | 16.8% |
| Return on invested capital | — | 28.2% |
| FCF yield | 7.1% | 2.9% |
| Dividend yield | — | 1.5% |
| Debt / equity | 5.07 | 0.47 |
| Current ratio | 1.47 | 0.65 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 7.63 | 7.60 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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