Rollins Reports Strong Revenue Growth

Staff Report

Friday, February 17th, 2023

Rollins, Inc., a premier global consumer and commercial services company, reported unaudited financial results for its fourth quarter and twelve months ended December 31, 2022.

Quarterly Highlights

Fourth quarter revenues were $661.4 million, an increase of 10.2% over the fourth quarter 2021 with organic revenues* increasing 6.9%. The stronger dollar versus foreign currencies in countries where we operate reduced revenues by 70 basis points during the quarter.
Quarterly operating income was $119.9 million, an increase of 28.5% over the fourth quarter of 2021. Quarterly operating margin was 18.1% of revenue, an increase of approximately 260 basis points compared to the fourth quarter of 2021. Adjusted EBITDA* was $145.9 million for the quarter, an increase of 19.5%. Adjusted EBITDA was 22.1% of sales, an increase of approximately 180 basis points compared to the fourth quarter of 2021.
Quarterly net income was $84.3 million, an increase of 26.1% over the prior year GAAP net income and 17.4% over prior year adjusted net income*. Quarterly EPS was $0.17 per diluted share, an increase over the prior year GAAP EPS of $0.14 and prior year adjusted EPS* of $0.15.
Operating cash flow was $123.4 million, increasing 19.9% compared to the same quarter a year ago.
Full Year Highlights

Full year revenues were $2,695.8 million, an increase of 11.2% over 2021 with organic revenues* increasing 7.8%. The stronger dollar versus foreign currencies in countries where we operate reduced revenues by 40 basis points during the year.
Operating income was $493.4 million, an increase of 10.2% over 2021. Operating margin was 18.3% of revenue, a decrease of 20 basis points compared to 2021. Adjusted EBITDA* was $592.9 million for the year, an increase of 8.5%. Adjusted EBITDA was 22.0% of sales, a decrease of 50 basis points compared to 2021.
Full year net income was $368.6 million, an increase of 3.4% over the prior year GAAP net income and 8.0% over the prior year adjusted net income*. Full year EPS was $0.75 per diluted share, an increase from GAAP EPS of $0.72 and adjusted EPS* of $0.69 in the prior year.
Operating cash flow was $465.9 million, increasing 16% compared to 2021.
The Company invested $30.6 million in capital expenditures, $119.2 million in acquisitions and paid dividends totaling $211.6 million for the year. In 2021, the Company invested $27.2 million in capital expenditures, $146.1 million in acquisitions and paid dividends totaling $208.7 million.