secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     ROLLINS INC (ROL)
CIK:        0000084839
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-10-21T20:07:30+00:00
Accession:  0000084839-26-000042
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.60
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4.1-flash:cloud@v2

Rollins Q3 revenue $1.1B, up 6.2%; EPS $0.33 down 2.9% as operating margin falls 140 bps
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- Revenue $1.1B, up 6.2% YoY, with organic revenue up 4.4%; operating income $223M (-1.0%) and operating margin 20.5%, down 140 bps.
- Net income $158M (-3.4%); adjusted net income $163M (-3.1%). Diluted EPS $0.33 (-2.9%); adjusted EPS $0.34 (-2.9%).
- Adjusted operating income $231M (-0.6%) at a 21.2% margin; adjusted EBITDA $257M (-0.7%) at 23.5% margin, down 170 bps YoY.
- Operating cash flow $242M (+26.4%) and free cash flow $235M (+28.8%), boosted by $63M from tax refund timing tied to tax credit planning.
- Q3 capital deployment: $27M acquisitions, $6M capex, $120M share repurchases and $87M dividends paid.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/84839/000008483926000042/0000084839-26-000042-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/84839/000008483926000042/rol-20261021.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000084839-26-000042

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