Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.
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Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.
Market Information, Holders, and Dividends
The common stock of the Company is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and is traded on the Philadelphia, Chicago and Boston Exchanges under the symbol ROL.
As of January 31, 2025, there were 8,135 holders of record of the Company’s common stock. However, a large number of our shareholders hold their shares in “street name” in brokerage accounts and, therefore, do not appear on the shareholder list maintained by our transfer agent.
Dividends will be payable only when, and if, declared by our Board and will be subject to our ongoing ability to generate sufficient income and free cash flow, any future capital needs and other contingencies. The Company expects to continue to pay cash dividends to the common stockholders, subject to the earnings and financial condition of the Company and other relevant factors.
Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
The Company did not repurchase shares on the open market during the quarter ended December 31, 2024.
The following table presents the Company's share repurchase activity for the period from October 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024.
| Period | Total number of shares purchased (1) | Weighted- average price paid per share | Total number of shares purchased as part of publicly announced repurchases (2) | Maximum number of shares that may yet be purchased under the repurchase plan (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| October 1 to 31, 2024 | — | $ | — | — | 11,415,625 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| November 1 to 30, 2024 | — | — | — | 11,415,625 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| December 1 to 31, 2024 | 817 | 49.86 | — | 11,415,625 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 817 | $ | — | — | 11,415,625 |
(1)Represents shares withheld by the Company in connection with tax withholding obligations of its employees upon vesting of such employees' restricted stock awards.
(2)The Company has a share repurchase plan, adopted in 2012, to repurchase up to 16.9 million shares of the Company’s common stock. As of December 31, 2024, the Company has a remaining authorization to repurchase 11.4 million shares of the Company's common stock under this program. The repurchase plan has no expiration date.
Performance Graph
The following graph sets forth a five-year comparison of the cumulative total stockholder return based on the performance of the stock of the Company as compared with both a broad equity market index and an industry index. The indices included in the following graph are the S&P 500 Index and the S&P 500 Commercial Services & Supplies Index.

*$100 invested on 12/31/19 in stock or index, including reinvestment of dividends.
Fiscal year ending December 31.
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| 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rollins Inc. | $ | 100.00 | $ | 178.51 | $ | 158.09 | $ | 170.87 | $ | 207.05 | $ | 222.65 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| S&P 500 | 100.00 | 118.40 | 152.39 | 124.79 | 157.59 | 197.02 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| S&P 500 Commercial Services & Supplies | 100.00 | 120.98 | 159.25 | 150.76 | 193.54 | 229.12 |
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