The Short Answer
Rollins stock (ROL) is generally considered halal by most Islamic scholars and Sharia screening criteria. Pest control is a clearly permissible essential service that protects health and property. Rollins has a clean balance sheet, low debt, and a recurring subscription-based revenue model — making it one of the cleaner names in industrials services.
Current quantitative Sharia screen
Based on 10-Q figures for the period ended 2026-03-31; calculated 2026-07-14.
650.553 / 3,160.234
116.543 / 3,160.234
327.264 / 3,160.234
- Financial
- Incomplete
- Overall
- Incomplete
Debt/assets is 20.59%, liquidity/assets is 3.69% and receivables plus cash/assets is 10.36%; available ratios pass but the income input is unavailable.
- Financial
- Pass
- Overall
- Pass
The examined total-assets financial ratios pass; this is not an index-membership claim.
- Financial
- Pass
- Overall
- Pass
Debt/assets and identifiable liquidity/assets are below the examined limits; this is a calculation against SAC ratios, not an official classification.
- Financial
- Not calculated
- Overall
- Not calculated
A properly licensed reproducible market-cap history is not stored; a spot estimate is not substituted.
Business-activity disclosure
Rollins provides residential and commercial pest-control, termite and ancillary services. These are generally permissible essential services.
Limitation: The filing does not provide a reproducible market-cap denominator history or a separately identified interest-income amount.
Purification
Interest income is not separately disclosed; investors should seek qualified guidance and ZakatInvest does not prescribe a fixed percentage.
Inputs, assumptions and primary sources
- Amounts are USD millions from Rollins' March 31, 2026 Form 10-Q.
- Debt is short-term borrowings of 163.926 plus long-term debt of 486.627; operating leases are excluded.
- Cash is 116.543 and trade receivables are 210.721; financed receivables are described separately.
- Quarterly revenue is 906.424; no prohibited business category was identified in the filing.
This is a reproducible financial screen, not a fatwa. A failed total-assets screen can coexist with a pass under a market-cap methodology. ZakatInvest keeps the qualitative assessment separate so numerical thresholds do not erase material context.
The only meaningful concern is a small amount of interest income on cash reserves, which is addressable through standard purification of dividends.
Sharia Screening Methodology
Islamic scholars use several criteria to screen stocks:
- Business activity screen: Is the company's primary business halal?
- Debt ratio: Total debt / market cap must be under 33%
- Interest income: Interest income / total revenue must be under 5%
- Haram revenue: Revenue from haram sources must be under 5%
- Receivables ratio: Total receivables / total assets must be under 49–70% (varies by board)
Rollins's Business Activity
Rollins is the largest pest control company in North America. Its portfolio includes:
- Orkin — the flagship residential and commercial pest control brand
- HomeTeam Pest Defense — focused on builder-channel installations
- Western Pest Services and Northwest Exterminating
- Termite control, mosquito control, and wildlife exclusion services
- International operations across multiple countries
Pest control is an essential service that protects public health and property. It is unambiguously permissible in Islamic finance terms, with no business activity concerns whatsoever.
Financial Ratios (March 31, 2026)
Using Rollins's latest Form 10-Q, stated in USD millions:
- Interest-bearing debt / total assets: 20.59% ✅ (650.553 / 3,160.234)
- Cash / total assets: 3.69% ✅ (116.543 / 3,160.234)
- Receivables + cash / total assets: 10.36% ✅ (327.264 / 3,160.234)
- Interest income: Not separately disclosed
The available financial ratios pass; interest income and market-cap methods remain unquantified.
Concerns to Be Aware Of
1. Interest Income on Cash
Rollins does not separately disclose interest income in this filing. Investors should seek qualified guidance on purification; ZakatInvest does not prescribe a fixed percentage.
No fixed purification percentage is prescribed by ZakatInvest.
2. M&A and Acquisition Financing
Rollins has historically grown through tuck-in acquisitions of regional pest control operators. Some acquisitions involve assumed debt, but the company has maintained a very conservative overall leverage profile.
3. Insider Ownership and Governance
Rollins is controlled by the founding Rollins family. This is a corporate governance consideration, not a Sharia concern.
How to Read the Quantitative Result
The available asset-based financial ratios pass and the pest-control business is generally permissible. The record is incomplete because interest income and market-cap methods are not fully quantified.
Bottom Line
Rollins (ROL) is halal on the available screens, with an incomplete overall record. Pest control is a permissible essential service, while financed receivables and income classification require qualified review.
For Muslim investors seeking defensive, recurring-revenue exposure with strong Sharia compliance, Rollins is a high-quality option in the industrials services category.
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