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Republic ServicesRSG

Environmental & Facilities Services · Phoenix, Arizona · In the S&P 500
Solid businessPricier than peers
$244.04+3.28%After hours: $244.04 (0.00%)At the close, 30 Oct · Prices from CNBC, may be delayed
▲ 15.9% over 1 year
Republic Services over 1 yearDaily close, $, to 30 Oct 2026
$200$220$240Nov2026MarMayJulSep$244.04$200$220$240NovMarJul$244.04
Source: Nasdaq daily closes
Market value$74.73B
Price to earnings33.8x
Forward P/E32.0x
Dividend yield1.10%
Year to date+15.2%
One year+15.9%
Next earningsNot scheduled
SectorIndustrials
52-week range (closes)
$197.73$244.04

Quality and valuation

How Republic Services compares with other industrials stocks. A description, not a recommendation.

Republic Services and 7 environmental & facilities services peers. Across: valuation (P/E) against the sector. Up: business quality against the sector. Hover or tap a logo for its numbers.

Business quality: about averageValuation: pricier than most

An average business among industrials companies, priced above most of them.

Republic Services trades at 32.0 times the next 12 months of expected earnings, against a median of 21.4x for the 89 industrials stocks we cover. The quality score blends where it ranks on revenue growth, gross margin, operating margin and free-cash-flow margin (net margin for banks and insurers) over the last 12 months, from SEC filings.

  • Revenue grew slower than the sector median: +4.1% vs +8.2%
  • Keeps more of each sale (gross margin): 49.3% vs 38.1%
  • Less profitable (operating margin): 17.5% vs 17.5%
  • Turns less of its sales into cash: 13.0% vs 13.1%
RSG trades at 32.0x forward earnings, above the sector medianForward p/e, Environmental & Facilities Services peers
LMT20.6xCAT21.6xUNP22.3xRTX26.8xRSG32.0xDE32.3xGE35.7xGEV40.8xSector median 21.4xLMT20.6xCAT21.6xUNP22.3xRTX26.8xRSG32.0xDE32.3xGE35.7xGEV40.8xSector median 21.4x
Source: CNBC quotes; Mostly Markets
At 33.8x earnings, RSG is pricier than its average since Oct 2024Price over the last 12 months of reported (GAAP) diluted EPS
P/EUsual range (±1 s.d.)
30x35xAverage 33.3x2025202633.8x30x35xAverage 33.3x2025202633.8x
Source: Nasdaq prices; SEC filings

Financials

From Republic Services's SEC filings, through the quarter ending 30 Sep 2026. Hover or tap a bar for its value.

Revenue grew 7.8% from a year earlierQuarterly revenue, $bn, latest Q3 ’26
$0bn$2bn$4bnQ4 ’24Q2 ’25Q4 ’25$5.2bnQ3 ’26$0bn$2bn$4bnQ4 ’24Q2 ’25Q4 ’25$5.2bnQ3 ’26
Source: SEC filings
Growth sped up to +7.8% last quarterRevenue growth, year on year, %
0%2%4%6%Q4 ’24Q2 ’25Q4 ’257.8%Q3 ’260%5%Q4 ’24Q2 ’25Q4 ’257.8%Q3 ’26
Source: SEC filings
Operating margin was 17.7% last quarterOperating income as a share of revenue, %
0%5%10%15%Q4 ’24Q2 ’25Q4 ’2517.7%Q3 ’260%10%Q4 ’24Q2 ’25Q4 ’2517.7%Q3 ’26
Source: SEC filings
Free cash flow was $2.6 billion over 12 monthsQuarterly free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex), $m
$0m$200m$400m$600mQ4 ’24Q2 ’25Q4 ’25$644mQ3 ’26$0m$500mQ4 ’24Q2 ’25Q4 ’25$644mQ3 ’26
Source: SEC filings
Last 12 monthsRSGSector median
Revenue growth+4.1%+8.2%
Gross margin49.3%38.1%
Operating margin17.5%17.5%
Free cash flow margin13.0%13.1%
Price to earnings33.8x25.8x

Stories on Republic Services

Friday, 30 October
Earnings

Republic Services (RSG) Tops Q3 Estimates and Raises Its Revenue Forecast

Republic Services' revenue rose 8.2% to $4.56 billion, ahead of the $4.42 billion expected, and it raised its 2026 sales forecast. The stock jumped 5.2% early Friday.

RSG▲ 5.2%
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Environmental & Facilities Services, by market value.

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CATCaterpillar$622.75−3.81%+8.7%$286B
RTXRTX$199.80+0.20%+8.9%$270B
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DEDeere &$675.48+2.35%+45.1%$182B
UNPUnion Pacific$304.00+0.69%+31.4%$181B
LMTLockheed Martin$636.95−1.03%+31.7%$147B
ETNEaton$369.97−6.03%+16.2%$144B