profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Republic Services
$252.99-0.00% today
+22.8% in 1 year
1-year low $197.731-year high $253.00
Trading close to its highest price of the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2020 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $36.03 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Republic Services sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $13.5 billion in 2022 to $16.6 billion in 2025, with $2.14 billion of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Republic Services handed back 67% of the cash it generated last year.
Buybacks $875M$738M
Free cash flow 2025$2.4B
Bought back its own shares$875M
Paid as dividends$738M
Cash vs. debt$76M vs. $13.8B
Republic Services vs. similar companies
Republic Services grows in the middle of these 5 and is priced in the middle for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Republic Services | 36.0× · Expensive | ||
 Waste Management | 35.8× · Expensive | ||
 Waste Connections | 45.1× · Expensive | ||
 Veolia Environnement SA | 21.0× · Fair price | ||
 GFL Environmental | 6.9× · Cheap |
Compare Republic Services with Waste Connections · Waste Management
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Republic Services's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10,154 | 11,295 | 13,511 | 14,965 | 16,032 | 16,591 | |
| – | – | 5,306 | 6,022 | 6,682 | 6,961 | |
| 1,709 | 2,076 | 2,413 | 2,809 | 3,224 | 3,322 | |
| 2,595 | 3,109 | 3,668 | 4,298 | 4,755 | 5,096 | |
| 967 | 1,290 | 1,488 | 1,731 | 2,043 | 2,139 | |
| 3.02 | 4.04 | 4.69 | 5.47 | 6.49 | 6.85 | |
| – | – | 39.3% | 40.2% | 41.7% | 42.0% | |
| 16.8% | 18.4% | 17.9% | 18.8% | 20.1% | 20.0% | |
| 9.5% | 11.4% | 11.0% | 11.6% | 12.7% | 12.9% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 23,434 | 24,955 | 29,053 | 31,410 | 32,402 | 34,366 |
| Cash | 38 | 29 | 143 | 140 | 74 | 76 |
| Total debt | 9,055 | 9,678 | 12,081 | 13,069 | 12,957 | 13,806 |
| Total liabilities | – | – | 19,366 | 20,867 | 20,995 | 22,397 |
| 8,484 | 8,979 | 9,686 | 10,542 | 11,405 | 11,968 | |
| 320 | 319 | 317 | 317 | 315 | 312 | |
| 6.7% | 8.0% | 8.1% | 9.0% | 9.6% | 9.7% | |
| 11.4% | 14.4% | 15.4% | 16.4% | 17.9% | 17.9% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,472 | 2,787 | 3,190 | 3,618 | 3,936 | 4,296 | |
| 1,195 | 1,316 | 1,454 | 1,631 | 1,855 | 1,887 | |
| 1,277 | 1,470 | 1,736 | 1,987 | 2,081 | 2,409 | |
| Dividends paid | 523 | 553 | 593 | 638 | 687 | 738 |
| 99 | 252 | 216 | 263 | 496 | 875 | |
| 37 | 57 | 39 | 41 | 42 | – |
Valuation
- 36.0×
- 34.9×
- 2.02
- 6.2×
- 4.6×
- 32.0×
- 17.8×
- 3.1%
- 2.8%
- 1.2%
Profitability
- 42.0%
- 20.0%
- 12.9%
- 30.9%
- 10.0%
- 9.3%
- 18.1%
- 6.3%
- 10.8%
- –
Growth
- +10.3%
- +17.8%
- +15.8%
- +7.3%
- −0.5%
Financial health
- 2.7×
- 1.15
- 1.6%
- 5.5×
- 0.64
- 0.67
- 0.48
How it ranks in Industrials
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 36%of 984
Top 12%of 987
Bottom 21%of 875
Top 33%of 988
Bottom 43%of 987
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $238.75
- Range
- $220.00 – $255.00
- 3 analysts
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 2026 | 1.70 | 1.64 | +3.7% |
| Feb 17, 2026 | 1.76 | 1.62 | +8.6% |
| Oct 30, 2025 | 1.90 | 1.83 | +3.8% |
| Jul 29, 2025 | 1.77 | 1.77 | +0.0% |
| Apr 24, 2025 | 1.58 | 1.53 | +3.3% |
| Feb 13, 2025 | 1.58 | 1.40 | +12.9% |
| Oct 29, 2024 | 1.81 | 1.61 | +12.4% |
| Jul 24, 2024 | 1.61 | 1.53 | +5.2% |
1.2%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$12a year at today's yield, before tax
+7.3%2020 to 2025
Raised1 yearin a row, in our data
Paid per share, each year
$1.16 in 2015 → $2.37 in 2025
How safe it looks
34.5% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 30.6%
News
3 Reasons to Sell RSG and 1 Stock to Buy InsteadYahoo Finance · Sep 28, 2026The newest story we have is from Sep 28, 2026.
Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
1/7Passes 1 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
49No pass
Benjamin Graham
31No pass
Philip Fisher
61Pass
Peter Lynch
53No pass
Joel Greenblatt
12No pass
Charlie Munger
40No pass
Terry Smith
44No pass
Questions about Republic Services
Is Republic Services a good stock to buy?
A solid business, but the price is high. 1 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Republic Services AI analysis
What does Republic Services do?
Republic Services, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, offers environmental services in the United States and Canada. It is in Waste Management, based in Phoenix, AZ, United States, with 42,000 employees.
Does Republic Services pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 1.2% a year, about 35% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out $738 million in dividends.
Is Republic Services stock halal?
Yes. Republic Services passes our halal screen: its business is permitted and its debt is 18% of its market value, under the 30% limit. How we check
How has Republic Services stock done over the past year?
Up 22.8% over the past twelve months, to $252.99. It traded between $197.73 and $253.00, close to its high.
Who are Republic Services's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Waste Management, Waste Connections, Veolia Environnement SA and GFL Environmental. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Republic Services's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.