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Republic Services RSG Price / earnings

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Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$4.1B+2.6%
Gross profit$1.7B+3.1%
Operating income$830.0M+3.2%
Net income$525.3M+6.1%
EPS (diluted)$1.70+7.6%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$118.0M+42.2%
Total debt$49.0M-12.5%
Total equity$12.0B+2.7%
Total assets$34.6B+4.5%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$1.2B+19.7%
CapEx$476.0M+3.7%
Free cash flow$751.0M+32.7%

Valuation

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Market cap$63.82B-10.5%
Enterprise value$63.75B-10.6%
P/S3.8×-0.6×

Profitability

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Gross margin42%0.0pp
Operating margin19.9%-0.3pp
Net margin13%+0.1pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity18.4%-0.2pp
Debt / equity0.0×
Current ratio0.7×0.0×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Republic Services’s reported figures.

Based on the most recent quarter.

The official record: Republic Services’s 10-Q, filed May 8, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Republic Services's price / earnings?
Republic Services (RSG) reported price / earnings of 31.2× in Q1 2026.
How has Republic Services's price / earnings changed year-over-year?
Republic Services's price / earnings decreased by 14.0% year-over-year, from 36.3× to 31.2×.
What is the long-term trend for Republic Services's price / earnings?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Republic Services's price / earnings has grown at a 1.9% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 127.7× to 137.9×.
What does price / earnings mean?
How many dollars investors pay for each dollar of the company's annual profit.
How do you interpret price / earnings?
Lower can mean cheaper — or that the market expects earnings to fall. High multiples embed growth expectations. Meaningless when earnings are negative, so it is suppressed there.
How does price / earnings compare across companies?
Compare against the company's own history and sector peers, not across sectors with different growth and risk profiles.