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Republic Services RSG Return on invested capital

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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/E29.4×-4.8×
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 trailing twelve months.

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 return on invested capital?
Republic Services (RSG) reported return on invested capital of 23.7% in Q1 2026.
How has Republic Services's return on invested capital changed year-over-year?
Republic Services's return on invested capital decreased by 2.5% year-over-year, from 24.3% to 23.7%.
What is the long-term trend for Republic Services's return on invested capital?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Republic Services's return on invested capital has grown at a 1.6% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 88.8% to 94.7%.
What does return on invested capital mean?
The after-tax return the business earns on all the capital — debt and equity — invested in it.
How do you interpret return on invested capital?
The cleanest measure of business quality: ROIC sustained above the cost of capital creates value, below it destroys value. Compare against WACC, not against zero.
How does return on invested capital compare across companies?
Highly comparable across companies as a quality screen. Sector-sensitive definitions of invested capital mean banks/insurers are best excluded.