Republic Services, Inc.

RSG Industrials Waste Management

In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 4.60%, EPS grew 4.55%, free cash flow grew 8.20% and total debt rose 7.77%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Member of the S&P 500; dividend growth for ten consecutive years, revenue growth for five, operating cash flow growth for ten; insiders bought in the last twelve months.

231.23 1.58 +0.69%
Market cap
$70.3B
P/E
32.8×
Fwd P/E
28.9×
Dividend yield
1.10%
F-score
7/9
Altman Z
2.98
Beneish M
−2.74
Dividend safety
88/100

Republic Services, Inc. (RSG) Free cash flow margin

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Republic Services, Inc.'s free cash flow margin over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 15.8%, up 1.2 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (14.6%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 8.29% (fiscal 2015) to 14.6% (fiscal 2025) — the current reading is the highest in ten years. That is above the Waste Management industry median of 0.00% and above the Industrials sector median of 2.43%.

Free cash flow margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Free cash flow margin Change (points)
FY2025 14.6% 1.33
FY2024 13.3% (0.20)
FY2023 13.5% 0.38
FY2022 13.1% (0.10)
FY2021 13.2% 0.32
FY2020 12.9% 1.54
FY2019 11.3% (0.65)
FY2018 12.0% 2.75
FY2017 9.23% (0.67)
FY2016 9.90% 1.61

Against its own ten years

Low 8.29% High 14.6%
Ten-year median 12.9%
Current reading's percentile 100

Free cash flow margin against peers

Company Free cash flow margin
RSG Republic Services, Inc. 15.8%
WM Waste Management, Inc. compare 13.9%
WCN Waste Connections, Inc. compare 12.0%
CLH Clean Harbors, Inc. compare 7.67%
ONT Onterris, Inc. compare 6.84%
CWST Casella Waste Systems, Inc. compare 5.45%
GFL GFL Environmental Inc. compare 3.84%
PESI Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc. compare −38.6%
ABAT American Battery Technology Company compare −173.7%
Waste Management industry median 0.00%
Industrials sector median 2.43%
Market median 0.00%

What Free cash flow margin is

Free Cash Flow Margin tells an investor how much of each sale turns into cash the company keeps after paying for investment in its assets.

(Operating Cash Flow + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) + Intangible Assets Change (Net)) ÷ Revenue

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