Republic Services (RSG)

Industrials · Waste Management · S&P 500
$214.74 +0.90% on the day Market cap $69.7B 52-week range $196.41 to $233.42 Prices as of Oct 7, 2026

What the price implies

A reverse DCF: instead of guessing a fair value, it asks what growth today's price already assumes. How it works.

Free cash flow growth the price needs
10% a year for 10 years

At a market value of $69.7B, Republic Services's free cash flow of $2.4B (fiscal 2025) would need to grow about 10% a year for the stock to be worth today's price. That is close to what the company has delivered over the last 9 years.

Assumes a 9% discount rate and 3% growth after year 10, on free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital spending) from Republic Services's SEC filings. Change any assumption, or model revenue and margins instead, in the Modeling tab, or try your own numbers in the reverse DCF calculator.

Implied by the price9.8% a year
Free cash flow, last 9 years11.3% a year
Revenue, same period6.5% a year
Price to free cash flow28.9x

Fundamental grade

C

Five factors scored 1 to 9 from RSG's latest numbers, weighted into one grade. It describes the business, not whether the stock is a buy.

Valuation4
Profitability6
Growth4
Financial health2
Cash efficiency7

Key numbers

P/E (trailing)32.5x
P/E (forward)31.5x
Price / free cash flow28.9x
EV / EBITDA16.6x
Price / sales4.13x
Price / book5.81x
Revenue growth+4.6%
Operating margin19.9%
Net margin12.9%
Return on equity18.2%
Dividend yield1.1%
Debt / equity1.92x

Results from SEC filings

Fiscal years, from Republic Services's 10-K filings. The deep dive has 15+ years, quarters and every line.

Fiscal year20212022202320242025
Revenue$11.3B$13.5B$15.0B$16.0B$16.6B
Net income$1.3B$1.5B$1.7B$2.0B$2.1B
Free cash flow$1.5B$1.7B$2.0B$2.1B$2.4B
EPS (diluted)$4.04$4.69$5.47$6.49$6.85
Operating margin18.4%17.7%18.6%19.9%19.9%

Where the revenue comes from

Revenue by segments, fiscal 2025.

Group 1$7.5B45%
Group 2$7.3B44%
Group 3$1.8B11%

Superinvestors who own RSG

From each investor's latest 13F filing (what a 13F shows).

None of the superinvestors we track held RSG in their latest 13F.

Insider buying

Open-market purchases by Republic Services's executives and directors in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings. What insider buying tells you.

DateInsiderSharesPriceValue
Sep 11, 2026 Cascade Investment, L.l.c.
Major Shareholder
135,482$222.59$30M
Sep 11, 2026 Cascade Investment, L.l.c.
Major Shareholder
176,547$223.15$39M
Sep 11, 2026 Cascade Investment, L.l.c.
Major Shareholder
5,185$223.84$1M
Sep 11, 2026 Cascade Investment, L.l.c.
Major Shareholder
7,596$221.52$2M
Sep 10, 2026 Cascade Investment, L.l.c.
Major Shareholder
47,819$223.44$11M
Sep 10, 2026 Cascade Investment, L.l.c.
Major Shareholder
108,147$221.57$24M
Sep 10, 2026 Cascade Investment, L.l.c.
Major Shareholder
97,992$222.52$22M
Sep 10, 2026 Cascade Investment, L.l.c.
Major Shareholder
2,042$224.11$457,624
Sep 9, 2026 Cascade Investment, L.l.c.
Major Shareholder
64,965$222.38$14M
Sep 9, 2026 Cascade Investment, L.l.c.
Major Shareholder
32,765$220.37$7M

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In the full deep dive

DCF fair value per share
Yearly return (IRR) at today's price
Growth implied by revenue and margins
15+ years of statements and quarters

Questions

What growth does Republic Services's stock price imply?

At a market value of $69.7B, Republic Services would need its free cash flow to grow about 10% a year for 10 years (discounted at 9%, 3% growth after that) to be worth today's price. Over the last 9 years its free cash flow grew 11% a year.

Are Republic Services insiders buying the stock?

10 open-market insider purchases of RSG in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings.

Prices and ratios as of Oct 7, 2026; statements from SEC filings. Information only, not investment advice. Superinvestor holdings come from 13F filings, which are filed up to 45 days after each quarter ends.