Republic Services (RSG)
Industrials · waste management · NYSE
A leading provider of environmental services and non-hazardous solid waste management in the United States, focused on collection, recycling, and disposal.
What Republic Services does
Republic Services is a provider of environmental services, including the collection, transfer, disposal, recycling, and energy services of non-hazardous solid waste. The company operates a network of collection operations, transfer stations, landfills, and recycling centers across the United States. It focuses on waste management solutions for residential, commercial, and industrial customers.
Themes: waste management, recycling services, environmental services
Fundamentals
- Price$220.67 as of 2026-08-21 close
- Market cap$67.6B as of 2026-08-21
- 1-year return-6.3% 2025-08-21 close $235.44 → 2026-08-21 close $220.67
- P/E30.20 as of 2026-08-24
- Net margin+12.9% as of 2026-08-24
- Gross margin+42.0% as of 2026-08-24
- ROE+18.3% as of 2026-08-24
- Debt / equity1.17 as of 2026-08-24
- Revenue growth (YoY)+3.2% as of 2026-08-24
- Revenue CAGR (3y)+6.7% SEC XBRL
- Beta0.39 as of 2026-08-24
- Last reported earnings2026-08-06 SEC EDGAR Form 8-K (Item 2.02)
Dividend: yield +1.3%; at least 5 years of non-decreasing per-share dividends (SEC XBRL) — we do not hold the year before it, so the real streak may be longer.
How RSG compares in its sector
- price-to-earnings ratiomiddle range 357 covered Industrials peers, as of 2026-08-24
- net profit margintop 25% 457 covered Industrials peers, as of 2026-08-24
- operating margintop 25% 457 covered Industrials peers, as of 2026-08-24
- gross marginmiddle range 455 covered Industrials peers, as of 2026-08-24
- return on equitymiddle range 460 covered Industrials peers, as of 2026-08-24
- 3-year revenue CAGRmiddle range 426 covered Industrials peers
- indicated dividend yieldmiddle range 267 covered Industrials peers, as of 2026-08-24
- free cash flow (absolute dollars, latest fiscal year)top 10% 414 covered Industrials peers, as of FY2025
Position among covered Industrials companies that report each metric (minimum 5 peers). A relative position within our covered catalog — not a valuation, quality, or investment judgment. A higher percentile is simply a higher value (for P/E, more expensive on earnings — never "better"). Informational only.
Top 10 scores & list membership
RSG is not currently in any published Top 10 list. Its scores are below.
Long-term score
49.5 #514 of 987 scored · #94 of 197 in Industrials
Capital return 71st (consecutive years of dividend increases 5 years) and profitability 62nd (return on equity 18.3%, operating margin 19.9%); weakest is valuation (35th, price to book 5.6, price to earnings 31.3).
Short-term score
54.8 #493 of 1,704 scored · #70 of 283 in Industrials
Setup 60th: day-to-day price swings are about average versus its own recent 6-month history; momentum 55th: its RSI momentum gauge is in neutral territory; weakest is volume and participation 49th: trading volume is about normal versus its 30-day average.
Scores as of 21 Aug 2026. Each bar is a percentile: how this company ranked against every company the score ranked, 0–100. A list is a published formula and its output, not a recommendation. Method version 2.
Dividend coverage (FY2025)
Covered by reported results. In FY2025, RSG's dividend was covered by reported results (earnings payout 35%, free-cash-flow payout 31%). This describes past coverage, not a forecast.
- Earnings payout35% dividends / net income
- Free-cash-flow payout31% dividends / (operating cash flow − capex)
Coverage derived from reported SEC EDGAR XBRL figures for FY2025 (dividends paid vs. net income and free cash flow, same fiscal year). This describes PAST coverage for one fiscal year — it does not predict whether a dividend will be maintained, raised, or cut, and a one-year payout ratio can be distorted by non-recurring items. Informational only — not financial advice.
How Republic Services looks technically
Republic Services (RSG) is trading 3.0% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend. Its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 4 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal. There is no clear trend right now — the price is choppy (ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 17, below the 25 that marks a real trend), though buyers have been pushing harder than sellers lately — pressure, not a trend. Momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 60, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30). MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bullish about 7 trading days ago (its momentum flipped positive). It made a new 20-day high about 3 trading days ago.
Trend
8
| Distance from the 200-day | it is trading 3.0% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend | +3.0% |
|---|---|---|
| 50-day moving average | its average price over the last 50 trading days — a short-term trend line — is $214.87 | $214.87 |
| 200-day moving average | its average price over the last 200 trading days — the long-term trend line — is $214.18 | $214.18 |
| Swing structure | its recent peaks and dips disagree — one of them is rising while the other is not, so there is no clean up or down pattern in the swings | mixed — one of the two is not confirming |
| Last swing turn | its last significant turn was a swing high 14 calendar days ago — the swings before that are what the structure reading is measured on | 14 sessions |
| Since the 50/200 cross | its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 4 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal | 4 sessions |
| Above the 200-day after a dip | it recently dipped to its 200-day average (the long-term trend line) and has since climbed back above it — now about 3.0% above | +3.0% |
| Trend strength (14-day ADX) | there is no clear trend right now — the price is choppy (ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 17, below the 25 that marks a real trend), though buyers have been pushing harder than sellers lately — pressure, not a trend | 17.1 |
Momentum
3
| 14-day RSI | momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 60, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30) | 60.4 |
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| Position in its 14-day range | it is trading near the top of its 14-day range ($204.80 to $224.23) — its "stochastic" reading is 82 out of 100, where 0 would mean closing exactly at the 14-session low and 100 exactly at the high. This measures WHERE the price sits inside its recent range, which is a different question from the RSI beside it: RSI is a momentum gauge, measuring how FAST the price has been moving, so a stock can drift quietly to the bottom of its range with an ordinary RSI, or fall sharply and still sit in the middle. It has been climbing within that range over the last few sessions. | 81.7 |
| Since the MACD crossed zero | MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bullish about 7 trading days ago (its momentum flipped positive) | 7 sessions |
Range
12
| 52-week high | its highest closing price over the past year (about 252 trading days) was $238.62 | $238.62 |
|---|---|---|
| From the 52-week high | it is 7.5% below its 52-week high (its highest price of the past year) | -7.5% |
| Above the 52-week low | it is 12.3% above its 52-week low (its lowest price of the past year) | +12.3% |
| Below the 52-week high | it is 7.5% below its highest point of the past year | 7.5% |
| Since a 20-day breakout | it made a new 20-day high about 3 trading days ago | 3 sessions |
| Since a 55-day breakout | it made a new 55-day high about 27 trading days ago | 27 sessions |
| All-time high | its highest closing price on record is $258.75 (set on 2025-06-03) | $258.75 |
| Given back of the 52-week move | over the past year its closes ranged ($197.73 to $236.11), and it has recovered a bit over half of its fall from last year’s high — 60% of it. Chart-watchers call 61.8%-65% given back the "golden pocket" — for this company that is $221.45 to $222.68. It is watched widely enough that orders cluster there, which is the honest reason it matters; it is not a forecast. | 59.8% |
| From the all-time high | it is 14.7% below its all-time high | -14.7% |
| Nearest price level | it is sitting right on a support level at $220.20 — a price it turned at 7 times since 2024-11-27, most recently on 2026-08-07. Since 2024-08-21 it has 5 such levels below the current price and 4 above. Levels like these describe where the price has reversed or paused before; they are not a forecast of where it will go. | -0.2% |
| All-time low | its lowest closing price on record is $15.05 (set on 2009-03-10) | $15.05 |
| Above the all-time low | it is 1366.2% above its all-time low | +1,366% |
Volatility
5
| Band width vs its own 6 months | day-to-day price swings are about average versus its own recent 6-month history | 33rd percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Typical daily range | in a typical session it travels about $4.25 between its high and its low — about 1.9% of its price. That is its "average true range" over the last 14 sessions, which also counts the distance from the previous close, so a day that opens well away from yesterday counts as the large move it was | $4.25 |
| Bollinger bands (20-day, ±2σ) | most of its recent trading has stayed between about $206.51 and $222.50 — the "Bollinger bands", a range drawn two standard deviations either side of its 20-day average price, which widens when the stock gets more volatile and narrows when it settles | $206.51 – $214.50 – $222.50 |
| Typical daily range (% of price) | its price moves about 1.9% in a typical session — among the calmest in the catalog. This is the average gap between a session's high and low over the last 14 sessions, counting overnight moves, expressed against the current price so it can be compared with companies trading at any price | 1.9% |
| Stretch from the 200-day average | it is trading 1.5 daily ranges above its 200-day average price (3.0% above it in plain percentage terms) — a way of asking how far it has stretched from its own average in units of how far it normally moves in a day, so a calm company and a jumpy one can be compared on the same scale | 1.5 daily ranges above its 200-day average |
Volume
1
| Volume vs its 30-day average | trading volume is about normal versus its 30-day average | 0.83× |
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Analyst
2
| Change in the average price target | analysts have cut their average price target by 0.0% since the prior reading | -0.0% |
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| Change in the consensus rating | the analyst consensus rating is unchanged since the prior reading | unchanged |
Candlestick patterns
1
| Since a doji | 6 sessions ago it opened and closed at almost the same price after trading through a wider range — a "doji", the classic picture of buyers and sellers finishing the session level | 6 sessions ago |
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Price gaps
2
| Gap at the open | it opened on 2026-08-21 at essentially the same price it closed at the session before — no meaningful overnight gap | +0.1% |
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| Gap filled | a 3.9% gap up opened on 2026-06-11 has been "filled" 44 sessions ago — price traded back through the level the gap left behind, and it took 5 sessions to close | 44 sessions ago |
Price streaks
1
| Closing streak | it closed higher in its latest session, after a session that did not close higher — a single up day rather than a run | 1 session up |
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Relative strength
4
| vs market, 1 month | over the past 1 month this stock beat the market by 0.5 percentage points (the stock gained 2.8% while the market gained 2.3%) | +0.5% |
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| vs market, 3 months | over the past 3 months this stock beat the market by 2.9 percentage points (the stock gained 6.0% while the market gained 3.1%) | +3.0% |
| vs market, 6 months | over the past 6 months this stock lagged the market by 10.5 percentage points (the stock gained 0.5% while the market gained 11.1%) | -10.5% |
| vs market, 12 months | over the past 12 months this stock lagged the market by 26.8 percentage points (the stock lost 6.3% while the market gained 20.5%) | -26.8% |
Signal agreement
2
| Bullish technical signals | 5 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bullish state: a "golden cross" — its 50-day average is above its 200-day, trading above its 200-day average, a fresh 20-day high, MACD momentum is positive, trading above the Ichimoku cloud — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 5 of 9 |
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| Bearish technical signals | 2 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bearish state: lagging the market over 6 months, near the top of its 14-day range (overbought) — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 2 of 9 |
Trend (Ichimoku cloud)
1
| Vs the Ichimoku cloud | trading 1.7% above the Ichimoku cloud — a band drawn from where its own highs and lows sat up to 2026-07-16 and projected forward over today's price, the side traders read as an established uptrend, with the band below acting as the level that would have to give way. The band itself is moderate, spanning 2.8% of the share price. | +1.7% |
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Volume-weighted price
2
| Vs this year’s average price paid | the price is 3% above the average price paid so far this year, so the typical buyer over that stretch is showing a gain. That average is $213.70 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 158 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | +3.3% |
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| Vs the average paid since it last reported | the price is 2% above the average price paid since it last reported on 2026-08-06 (its 8-K), so the typical buyer over that stretch is showing a gain. That average is $215.89 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 12 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | +2.2% |
Price levels it has turned at before
RSG last closed at $220.67 on 2026-08-21. Since 2024-08-21 it has turned at 5 prices below its last close and 4 above; the 3 nearest below and the 3 nearest above are listed, nearest first.
| Level | Side | Distance | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| $220.20 | Support | 0.2% below the last close | turned there 7 times · 2024-11-27 to 2026-08-07 |
| $215.63 | Support | 2.3% below the last close | turned there 8 times · 2024-11-13 to 2026-07-21 |
| $226.46 | Resistance | 2.6% above the last close | turned there 11 times · 2025-03-05 to 2026-07-17 |
| $208.91 | Support | 5.3% below the last close | turned there 11 times · 2024-08-29 to 2026-03-25 |
| $234.48 | Resistance | 6.3% above the last close | turned there 8 times · 2025-04-21 to 2026-03-03 |
| $239.78 | Resistance | 8.7% above the last close | turned there twice · 2025-03-04 to 2025-08-20 |
A level is a price this company reversed or paused at more than once — they describe past behaviour, not a forecast of where the price will go.
Wave structure
No Elliott-wave labelling currently fits its swings: the recent highs and lows do not satisfy the three rules a five-wave count has to obey, so there is no count to show rather than a count we are unsure about.
Read from daily closes as of 2026-08-21.
An Elliott-wave count describes the swings already printed and the level that would disprove it. It is not a forecast, a target, or advice.
Screens: Trading above the 200-day moving average · Recent golden cross (50-day crossed above 200-day) · Tested and reclaimed 200-day support · Broke out to a new 20-day high · trendless / choppy (low ADX) · lagging the market | Learn: moving average · golden cross · adx · rsi · macd · breakout
Based on daily closing prices as of 2026-08-21. Describes past price behavior only — informational, not financial advice.
Analyst consensus
- Consensus ratingBuy (2.00 mean, 1=Strong Buy…5=Strong Sell) — 24 analysts
- Mean price target$245.92 range $208.00 – $272.00; median $247.00
Analyst estimates, as of 2026-08-24. These are third-party analyst opinions and price targets, aggregated — not a recommendation, prediction, or advice from stocks-llm. Informational only.
Analyst EPS estimate for RSG
- Consensus EPS estimate$1.93 next reporting period, as of 2026-08-24
Change over time is not available yet: it needs two readings of the same reporting period at least 30 days apart, and we have been recording these estimates since 2026-08-04. An estimate for a DIFFERENT quarter is not a revision, so a reading from before the last report is never compared with one after it.
The consensus estimate for the next reporting period, and how it has moved between readings of that SAME period. A change is measured only between readings estimating one period — when a company reports, the consensus moves to the next quarter and the two numbers are not comparable. Informational only, not a forecast and not advice.
Key risks (from latest filing)
["Accrued landfill and environmental costs, which are subject to estimation risk and regulatory requirements.","Exposure to variable operating costs, including fuel and labor, which can impact profitability."]
What changed in the latest 10-Q
AI-assisted comparison of RSG's 10-Q filed 2026-05-08 against the prior one filed 2025-10-31.
Management's Discussion & Analysis (MD&A)
- Added:
- Reference to Form 10-K for fiscal year ended December 31, 2025 (newer filing, 2026-05-08)
- Addition of 'Canada' in the list of geographic areas impacted by acts of war, riots or terrorism (newer filing, 2026-05-08)
- Removed:
- Reference to Form 10-K for fiscal year ended December 31, 2024 (older filing, 2025-10-31)
- Reference to 'United States' alone without Canada in the geographic scope (older filing, 2025-10-31)
- Reworded:
- Geographic scope changed from 'United States' to 'United States and Canada' in the risk factors section describing impacts of acts of war, riots or terrorism
- Notes:
- The comparison is limited to the provided text excerpt; the full MD&A sections may contain additional changes not visible in the truncated versions provided
Risk Factors
The two filings could not be meaningfully compared for this section.
AI-assisted comparison of two SEC filing sections. It describes wording and theme changes only, makes no materiality, legal, or investment judgement, and is not financial advice. Informational only — not financial advice.
Insider activity (SEC Form 4)
14 open-market purchases and 1 open-market sale by insiders in the last 90 days.
- Last 30 days14 buys ($186M) · 0 sells — 1 buying insider
- Last 90 days14 buys ($186M) · 1 sell ($380304) — 1 buying, 1 selling insiders
- Last 180 days35 buys ($389M) · 3 sells ($458181) — 1 buying, 2 selling insiders
Activity heuristic: net buying (a transparent product heuristic from the counts above, not a prediction or advice)
Most recent open-market transaction: 2026-08-13. As of 2026-08-24.
View full insider trading history → View SEC Form 3/4/5 filingsAsk about RSG's insider activity →
Only open-market purchases (SEC code P) and sales (code S) are counted here. Option exercises, vesting/awards, gifts, and shares withheld for taxes are excluded — they are compensation or mechanical, not open-market conviction. Sales may be planned and non-discretionary (e.g. a Rule 10b5-1 plan) and are not necessarily bearish; open-market buying is not a recommendation to buy. Informational only — not financial advice.
Congressional trading disclosures
U.S. House members publicly disclose their own, their spouse's, and dependent children's stock transactions under the STOCK Act. We hold 8 matched disclosures for RSG from U.S. House Clerk Periodic Transaction Report filings.
Congressional trading disclosures →Institutional ownership (13F)
5 institutional 13F filers reported holding RSG as of 2026-03-31 (quarter-end position, filed within 45 days).
- Distinct 13F filers 5
- Reported shares held 31,810,427
- Reported value $6,967,119,514
reported quarterly holdings change (2025-12-31 → 2026-03-31): 0 new, 2 increased, 3 decreased, 0 exited. Change counts cover only managers that filed 13F reports in BOTH quarters, derived between two quarter-end snapshots — not same-day trades; a single manager is never said to have "bought" or "sold".
Institutional holdings are quarter-end long positions reported on SEC Form 13F-HR, filed up to 45 days after the quarter ends — they are delayed, are not real-time trades, exclude short positions and most non-US securities, and are not investment advice. Any increase/decrease is a reported change between two quarterly snapshots, not a same-day purchase or sale. These are quarter-end snapshots from the 13F filings on SEC EDGAR, filed within 45 days — not real-time, and any change is a difference between two quarterly reports, not a same-day trade. Informational only — not financial advice.
Short interest (FINRA)
RSG had 3,854,610 shares of reported short interest as of the 2026-07-31 FINRA settlement date (delayed, bi-monthly; not real-time).
RSG had 1.26% of its shares outstanding sold short as of the 2026-07-31 FINRA settlement date (percent of FLOAT would be higher — float is not disclosed in the source). FINRA reported 2.75 days to cover at the same settlement.
- Reported short interest (shares) 3,854,610
- Short interest (% of shares outstanding) 1.26%
- Prior settlement (shares) 3,490,272
- Reported change 10.44%
- Days to cover (reported) 2.75
Reported to FINRA as of the 2026-07-31 settlement date. Short interest is reported to FINRA and published on a delayed, bi-monthly schedule (as of a settlement date, disseminated roughly eight business days later) — it is NOT real-time, does not cover every venue or all US trading, and is not a short-squeeze prediction or investment advice. Days-to-cover is the value FINRA reports; percent of float is not shown because the source file carries no share-count denominator — where a percent appears it is of shares OUTSTANDING, the larger base, and is therefore a floor on percent of float. Informational only — not financial advice.
Competitors & peers
- Waste Management (WM)
- Waste Connections (WCN)
- Clean Harbors (CLH)
- GFL Environmental (GFL)
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Frequently asked questions
What does Republic Services (RSG) do?
Republic Services is a provider of environmental services, including the collection, transfer, disposal, recycling, and energy services of non-hazardous solid waste. The company operates a network of collection operations, transfer stations, landfills, and recycling centers across the United States. It focuses on waste management solutions for residential, commercial, and industrial customers.
What sector is Republic Services (RSG) in?
Republic Services (RSG) is classified in the Industrials sector. Its industry is waste management. It trades on NYSE.
Does RSG pay a dividend?
Yes — Republic Services (RSG) pays a dividend, with an indicated yield of about 1.33% and at least 5 years of non-decreasing per-share dividends (SEC EDGAR XBRL) — we do not hold the year before it, so the real streak may be longer (market data, as of 2026-08-24). Informational only — not financial advice.
Who are Republic Services's (RSG) competitors?
Notable peers of Republic Services (RSG) include Waste Management, Waste Connections, Clean Harbors and GFL Environmental. This peer set is informational only — not financial advice.
Has there been recent Congressional stock trading in RSG?
Yes — we hold 8 matched STOCK Act disclosures for RSG from U.S. House Clerk Periodic Transaction Report filings. These are legally-required disclosures (often filed 30–45 days after the trade), may belong to a U.S. House member, their spouse, or a dependent child, and are not an indicator of company performance or investment advice.
Is Republic Services (RSG) overbought or oversold right now?
Republic Services (RSG) is currently neither overbought nor oversold — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 60, in the neutral middle (as of 2026-08-21). RSI describes recent price momentum, not a forecast — informational only, not financial advice.
Where does stocks-llm's data on RSG come from?
Fundamentals and prices come from market data, as of 2026-08-24; company filings and profile facts come from SEC EDGAR. All figures are delayed daily-close data shown with their as-of date — informational only, not financial advice.
Fundamentals: market data, as of 2026-08-24. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-08-21.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & market data, shown with their as-of date.