Company Dossier · Industrials
Republic Services
- S&P 500
- Russell 1000
What Republic Services is doing, read from its filings, its own words and the news, with every figure dated and sourced. Not investment advice: no ratings, no price targets.
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The latest read
Computed from the data on Oct 22, 2026. Every figure links back to its source in the sections below.
- Revenue over the four quarters to June 30, 2026: $16.9 billion, up 3.2% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
- Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital expenditure) over the four quarters to June 30, 2026: $2.65 billion, up 12% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
- Capital expenditure over the four quarters to June 30, 2026: $1.89 billion, up 5.0% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
- Share buybacks in the fiscal year to December 31, 2025: $0.87 billion.SEC EDGAR filings (10-K)
- Long-term debt issued in the fiscal year to December 31, 2025: $1.18 billion.SEC EDGAR filings (10-K)
- Latest earnings call or results release (August 6, 2026): sentiment 0.30 on a −1 to +1 scale (mixed), confidence 0.80 of 1.Palanor Discourse
- Guidance in the last 90 days: 4 outlook figures raised, 0 lowered, 0 held.Guidance Ledger (8-K results releases)
- Latest annual report (filed February 18, 2026): 0 risk factors added, 0 removed.Risk Factor Changes (10-K Item 1A)
- Insiders were net buyers in Q3 2026: $1,380 million on the open market.SEC Form 4
- 1,310 institutional managers reported a position at June 30, 2026 (−19 on the quarter before).SEC Form 13F
- H-1B filings certified in Q2 2026: 12 (7 a year earlier).U.S. Department of Labor (OFLC)
Risk events (12 months): 1 — latest OSHA inspection, Jan 14, 2026 →
Company Posture
How Company Posture is measured →What Republic Services is doing, on three axes, from its filings and its own words, as of 2026-10-22. A description, not a rating: Company Posture never says whether to buy.
Retrenching · Mixed
Expanding ↔ Retrenching
Retrenching
- Capital spending43rd pct
- Debt raised31st pct
- Buybacks vs capex37th pct
- Hiring filings8th pct
- Deals and private raises48th pct
- Patent publications17th pct
Confident ↔ Hedging
Mixed
- Call sentiment25th pct
- Call confidence58th pct
- Guidance changes94th pct
- Risk factors added64th pct
- Insider open-market trades90th pct
- + Guidance changes
- − Call sentiment
- + Insider open-market trades
Pressure
Components only: Not yet shown as a score: in the back-test it did not add to a naive reader's forecast of impairment, debt acceleration or bankruptcy filings (8-K 2.06, 2.04, 1.03) (not enough events (17 in half 1; needs 20)).
- Fails-to-deliver34th pct
- Stress filings50th pct
Credit
How these are built →Republic Services's borrowing from its SEC filings: the bonds it priced and the debt on its latest balance sheet. A description, not a rating.
Debt on the balance sheet
$14.1B
- Due within a year $0.5B
- Longer term $13.5B
- Default point $7.3B (short + ½ long)
Finance leases included · Jun 30, 2026 filing
Bonds priced, last 12 months
$1.2B
U.S. dollar tranches with a term sheet on EDGAR. Deals sold under Rule 144A file none and are not counted.
| Priced | Amount | Coupon | Matures | Spread | Yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 2026 | $700M | 4.750% | 2031 (5y) | +50bp | 4.788% |
| Jun 22, 2026 | $500M | 5.000% | 2036 (10y) | +62bp | 5.131% |
| Mar 17, 2025 | $700M | 5.150% | 2035 (10y) | +93bp | 5.238% |
| Mar 17, 2025 | $500M | 4.750% | 2030 (5y) | +73bp | 4.830% |
| Jun 17, 2024 | $500M | 5.200% | 2034 (10y) | +97bp | 5.239% |
| Jun 17, 2024 | $400M | 5.000% | 2029 (5y) | +75bp | 5.043% |
| Dec 7, 2023 | $350M | 4.875% | 2029 (5y) | +75bp | 4.859% |
| Dec 7, 2023 | $650M | 5.000% | 2033 (10y) | +95bp | 5.073% |
From the pricing term sheets Republic Services filed with the SEC. Spread is to the benchmark Treasury (or Bund, Gilt) at pricing.
Charts
Live charts: each one redraws from today’s data and has an image link to paste into a document or slide.
Cash flow
Capital returned and raised
What the company says
Hiring and ownership
Filings and records
The last two years of notable 8-Ks, offerings, annual reports, federal awards, lobbying reports, patents and other public records, newest first.
- Oct 19, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (REPUBLIC SERVICES)third_quarter 2026 · $0.0 million
- Oct 16, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (S-3 GROUP)third_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
- Oct 15, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (REPUBLIC SERVICES)fourth_quarter 2026
- Oct 13, 2026Patent
- Oct 6, 2026Patent
- Oct 6, 2026Patent
- Sep 29, 2026PatentPatent granted: STAND-ON MOWERUS 12745699
- Sep 15, 2026PatentPatent granted: OUTDOOR POWER MACHINEUS 12733589
- Jul 22, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (CO2EFFICIENT LLC)second_quarter 2026 · $0.0 million
- Jul 17, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (S-3 GROUP)second_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
- May 11, 20268-KShareholder vote resultsItem 5.07
- Apr 20, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (CO2EFFICIENT LLC)first_quarter 2026 · $0.0 million
- Apr 17, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (S-3 GROUP)first_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
- Mar 17, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (CO2EFFICIENT LLC)first_quarter 2026
- Feb 18, 202610-KAnnual report (10-K)0 risk factors added, 0 removed
- Feb 12, 20268-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Jan 14, 2026Risk event
- Sep 24, 2025Risk event
- Jul 29, 2025Risk event
- Jun 26, 2025Risk event
- Jun 4, 2025Risk event
- May 28, 2025Risk event
- May 21, 20258-KShareholder vote resultsItem 5.07
- Apr 21, 2025Risk event
- Feb 14, 202510-KAnnual report (10-K)0 risk factors added, 1 removed
- Feb 29, 202410-KAnnual report (10-K)0 risk factors added, 0 removed
Peers
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