Valuation
26% of the score
16median 13
Republic Services is valued at 22.3x its operating profit before acquisition amortisation (EBITA), including debt: a rich multiple.
25x
20x
15x
10x
6x
22.3x
Full points at 6x or less, none from 25xfull points
RSGRepublic Services
$212.97-6.5% 1Y
$212.97
$197.7352 weeks$231.61
RyuScore
Seven criteria, each scored 0 to 100 on a published scale, weighted into one number.
RyuScore 53 out of 100, Average
Today's price. Only valuation depends on it.
Average. Republic Services scores higher than 55% of the 1,794 companies Ryufin scores.
Carried by return on new capital and capital allocation, held back by valuation and the balance sheet.
Industrials median 53 · all companies 50
Return on capital
18% of the score
46median 34
Over 7 years the business earned 8.2% a year after tax on the capital it uses.
2%
8%
15%
25%
8.2%
None at 2% or less, full points from 25%full points
7 years agolatest 9.1%
Return on new capital
16% of the score
88median 49
For every dollar of operating profit earned over 6 years, yearly profit grew by 10 cents. New capital earned 14%, and 72% of profit went back into the business.
-5%
12%
10%
None at minus 5 cents, full points from 12 centsfull points
Capital allocation
14% of the score
80median 64
How management spends the money: shares bought back or issued, and whether assets grow faster than the business they serve.
Share countDown 0.5% a year over 5 years: buybacks
695%
-3%
-0.5%
0 pointsfull points
Assets against salesAssets grew 8% a year, sales 9.6%
9712%
-2%
-1.6%
0 pointsfull points
Cycle position
12% of the score
55median 62
Today's operating margin of 17% is 1.13x its normal 15%: above its usual level. Normal is half the 10 year median, half the last four years, so a margin that has held is not taken for a peak.
2x
1.5x
1x
0.7x
1.1x
A trough earns points, a peak costs themfull points
10 years agonow 17%
Balance sheet
8% of the score
43median 50
What the debt weighs against the profit that has to carry it.
Net debt to EBITDA2.7x a year of EBITDA
464.5x
0.5x
2.7x
0 pointsfull points
Interest coverOperating profit covers interest 6x
401.5x
12x
5.7x
0 pointsfull points
Earnings quality
6% of the score
93median 90
Whether the reported profit arrives as cash, and whether the accounts show the usual signs of stretching.
Cash against profitOperating cash flow was 2.00x profit over 3 years
1000.7x
1x
1.3x
2x
0 pointsfull points
AccrualsCash ran ahead of profit by 6.5% of assets
928%
0%
-8%
-6.5%
0 pointsfull points
Beneish M-score-2.73
86-1.50
-1.78
-2.22
-3.00
-2.73
0 pointsfull points
How the RyuScore works
Each criterion earns 0 to 100 points on the scale drawn under it, and the RyuScore is their average weighted 26, 18, 16, 14, 12, 8 and 6. Scales bend in the company's favour between their ends, so an ordinary figure is never already near zero. Where a criterion cannot be measured from the filings it is taken out and the remaining weights scale up; a company needs 60% of the weight covered, and always a price, to get a score.
Built from the company's annual and quarterly filings with the SEC and today's share price. Banks, insurers and property trusts are not scored: their debt is their raw material, so these yardsticks mean something else there. Figures as of 2026-06-30, latest annual report FY2025.
On our screens:Quality at a reasonable price
Industrials
Ranks #160 of 321 by RyuScore