For the quarter ended September 2025, Republic Services (RSG) reported revenue of $4.21 billion, up 3.3% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $1.90, compared to $1.81 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of -0.99% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $4.25 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being $1.77, the EPS surprise was +7.34%.
While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings -- and how they compare to Wall Street expectations to determine their next course of action, some key metrics always provide a better insight into a company's underlying performance.
As these metrics influence top- and bottom-line performance, comparing them to the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated helps investors project a stock's price performance more accurately.
Here is how Republic Services performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Average yield: 4% versus the three-analyst average estimate of 3.9%.
- Revenue- Environmental solutions, net: $433 million compared to the $493.31 million average estimate based on three analysts. The reported number represents a change of -6.8% year over year.
- Revenue- Recycling & Waste: $3.78 billion versus $3.78 billion estimated by two analysts on average.
- Revenue- Collection- Total: $2.84 billion versus the two-analyst average estimate of $2.89 billion. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +3.4%.
- Revenue- Collection- Small-container: $1.27 billion versus the two-analyst average estimate of $1.29 billion. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +4.8%.
- Revenue- Collection- Large-container: $797 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $810.97 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +2.9%.
- Revenue- Other- Other non-core: $97 million compared to the $101.13 million average estimate based on two analysts. The reported number represents a change of -0.7% year over year.
- Revenue- Collection- Residential: $754 million compared to the $772.44 million average estimate based on two analysts. The reported number represents a change of +1.9% year over year.
- Revenue- Transfer: $472 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $479.94 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +2.9%.
- Revenue- Landfill: $845 million versus $812.49 million estimated by two analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +10% change.
- Revenue- Other- Recycling processing and commodity sales: $107 million compared to the $101.44 million average estimate based on two analysts. The reported number represents a change of -0.6% year over year.
- Revenue- Environmental solutions: $449 million compared to the $474.94 million average estimate based on two analysts. The reported number represents a change of -6.4% year over year.
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Shares of Republic Services have returned -7.4% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +3.6% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.
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