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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001060391-23-000023"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RSG"
cik: "0001060391"
company_name: "REPUBLIC SERVICES, INC."
filed_at: "2023-10-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-09T07:46:57.528400+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Republic Services Q3 adj EPS $1.54 beats; raises FY guidance; authorizes $3B buyback

## Summary
- Q3 net income $480.2M ($1.52 EPS), up from $416.9M ($1.32 EPS) YoY; adjusted EPS $1.54.
- Revenue grew 6.3% (4.6% organic); core price on related business up 8.6%; adjusted EBITDA margin expanded 70 bps to 29.9%.
- Full-year adjusted EPS guidance raised to $5.46-$5.49; diluted EPS guidance $5.30-$5.33.
- Board authorized new $3B share repurchase program; YTD returned $670.6M to shareholders.
- Invested $947.4M in acquisitions YTD; average recycled commodity price $112/ton, down $50 YoY.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001060391-23-000023
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RSG
- cik: 0001060391
- company_name: REPUBLIC SERVICES, INC.
- filed_at: 2023-10-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1060391/000106039123000023/0001060391-23-000023-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1060391/000106039123000023/rsg-20231026.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001060391-23-000023.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  REPUBLIC SERVICES, INC. reported the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023 results: net income $480.2 million, or $1.52 per diluted share, EPS $1.52 per diluted share. Guidance reaffirmed.
  - Period: the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023
  - Net income: $480.2 million, or $1.52 per diluted share
  - EPS: $1.52 per diluted share
  - Guidance: reaffirmed
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On October 26, 2023, Republic Services, Inc. (the Company) issued a press release containing information about the Company’s financial results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1060391/000106039123000023/0001060391-23-000023-index.htm

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