Republic Services, Inc (NYSE: RSG) At Current Prices: Is It Worth Investing In?

During the last session, Republic Services, Inc (NYSE:RSG)’s traded shares were 0.79 million, with the beta value of the company hitting 0.65. At the end of the trading day, the stock’s price was $248.58, reflecting an intraday loss of -0.30% or -$0.75. The 52-week high for the RSG share is $253.54, that puts it down -2.0 from that peak though still a striking 27.22% gain since the share price plummeted to a 52-week low of $180.91. The company’s market capitalization is $77.68B, and the average trade volume was 1.33 million shares over the past three months.

Republic Services, Inc (RSG) received a consensus recommendation of Buy from analysts. That translates to a mean rating of 2.00. RSG has a Sell rating from 0 analyst(s) out of 9 analysts who have looked at this stock. 3 analyst(s) recommend to Hold the stock while 0 suggest Overweight, and 6 recommend a Buy rating for it.

Republic Services, Inc (NYSE:RSG) trade information

Republic Services, Inc (RSG) registered a -0.30% downside in the last session and has traded in the red over the past 5 sessions. The stock plummet -0.30% in intraday trading to $248.58, hitting a weekly high. The stock’s 5-day price performance is -0.77%, and it has moved by 3.90% in 30 days. Based on these gigs, the overall price performance for the year is 31.83%.

The consensus price target of analysts on Wall Street is $262, which implies an increase of 5.12% to the stock’s current value. The extremes of the forecast give a target low and a target high price of $245 and $270 respectively. As a result, RSG is trading at a discount of -8.62% off the target high and 1.44% off the low.

An analysis of the company’s performance over the past 5 years shows that the company’s earnings grew an estimated 14.26%. While earnings are projected to return 6.58% in 2025, the next five years will return 9.79% per annum.

RSG Dividends

Republic Services, Inc is due to release its next quarterly earnings in June. However, it is important to remember that the dividend yield ratio is merely an indicator meant to only serve as guidance. Investors should also take the other fundamental and operational aspects into account before investing in the stock. The forward dividend ratio for Republic Services, Inc is 2.27, with the dividend yield indicating at 0.92 percent, continuing the trend of increasing dividends in recent years.

The next largest institutional holding, with 17.88 million shares, is of BLACKROCK INC.’s that is approximately 5.6793% of outstanding shares. At the market price on 2024-06-30, these shares were valued at $3.48 billion.

Also, the Mutual Funds coming in first place with the largest holdings of Republic Services, Inc (RSG) shares are VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund and VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard 500 Index Fund . Data provided on Dec 31, 2024 indicates that VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund owns about 6.36 shares. This amounts to just over 2.04 percent of the company’s overall shares, with a $1.58 billion market value. The same data shows that the other fund manager holds slightly less at 5.51, or about 1.76% of the stock, which is worth about $1.37 billion.