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FY 2025 · View financials
Decision snapshot: RSG stock price vs WM: inconclusive Relative valuation is incomplete for this pair. Review the available filing metrics before drawing a conclusion.
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Each company valued on the other's multiple, then compared with the market price.
Implied fair value · at WM's multiple
Needs WM P/E.
Implied fair value · at RSG's multiple
Needs RSG P/E.
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Where each company leads, and how wide the gap is.
Growth lag
Pricing power
Operating leverage
Lower is better
Not comparable
Lower leverage
Statements
Core statements aligned to each company's latest fiscal year.
SEC periods: RSG FY 2025 (ended Dec 31, 2025) · WM FY 2025 (ended Dec 31, 2025).
Trendline
Five fiscal years of revenue, earnings, and margins before underwriting a re-rating.
Price framework
Market cap plus debt, less cash.
Price framework
Discounted free cash flow, then bridged to a per-share price. Same assumptions applied to both companies.
REPUBLIC SERVICES, INC. · implied price per share
Bear
$41.50
Base
$48.82
Bull
$56.14
WASTE MANAGEMENT INC · implied price per share
Bear
$53.24
Base
$62.63
Bull
$72.03
Balance sheet health
Financial health checks to separate durable balance sheets from potential value traps.
Financial strength on a 0–9 scale.
Bankruptcy-risk signal from balance sheet and earnings power.
Not enough data to score either balance sheet.
Debt / equity
Total debt against shareholders' equity
0.58x
2.29x
Net debt / EBITDA
Leverage against operating earnings
2.15x
3.67x
Cash and equivalents
Liquid reserves on the balance sheet
$76.00M
$378.00M
Total debt
Interest-bearing obligations outstanding
$6.92B
$22.91B
Comparable set
Where the pair sits against the wider comparable set.
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If you believe RSG can reaccelerate growth without sacrificing its stronger margin and ROIC profile, then a modest overweight or buy makes sense because its P/E is still below WM's and its leverage is lighter; otherwise, stay neutral because the growth gap and weak DCF range argue against paying up.
RSG trades at 30.7x P/E versus WM at 33.8x, so it is only modestly cheaper on earnings despite the smaller growth profile. The indicated implied price of $231.62 versus the current $210.55 suggests about 10.0% upside, but the broader valuation evidence is mixed because the DCF range of $60.21-$81.46 is far below market price.
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