Mar 31, 2022

Republic Services Q1 2022 Earnings Report

Republic Services reported strong first quarter results driven by strategic execution and investments.

Key Takeaways

Republic Services reported a strong start to the year with double-digit growth in revenue, EBITDA, and free cash flow. The company's strategic investments in environmental solutions and differentiated capabilities drove the positive results.

EPS was $1.11 per share, and adjusted EPS was $1.14 per share.

Cash provided by operating activities was $705.6 million, an increase of 6.7 percent versus the prior year; adjusted free cash flow was $530.9 million, an increase of 14.4 percent versus the prior year.

Net income was $352.0 million, or 11.9 percent of revenue.

Adjusted EBITDA was $903.5 million and adjusted EBITDA margin was 30.4 percent of revenue.

Total Revenue
$2.97B
Previous year: $2.6B
+14.4%
EPS
$1.14
Previous year: $0.93
+22.6%
Gross Profit
$1.21B
Previous year: $1.06B
+13.6%
Cash and Equivalents
$39M
Previous year: $23.2M
+68.1%
Free Cash Flow
$531M
Previous year: $464M
+14.4%
Total Assets
$24.9B
Previous year: $23.3B
+7.0%

Republic Services

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Forward Guidance

This press release contains forward-looking statements with risks and uncertainties.

Challenges Ahead

  • our ability to effectively integrate and manage companies we acquire, including US Ecology, and to realize the anticipated benefits of any such acquisitions
  • the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and actions taken in response thereto
  • acts of war, riots or terrorism, and the impact of these acts on economic, financial and social conditions in the United States
  • our dependence on large, long-term collection, transfer and disposal contracts.

Revenue & Expenses

Visualization of income flow from segment revenue to net income