Republic Services, Inc.

LSE:0KW1 Stock Report

Market Cap: US$63.8b

Republic Services Valuation

Is 0KW1 undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

2/6

Valuation Score 2/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of 0KW1 when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: 0KW1 ($204.6) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($227.49)

Significantly Below Fair Value: 0KW1 is trading below fair value, but not by a significant amount.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for 0KW1?

Key metric: As 0KW1 is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for 0KW1. This is calculated by dividing 0KW1's market cap by their current earnings.
What is 0KW1's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio32.4x
EarningsUS$1.97b
Market CapUS$63.80b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does 0KW1's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for 0KW1 vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average18.4x
RTO Rentokil Initial
25.6x15.4%UK£10.0b
SRP Serco Group
11.1x2.5%UK£1.5b
MTO Mitie Group
11.4x11.3%UK£1.4b
RWI Renewi
25.5x36.6%UK£644.5m
0KW1 Republic Services
32.4x6.8%US$63.8b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: 0KW1 is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (32.4x) compared to the peer average (18.4x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does 0KW1's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Commercial Services Industry?

1 CompanyPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
0KW1 32.4xIndustry Avg. 13.8xNo. of Companies14PE01020304050+
1 CompanyEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: 0KW1 is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (32.4x) compared to the European Commercial Services industry average (13.8x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is 0KW1's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

0KW1 PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio32.4x
Fair PE Ratio34.7x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: 0KW1 is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (32.4x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (34.7x).

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst 0KW1 forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$204.60
US$221.77
+8.4%
8.1%US$244.00US$159.00n/a20
Dec ’25US$218.30
US$219.37
+0.5%
7.6%US$244.00US$159.00n/a20
Nov ’25US$198.95
US$219.37
+10.3%
7.6%US$244.00US$159.00n/a20
Oct ’25US$201.03
US$212.60
+5.8%
7.4%US$230.00US$157.00n/a19
Sep ’25US$206.72
US$212.60
+2.8%
7.4%US$230.00US$157.00n/a19
Aug ’25US$195.97
US$211.23
+7.8%
7.5%US$230.00US$157.00n/a19
Jul ’25US$192.56
US$201.60
+4.7%
8.1%US$230.00US$147.00n/a19
Jun ’25US$183.01
US$201.34
+10.0%
8.0%US$230.00US$147.00n/a19
May ’25US$185.17
US$201.68
+8.9%
8.0%US$230.00US$147.00n/a19
Apr ’25US$191.13
US$197.72
+3.5%
8.0%US$225.00US$143.00n/a18
Mar ’25US$183.12
US$194.35
+6.1%
9.8%US$215.00US$142.60n/a19
Feb ’25US$173.42
US$170.14
-1.9%
8.8%US$190.00US$133.00n/a19
Jan ’25US$164.62
US$168.45
+2.3%
8.3%US$190.00US$133.00n/a19
Dec ’24US$163.32
US$164.93
+1.0%
7.7%US$182.00US$129.00US$218.3019
Nov ’24US$149.43
US$165.22
+10.6%
6.9%US$182.00US$129.00US$198.9518
Oct ’24US$143.78
US$163.44
+13.7%
7.1%US$182.00US$127.00US$201.0318
Sep ’24US$144.50
US$163.44
+13.1%
7.1%US$182.00US$127.00US$206.7218
Aug ’24US$154.40
US$162.67
+5.4%
7.5%US$182.00US$127.00US$195.9718
Jul ’24US$152.44
US$151.94
-0.3%
7.8%US$175.00US$120.00US$192.5618
Jun ’24US$142.20
US$151.94
+6.9%
7.8%US$175.00US$120.00US$183.0118
May ’24US$143.84
US$151.72
+5.5%
7.8%US$175.00US$120.00US$185.1718
Apr ’24US$134.72
US$145.82
+8.2%
8.6%US$173.00US$119.00US$191.1317
Mar ’24US$128.84
US$145.56
+13.0%
8.9%US$173.00US$119.00US$183.1216
Feb ’24US$124.27
US$145.31
+16.9%
10.1%US$173.00US$109.00US$173.4216
Jan ’24US$128.48
US$149.69
+16.5%
9.4%US$173.00US$109.00US$164.6216
Dec ’23US$140.13
US$149.38
+6.6%
9.4%US$173.00US$109.00US$163.3216

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/22 11:30
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/20 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

Republic Services, Inc. is covered by 42 analysts. 21 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
David ColemanArgus Research Company
David MantheyBaird
Ishan MajumdarBaptista Research