Republic Services authorizes $5B for stock buybacks

How big is it?

Republic Services bought back $1.5B of stock in the twelve months to Jun 30, 2026. At that pace, $5.0B covers about 3.4 years of buybacks.

The amount equals 188% of its free cash flow over the same twelve months ($2.7B).

Its diluted share count is down 1.8% from a year earlier.

An authorization is permission, not a promise: the company can buy less, more slowly, or not at all, and usually doesn't have to say when it buys.

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