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Republic Services, Inc. provides nonhazardous solid waste collection and disposal services in the United States. The company primarily engages in residential collection operations that include curbside collection of refuse from small containers into collection vehicles for transport to transfer stations or directly to landfills. Its commercial and industrial collection operations include the supply of waste containers of various sizes to construction sites and rental of compactors to large waste generators, as well as the provision of waste collection services to industrial and construction facilities on contractual basis. In addition, the company provides recycling services, including the curbside collection of residential recyclable waste. It provides its services to approximately 13 million commercial, industrial, municipal, and residential customers through 400 collection companies in 40 states and Puerto Rico. As of May 4, 2009, it owned or operated 242 transfer stations, 213 solid waste landfills, and 78 recycling facilities. Republic Services, Inc. was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona.

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Key Statistics

Closing Price	30.63
Volume	(mio) 1.67
Volume Avg	(mio) 2.29
52 Week High	33.10
52 Week Low	24.72
PE	19.68
PE (group average)	40
EPS Year	1.56
EPS change Q/Q	7.89%
EPS change Q/Q Yr ago	141.18%
EPS change Q/Q next Q est	-24.07%
EPS change Y/Y	-24.36%
REV change Q/Q	-50%
REV change Q/Q Yr ago	0%
EPS next Q est	0.54
EPS next Y est	2.25
Divident Annual	0.84
Dividend Yield	2.74%