Benzinga | Nov 5, 2020 05:35PM EST

Republic Services Earlier Reported Q3 EPS $1.00 Beats $0.82 Estimate, Sales $2.57B Miss $2.58B Estimate; Raises FY20 Adj. Free Cash Flow Guidance; Reports $2B Buyback

Republic Services (NYSE:RSG) reported quarterly earnings of $1.00 per share which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $0.82 by 21.95 percent. This is a 9.89 percent increase over earnings of $0.91 per share from the same period last year. The company reported quarterly sales of $2.57 billion which missed the analyst consensus estimate of $2.58 billion by 0.31 percent. This is a 2.83 percent decrease over sales of $2.65 billion the same period last year.