Trash Isn't Always Garbage; Upgrading Republic Services’ Economic Moat to Wide
Upon reviewing Republic’s competitive positioning and transferring coverage to a new analyst, we are adjusting our economic moat rating to wide from narrow. Republic has significant goodwill on its balance sheet stemming from the 2008 Allied Waste merger, and this factor has kept average returns on capital near cost of capital over the past decade. Nonetheless, tuck-in deals have largely proved value accretive, and the firm’s flagship traditional collection and disposal operations enjoy robust c...Republic Services is a provider of non-hazardous solid waste collection, transfer, disposal, recycling, and environmental services in the United States. The company operates through collection operations, transfer stations, active landfills, recycling processing centers, treatment, recovery and disposal facilities, salt water disposal wells, and deep injection wells. In addition, the company is engaged in landfill gas-to-energy and renewable energy projects and had post-closure responsibility for closed landfills. The company's operations primarily consist of providing collection, transfer and disposal of non-hazardous solid waste, recovering and recycling of certain materials, and environmental services.
Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offer an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers, and retirement plan providers and sponsors.
Morningstar provides data on approximately 530,000 investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on more than 18 million equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its investment advisory subsidiaries and had approximately $185 billion in assets under advisement and management as of June 30, 2016.
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