Republic Services, Inc. (NYSE:RSG) Q4 2023 Earnings Conference Call February 27, 2024 5:00 PM ET

Company Participants

Aaron Evans - VP, IR

Jon Vander Ark - CEO

Brian DelGhiaccio - CFO

Conference Call Participants

Toni Kaplan - Morgan Stanley

Kevin Chiang - CIBC

Bryan Burgmeier - Citi

Walter Spracklin - RBC Capital Markets

John Mazzoni - Wells Fargo

Michael Hoffman - Stifel

Noah Kaye - Oppenheimer & Co. Inc.

Stephanie Moore - Jefferies

Jerry Revich - Goldman Sachs

Jack Wilson - Truist

Tony Bancroft - Gabelli Funds

Operator

Good afternoon, and welcome to the Republic Services Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2023 Investor Conference Call. All participants will be in listen-only mode. [Operator Instructions] After today’s presentation, there will be an opportunity to ask questions. [Operator Instructions] Please note this event is being recorded.

I would now like to turn the conference over to Aaron Evans, VP, Investor Relations. Please go ahead.

Aaron Evans

I would like to welcome everyone to Republic Services fourth quarter and full year 2023 conference call. Jon Vander Ark, our CEO; and Brian DelGhiaccio, our CFO, are on the call today to discuss our performance.

I would like to take a moment to remind everyone that some of the information we discuss on today's call contains forward-looking statements, which involve risks and uncertainties and may be materially different from actual results. Our SEC filings discuss factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations.

The material that we discuss today is time sensitive. If in the future, you listen to a rebroadcast or recording of this conference call, you should be sensitive to the date of the original call, which is February 27, 2024. Please note that this call is property of Republic Services, Inc. Any redistribution, retransmission or rebroadcast of this call in any form without the express written consent of Republic Services is strictly prohibited.

I want to point out that our SEC filings, our earnings press release, which includes GAAP reconciliation tables and a discussion of business activities, along with the recording of this call are available on Republic's website at republicservices.com.

I want to remind you that Republic's management team routinely participates in investor conferences. When events are scheduled, the dates, times and presentations are posted on our website.

With that, I'd like to turn the call over to Jon.

Jon Vander Ark

Thanks Aaron. Good afternoon, everyone, and thank you for joining us. The Republic team finished the year strong by executing our strategy designed to profitably grow the business. We outpaced expectations throughout the year and deliver results that exceeded our full year guidance.