FirstService (FSV) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

FirstService Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides residential property management and other essential property services to residential and commercial customers in the United States and Canada. It operates through two segments: FirstService Residential and FirstService Brands. The FirstService Residential segment offers services for private residential communities, such as condominiums, co-operatives, homeowner associations, master-planned communities, active adult and lifestyle communities, and various other residential developments. This segment provides a range of ancillary services, including on-site staffing for building engineering and maintenance, full-service amenity management, and security and concierge/front desk; and financial services comprising cash management, other banking transaction-related, and specialized property insurance brokerage. In addition, this segment offers energy management solutions and advisory services, and resale processing services. Its FirstService Brands segment operates and provides essential property services to residential and commercial customers through franchise networks; and company-owned operations, including California Closets, Paul Davis Restoration, and CertaPro Painters operations. It provides residential and commercial restoration, painting, and floor coverings design and installation services; custom-designed and installed closet, and home storage solutions; home inspection services; and fire protection and related services. This segment offers its services primarily under the Paul Davis Restoration, Roofing Corp of America, First Onsite property Restoration, Century Fire Protection, CertaPro Painters, California Closets, Pillar to Post Home Inspectors, and Floor Coverings International brand names. FirstService Corporation was incorporated in 1988 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $170.15 to $172.95
• 50-Day Range: $158.93 to $176.99
• 52-Week Range: $141.26 to $197.84
• Volume: 63,972 shs
• Average Volume: 108,570 shs
• Market Capitalization: $7.78 billion
• P/E Ratio: 57.66
• Dividend Yield: 0.64%
• Price Target: $206.00
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

FirstService Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

FirstService scored higher than 50% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 580th out of 949 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.3 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

FirstService has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.67, and is based on 4 buy ratings, 2 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

FirstService has only been the subject of 3 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 12.14%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for FirstService are expected to grow by 12.14% in the coming year, from $5.27 to $5.91 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of FirstService is 57.77, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 21.75.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of FirstService is 57.77, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 22.02.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

FirstService has a P/B Ratio of 6.54. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.77% of the float of FirstService has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

FirstService has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in FirstService has recently increased by 27.45%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

FirstService has a dividend yield of 0.64%, which is in the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

FirstService does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of FirstService is 37.04%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, FirstService will have a dividend payout ratio of 18.61% next year. This indicates that FirstService will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.77% of the float of FirstService has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

FirstService has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in FirstService has recently increased by 27.45%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.2 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.79

News Sentiment

FirstService has a news sentiment score of 0.79. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.94 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 20 news articles for FirstService this week, compared to 5 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

1 people have searched for FSV on MarketBeat in the last 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

1 people have added FirstService to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, FirstService insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Institutions

69.35% of the stock of FirstService is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

FSV Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have FSV shares performed this year?

FirstService's stock was trading at $181.02 at the start of the year. Since then, FSV stock has decreased by 5.3% and is now trading at $171.4190.
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How were FirstService's earnings last quarter?

FirstService Co. (NASDAQ:FSV) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October, 24th. The financial services provider reported $1.63 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.42 by $0.21. FirstService's quarterly revenue was up 25.0% compared to the same quarter last year.
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Who are FirstService's major shareholders?

FirstService's top institutional shareholders include Conestoga Capital Advisors LLC (3.18%), Copeland Capital Management LLC (0.84%), Bessemer Group Inc. (0.37%) and Fenimore Asset Management Inc (0.22%).

How do I buy shares of FirstService?

Shares of FSV stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

What other stocks do shareholders of FirstService own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that FirstService investors own include Netflix (NFLX), HubSpot (HUBS), Applied Materials (AMAT), NVIDIA (NVDA), QUALCOMM (QCOM), Adobe (ADBE) and Costco Wholesale (COST).

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 10/24/2024
• Record date for 4/7 Dividend: 3/31/2025
• Ex-Dividend for 4/7 Dividend: 3/31/2025
• Dividend Payable: 4/07/2025
• Today: 4/25/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: Real estate
• Sub-Industry: Real Estate
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:FSV
• CIK: 1637810
• Web: www.firstservice.com
• Phone: (416) 960-9566
• Fax: 64-7258-0008
• Employees: 25,000
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: $206.00
• High Stock Price Target: $225.00
• Low Stock Price Target: $192.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +20.6%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.67
• Research Coverage: 6 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): $2.97
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 57.50
• Forward P/E Ratio: 32.41
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $134.38 million
• Net Margins: 2.58%
• Pretax Margin: 4.94%
• Return on Equity: 17.15%
• Return on Assets: 4.79%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 1.09
• Current Ratio: 1.75
• Quick Ratio: 1.79

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $5.22 billion
• Price / Sales: 1.49
• Cash Flow: $6.92 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 24.69
• Book Value: $26.22 per share
• Price / Book: 6.51

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 45,444,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: $7.76 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 1.04