NASDAQ:FSV - FirstService Stock Price, News & Analysis

FirstService trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "FSV."

FirstService declared a special dividend on Thursday, May 23rd. Stockholders of record on Friday, June 28th will be paid a dividend of $0.15 per share on Friday, July 5th. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, June 27th. This is an increase from FirstService's previous special dividend of $0.08. View FirstService's Dividend History.

FirstService announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock buyback plan on Friday, August 18th 2017, which authorizes the company to buyback 3,100,000 outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to repurchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are typically a sign that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

FirstService Corp (NASDAQ:FSV) announced its earnings results on Wednesday, July, 24th. The financial services provider reported $0.94 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.63 by $0.31. The financial services provider earned $573.90 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $550.77 million. FirstService had a negative net margin of 11.58% and a positive return on equity of 28.17%. The business's revenue was up 15.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.86 earnings per share. View FirstService's Earnings History.

FirstService is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October 23rd 2019. View Earnings Estimates for FirstService.

4 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month target prices for FirstService's shares. Their forecasts range from $105.00 to $110.00. On average, they expect FirstService's share price to reach $107.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 4.0% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for FirstService.

4 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for FirstService in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for FirstService.

Media stories about FSV stock have trended negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. FirstService earned a news impact score of -2.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the financial services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for FirstService.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other FirstService investors own include United Technologies (UTX), Applied Materials (AMAT), Abbott Laboratories (ABT), BCE (BCE), Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CM), Franco Nevada (FNV), Fortis (FTS), Kellogg (K), Insperity (NSP) and Restaurant Brands International (QSR).

FirstService's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (16.89%), William Blair Investment Management LLC (3.94%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (2.61%), Vanguard Group Inc. (2.57%), Bank of Montreal Can (2.19%) and Conestoga Capital Advisors LLC (1.90%).

FSV stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including TD Asset Management Inc., Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Fiera Capital Corp, Morgan Stanley, Montrusco Bolton Investments Inc., William Blair Investment Management LLC, Waratah Capital Advisors Ltd. and RK Capital Management LLC.

FSV stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Mackenzie Financial Corp, Invesco Ltd., Conestoga Capital Advisors LLC, Mawer Investment Management Ltd., JPMorgan Chase & Co., PCJ Investment Counsel Ltd., APG Asset Management N.V. and Vanguard Group Inc..

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

One share of FSV stock can currently be purchased for approximately $102.90.

FirstService has a market capitalization of $4.04 billion and generates $1.93 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $65.86 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.80 on an earnings per share basis. FirstService employs 20,000 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About FirstService.

The official website for FirstService is http://www.firstservice.com/.

FirstService's mailing address is 1140 Bay Street Suite 4000, Toronto A6, M5S 2B4. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at 416-960-9500.