FirstService (FirstService) Cash-to-Debt : 0.11 (As of Mar. 2024)

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What is FirstService Cash-to-Debt?

Cash to Debt Ratio measures the financial strength of a company. It is calculated as a company's cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities divide by its debt. FirstService's cash to debt ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 0.11.

If Cash to Debt ratio is less than 1, the company cannot pay off its debt using the cash in hand. Here we can see, FirstService couldn't pay off its debt using the cash in hand for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024.

The historical rank and industry rank for FirstService's Cash-to-Debt or its related term are showing as below:

FSV' s Cash-to-Debt Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.09 Med: 0.19 Max: 0.31
Current: 0.11

During the past 13 years, FirstService's highest Cash to Debt Ratio was 0.31. The lowest was 0.09. And the median was 0.19.

FSV's Cash-to-Debt is ranked worse than
69.11% of 1790 companies
in the Real Estate industry
Industry Median: 0.26 vs FSV: 0.11

FirstService Cash-to-Debt Historical Data

The historical data trend for FirstService's Cash-to-Debt can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Note: An indication of "No Debt" does not necessarily mean that the company has no debt obligations; it could be due to missing data in the quarterly or annual report. Use caution when interpreting this information.

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FirstService Cash-to-Debt Chart

FirstService Annual Data

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Dec20

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Dec23

Cash-to-Debt

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0.13

0.25

0.20

0.14

0.13

FirstService Quarterly Data
	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23	Mar24
Cash-to-Debt	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.12	0.15	0.15	0.13	0.11

Competitive Comparison of FirstService's Cash-to-Debt

For the Real Estate Services subindustry, FirstService's Cash-to-Debt, along with its competitors' market caps and Cash-to-Debt data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

FirstService's Cash-to-Debt Distribution in the Real Estate Industry

For the Real Estate industry and Real Estate sector, FirstService's Cash-to-Debt distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where FirstService's Cash-to-Debt falls into.

FirstService Cash-to-Debt Calculation

This is the ratio of a company's Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities to its debt. The debt includes the Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation. This ratio measures the financial strength of a company. This ratio is updated quarterly.

FirstService's Cash to Debt Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

Cash to Debt Ratio	=	Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	/	Total Debt
	=	Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	/	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)
	=	187.617	/	(88.03	+	1328.898)
	=	0.13

FirstService's Cash to Debt Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as:

Cash to Debt Ratio	=	Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	/	Total Debt
	=	Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	/	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)
	=	164.846	/	(88.88	+	1377.251)
	=	0.11

FirstService (NAS:FSV) Cash-to-Debt Explanation

If Cash to Debt ratio is greater than 1, the company can pay off its debt using the cash in hand. If it is smaller than 1, it means the company has more debt than the cash in hands. In this case, it is important to look the the company's Interest Coverage. Ben Graham requires that a company must have an Interest Coverage of at least 5.

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FirstService (FirstService) Business Description

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1255 Bay Street, Suite 600, Toronto, ON, CAN, M5R 2A9

Website

https://www.firstservice.com

FirstService Corp operates in two business divisions: FirstService Residential and FirstService Brands. FirstService Residential has service contracts to manage thousands of residential communities, including high-, medium-, and low-rise condominiums and co-operatives. FirstService Brands generates most of the company's revenue and provides property services to residential and commercial customers through the following brands: California Closets; Paul Davis Restoration; CertPro Painters; Pillar to Post; Floor Coverings International; College Pro Painters; and Service America. The company earns the majority of its revenue in the United States, with the remaining revenue generated in Canada.