FirstService (TSX:FSV) 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio : -0.90% (As of Mar. 2025)

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What is FirstService 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio?

Shares Outstanding (EOP) are shares that have been authorized, issued, and purchased by investors and are held by them.

3-Year Share Buyback Ratio measures the average annual proportion of a company's outstanding shares repurchased over the past three years. It is calculated as the annualized percentage change in shares outstanding from three years ago to the current year. A positive ratio may indicate share buybacks over the period, while a zero or negative ratio may reflect no repurchases or potential share issuance. FirstService's current 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio was -0.90%.

The historical rank and industry rank for FirstService's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

TSX:FSV' s 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -6.9 Med: -5 Max: 0.1
Current: -0.9

During the past 13 years, FirstService's highest 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio was 0.10%. The lowest was -6.90%. And the median was -5.00%.

TSX:FSV's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio is ranked better than
54.39% of 842 companies
in the Real Estate industry
Industry Median: -1.4 vs TSX:FSV: -0.90

Competitive Comparison of FirstService's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio

For the Real Estate Services subindustry, FirstService's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio 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 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio Distribution in the Real Estate Industry

For the Real Estate industry and Real Estate sector, FirstService's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where FirstService's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio falls into.

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FirstService 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio Calculation

This is the annualized percentage change in shares outstanding from three years ago to the current year. The annualized percentage change is calculated with expontential compound based on the latest four years of annual data on Shares Outstanding (EOP).

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FirstService (TSX:FSV) 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio Explanation

A negative number means the company might be issuing new shares. A positive number indicates that the company is buying back shares.

Be Aware

Investors usually like share buybacks. But as pointed by Warren Buffett, only if a company buys back shares at the prices below the stock's intrinsic value, it rewards remaining shareholders. If a company buys its overvalued stocks back, it destroys shareholder value.

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FirstService Business Description

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FSV:USA 1GIA:Germany

Address

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 the majority 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.

Executives

Joan Eloise Sproul	Director
D. Scott Patterson	Director, Senior Officer
Jeremy Alan Rakusin	Senior Officer
Erin Joy Wallace	Director
Douglas G. Cooke	Senior Officer
Alex Nguyen	Senior Officer
Yousry Bissada	Director
Jay Stewart Hennick	Director
Bernard I. Ghert	Director
Frederick Reichheld	Director
Brendan Calder	Director
Steven Grimshaw	Director
Michael Natale	Director or Senior Officer of Insider or Subsidiary (other than in 4,5,6)
Kevin Joseph Sylvio Roy	Director or Senior Officer of Insider or Subsidiary (other than in 4,5,6)