FirstService (FSV)

Real Estate · Real Estate Services
$128.81 +0.41% on the day Market cap $6.0B 52-week range $119.41 to $189.05 Prices as of Oct 7, 2026

What the price implies

A reverse DCF: instead of guessing a fair value, it asks what growth today's price already assumes. How it works.

Free cash flow growth the price needs
4% a year for 10 years

At a market value of $6.0B, FirstService's free cash flow of $318M (fiscal 2025) would need to grow about 4% a year for the stock to be worth today's price. That is slower than the company has grown its free cash flow over the last 9 years.

Assumes a 9% discount rate and 3% growth after year 10, on free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital spending) from FirstService's SEC filings. Change any assumption, or model revenue and margins instead, in the Modeling tab, or try your own numbers in the reverse DCF calculator.

Implied by the price4.3% a year
Free cash flow, last 9 years16.6% a year
Revenue, same period15.7% a year
Price to free cash flow19.0x

Fundamental grade

D

Five factors scored 1 to 9 from FSV's latest numbers, weighted into one grade. It describes the business, not whether the stock is a buy.

Valuation5
Profitability5
Growth4
Financial health3
Cash efficiency4

Key numbers

P/E (trailing)40.6x
P/E (forward)22.0x
Price / free cash flow18.6x
EV / EBITDA16.3x
Price / sales1.10x
Price / book4.32x
Revenue growth+5.4%
Operating margin6.2%
Net margin2.6%
Return on equity10.5%
Dividend yield0.87%
Debt / equity2.11x

Results from SEC filings

Fiscal years, from FirstService's 10-K filings. The deep dive has 15+ years, quarters and every line.

Fiscal year20212022202320242025
Revenue$3.2B$3.7B$4.3B$5.2B$5.5B
Net income$135M$121M$100M$134M$145M
Free cash flow$109M$28M$188M$173M$318M
EPS (diluted)$3.05$2.72$2.24$2.97$3.17
Operating margin6.2%5.8%5.6%6.5%6.1%

Where the revenue comes from

Revenue by segments, fiscal 2025.

FirstService Brands Segment$3.2B58%
FirstService Residential Segment$2.3B42%

Superinvestors who own FSV

From each investor's latest 13F filing (what a 13F shows). 4 of the investors we track hold it.

InvestorLast quarterValue% of portfolioQuarter
Hersh Cohen
ClearBridge Investments
Added $49M0.04%Q2 2026
Marty Whitman
Third Avenue Management LLC
Added $9M1.4%Q2 2026
Joel Greenblatt
Gotham Asset Management
Trimmed $718,5080.00%Q2 2026
Cliff Asness
AQR Capital Management
Added $501,3350.0%Q2 2026

Insider buying

Open-market purchases by FirstService's executives and directors in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings. What insider buying tells you.

No open-market insider purchases of FSV in the last 12 months. Most insider activity is selling and option exercises, which aren't shown here.

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In the full deep dive

DCF fair value per share
Yearly return (IRR) at today's price
Growth implied by revenue and margins
15+ years of statements and quarters

Questions

What growth does FirstService's stock price imply?

At a market value of $6.0B, FirstService would need its free cash flow to grow about 4% a year for 10 years (discounted at 9%, 3% growth after that) to be worth today's price. Over the last 9 years its free cash flow grew 17% a year.

Are FirstService insiders buying the stock?

No open-market insider purchases of FSV in the last 12 months, according to SEC Form 4 filings.

Which superinvestors own FirstService?

4 of the superinvestors Investingly tracks hold FSV in their latest 13F, including Hersh Cohen, Marty Whitman, Joel Greenblatt.

Prices and ratios as of Oct 7, 2026; statements from SEC filings. Information only, not investment advice. Superinvestor holdings come from 13F filings, which are filed up to 45 days after each quarter ends.