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Company snapshot — FirstService Corp

FSV.TO in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
FirstService provides property management and related services across Canada and the United States, split into two segments. FirstService Residential manages condominiums, co-operatives and planned communities, handling staffing, security, banking and energy services for those buildings. FirstService Brands runs franchise and company-owned operations in restoration, painting, closets, roofing, fire protection and home inspection under names such as Paul Davis, California Closets and CertaPro Painters.
Where it sits in the stack
FirstService carries no seat in the diary's indices and does not sit inside the AI build-out stack; it belongs to the real estate services sector, in the property management and home services sleeve of our wider coverage universe.
Who it is priced against
The diary holds no defined peer group for this name in Closelook's peer group library; a comparison the market sometimes draws is with CBRE Group, though CBRE leans more towards commercial brokerage than residential management.
Why Closelook tracks it
FirstService is not a constituent of any Closelook index and carries no Closelook score yet, so the diary tracks it outside the scored coverage rather than through index seats or quoted editions.
What the diary watches
Whether the restoration and franchise brands segment, which depends on storm and claim activity, keeps pace with the steadier recurring fees from residential property management.

FirstService Corp (FSV.TO) trades on the TO exchange in Canada, classified under Real Estate.

The Closelook company score reads 47/100 composite (momentum 25, quality 37, valuation 44) across 7 modules — the full breakdown, chart structure and analog history load live above.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for FSV.TO, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Who it is priced against Real Estate Services · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Real Estate Services

Names in the same industry from the Closelook universe; scored names rank on their Closelook score, the rest on trend state.

Compared against FSV.TO on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 0.90%, quarterly · buybacks 62 m CAD in FY2025

Dividends and capital return

What FSV.TO pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 1.62 CAD per share · a 0.90% yield on the 2026-09-18 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-18
  • Change on the year +110.1% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 0.77 CAD per share
  • Last distribution 0.43 CAD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-06-30
  • By calendar year 2025: 1.53 CAD (partial) · 2026: 0.86 CAD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2025-03-31
  • Dividends paid, FY2025 49 m CAD 28% of earnings
  • Buybacks, FY2025 62 m CAD 0.8% of today's market value
  • Share count +1.0% in FY2025 27 m CAD of stock-based compensation in the year
  • Capital returned 111 m CAD · 34% of free cash flow dividends and buybacks together, against the year’s free cash flow

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 50/100 · S&P 500 fund at 49, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-18
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 97th percentile of the window, +4.9% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-18
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.07 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-18

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-19

Quick answers

What is FirstService Corp (FSV.TO)?

FirstService Corp trades as FSV.TO on the TO exchange (Canada) and is classified under Real Estate in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-19.

Is FSV.TO in a Closelook index?

Not currently — FirstService Corp is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-19.

What is FirstService Corp's Closelook composite score?

47 out of 100, with momentum 25, quality 37 and valuation 44 sub-scores, as of 2026-09-19. Scores are Closelook's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does FSV.TO trade against its moving averages?

Downtrend stack: Trades -8.7% vs the 50-day and -10.3% vs the 200-day average, 36% below the 52-week high and +6.3% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-18 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does FirstService Corp do?

FirstService provides property management and related services across Canada and the United States, split into two segments. FirstService Residential manages condominiums, co-operatives and planned communities, handling staffing, security, banking and energy services for those buildings. FirstService Brands runs franchise and company-owned operations in restoration, painting, closets, roofing, fire protection and home inspection under names such as Paul Davis, California Closets and CertaPro Painters. The diary holds no defined peer group for this name in Closelook's peer group library; a comparison the market sometimes draws is with CBRE Group, though CBRE leans more towards commercial brokerage than residential management.

Where does FirstService Corp sit in the AI build-out?

FirstService carries no seat in the diary's indices and does not sit inside the AI build-out stack; it belongs to the real estate services sector, in the property management and home services sleeve of our wider coverage universe. FirstService is not a constituent of any Closelook index and carries no Closelook score yet, so the diary tracks it outside the scored coverage rather than through index seats or quoted editions.

Does FirstService Corp pay a dividend?

FirstService Corp has paid 1.62 CAD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 0.90% on the 2026-09-18 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.43 CAD on 2026-06-30. In fiscal 2025 the company paid 49 m CAD in dividends and bought back 62 m CAD of its own shares, 34% of that year’s free cash flow. The share count rose 1.0% over the fiscal year. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for FSV.TO, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

then Real Estate Services, then Real Estate. Scored names rank on their Closelook score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.