FirstService Corp.

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FIRSTSERVICE CORP. $59.35 (Toronto symbol FSV; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (416-960-9500; www.firstservice.com; Shares outstanding: 36.6 million; Market cap: $2.1 billion; Dividend yield: 0.7%) serves the following areas of the real estate market: commercial real estate, residential property management and property improvement. The company has more than 24,000 employees worldwide. In the quarter ended June 30, 2014, FirstService’s revenue rose 14.7%, to $660.7 million from $576.1 million a year earlier (all figures except share prices in U.S. dollars). Excluding one-time items, earnings per share were $0.74, up 29.8% from $0.57. Revenue rose at all three of FirstService’s divisions: Colliers International (commercial real estate), up 22%; FirstService Residential (residential property management), up 9%; and FirstService Brands (property services), up 12%. FirstService Brands operates Paul Davis Restoration, California Closets and CertaPro Painters....

FIRSTSERVICE CORP. $59.35 (Toronto symbol FSV; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (416-960-9500; www.firstservice.com; Shares outstanding: 36.6 million; Market cap: $2.1 billion; Dividend yield: 0.7%) serves the following areas of the real estate market: commercial real estate, residential property management and property improvement. The company has more than 24,000 employees worldwide.

In the quarter ended June 30, 2014, FirstService’s revenue rose 14.7%, to $660.7 million from $576.1 million a year earlier (all figures except share prices in U.S. dollars). Excluding one-time items, earnings per share were $0.74, up 29.8% from $0.57.

Revenue rose at all three of FirstService’s divisions: Colliers International (commercial real estate), up 22%; FirstService Residential (residential property management), up 9%; and FirstService Brands (property services), up 12%. FirstService Brands operates Paul Davis Restoration, California Closets and CertaPro Painters.

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FIRSTSERVICE CORP. (Toronto symbol FSV; www.firstservice.com) serves the following areas of the real estate market: commercial real estate, residential property management and property improvement. The company has more than 24,000 employees worldwide. In the quarter ended March 31, 2014, FirstService’s revenue rose 15.1%, to $548.4 million from $476.4 million a year earlier (all figures except share prices in U.S. dollars). Excluding one-time items, earnings per share were $0.09, compared to a loss of $0.20. The first quarter is typically a slower time for the company. Revenue rose at all three of FirstService’s divisions: Colliers International (commercial real estate), up 28%; FirstService Residential (residential property management), up 7%; and FirstService Brands (property services), up 11%. FirstService Brands operates Paul Davis Restoration, California Closets and CertaPro Painters....

FIRSTSERVICE CORP. $55.55 (Toronto symbol FSV; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (416-960-9500; www.firstservice.com; Shares outstanding: 34.7 million; Market cap: $2.0 billion; Dividend yield: 0.8%) serves the following areas of the real estate market: commercial real estate, residential property management and property improvement....

ENERFLEX LTD., $18.86, symbol EFX on Toronto, rents and sells equipment and services for natural gas production, including compression and processing plants, refrigeration equipment and power generators. The stock jumped over 12% this week after Enerflex announced that it will acquire two businesses owned by privately held Axip Energy Services LP: an international contract compression and processing subsidiary and a division that provides aftermarket services. Enerflex will pay $430 million U.S. in cash. The agreement includes operations in Mexico, South America, Southeast Asia and the Middle East, but not Axip’s U.S. business. The major assets that Enerflex will receive include a 448-unit compression fleet totalling about 285,000 horsepower, all of which are operating under long-term rental contracts. This equipment is currently 90% utilized and has an average age of 5.5 years. Enerflex also gets gas-treating facilities in Mexico, Argentina and Peru....

FIRSTSERVICE CORP. $55.55 (Toronto symbol FSV; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (416-960-9500; www.firstservice.com; Shares outstanding: 34.7 million; Market cap: $2.0 billion; Dividend yield: 0.8%) serves the following areas of the real estate market: commercial real estate, residential property management and property improvement. The company has more than 24,000 employees worldwide.

In the quarter ended March 31, 2014, FirstService’s revenue rose 15.1%, to $548.4 million from $476.4 million a year earlier (all figures except share prices in U.S. dollars). Excluding one-time items, earnings per share were $0.09, compared to a loss of $0.20. The first quarter is typically a slower time for the company.

Revenue rosRe at all three of FirstService’s divisions: Colliers International (commercial real estate), up 28%; FirstService Residential (residential property management), up 7%; and FirstService Brands (property services), up 11%. FirstService Brands operates Paul Davis Restoration, California Closets and CertaPro Painters.

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FIRSTSERVICE CORP. $49.52 (Toronto symbol FSV; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (416-960-9500; www.firstservice.com; Shares outstanding: 34.3 million; Market cap: $1.8 billion; Dividend yield: 0.9%) serves the following areas of the real estate market: commercial real estate, residential property management and property improvement....

GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER, $26.76, symbol GT on New York, is up over 10% after reporting strong earnings yesterday. The company also announced that it has used its rising profits to add $1.15 billion in cash to its U.S. hourly workers’ defined-benefit pension plan. This plan is now fully funded, and Goodyear has started to freeze it. A defined benefit plan is where an employer promises to pay a specified monthly retirement benefit regardless of employee contributions or investment performance. Under its recent four-year contract with its U.S. unions, Goodyear has the right to freeze this plan once it’s fully funded....

FIRSTSERVICE CORP. $49.52 (Toronto symbol FSV; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (416-960-9500; www.firstservice.com; Shares outstanding: 34.3 million; Market cap: $1.8 billion; Dividend yield: 0.9%) serves the following areas of the real estate market: commercial real estate, residential property management and property improvement. FirstService has more than 24,000 employees worldwide.

In the quarter ended December 31, 2013, the company’s revenue rose 14.5%, to $691.7 million from $604.1 million a year earlier (all figures except share prices in U.S. dollars). Excluding one-time items, earnings per share rose 26.0%, to $0.97 from $0.77.

Revenue rose at all three of FirstService’s divisions: Colliers International (commercial real estate), up 21%; FirstService Residential (residential property management), up 9%; and FirstService Brands (property services), up 8%.
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