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The Motley Fool
July 31, 2006
Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: ServiceMaster's House Call With its historically weakest first quarter behind it, home, lawn, and wood-destroying insect warrantor is all set to report its historically strongest second-quarter earnings numbers tomorrow morning. Need some clues on how the company's doing?   |
The Motley Fool
August 2, 2005
W.D. Crotty |
ServiceMaster Does the Job While the stock hardly promises bottle-rocket performance, its slow, steady growth in both income and dividends can provide a market-matching or market-beating total return for you |
The Motley Fool
November 4, 2004
W.D. Crotty |
Service Bundling Sweeps Up ServiceMaster profitably bundles services and pays a healthy 3.5% dividend. |
The Motley Fool
November 7, 2005
Rich Smith |
ServiceMaster Spins It's been a rough couple of trading days for investors in the company behind such brands as Terminix, ChemLawn, and TruGreen, ever since the company reported earnings. |
The Motley Fool
February 17, 2004
Rich Smith |
ServiceMaster Slips A massive charge to earnings put ServiceMaster in the red for 2003. |
The Motley Fool
May 12, 2005
W.D. Crotty |
Serving the Master ServiceMaster reports a weak quarter but still sticks by 2005 guidance. So, is the stock tempting? |
The Motley Fool
February 15, 2005
Tim Beyers |
ServiceMaster Serves Cash The exterminator-cum-lawn care company boosts cash flow by $500 million over last year. Good companies with steady cash flows are rarely available at good prices. In that sense, ServiceMaster is about as good as it gets. |
The Motley Fool
April 30, 2004
Rich Smith |
ServiceMaster Smiles Home maintenance guru ServiceMaster, owner of such well-known brands as American Home Shield, TruGreen, Merry Maids and Terminix, doubled its earnings per share in the first quarter of 2004. |
The Motley Fool
February 14, 2006
Nathan Parmelee |
Servicemaster's Bad Rap The growth isn't obvious, but the cash flow is there, and the underlying business of this lawn-care, pest-control, and plumbing service company is sound. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
May 9, 2006
Jeremy MacNealy |
ServiceMaster Still Serviceable? Why is the market shunning this residential and commercial services company? Here is a closer look. |
The Motley Fool
November 19, 2004
Salim Haji |
Gleaning Insights From Berkshire Other than Comcast and ServiceMaster additions, it's been a quiet quarter of trading for this portfolio. |
The Motley Fool
August 26, 2004
Bill Mann |
ServiceMaster Looks Clean to Berkshire The purchase of ServiceMaster and Comcast, along with Pier 1, seems to fit into a pattern of Berkshire Hathaway stock purchases of the last few years -- all seeming to focus on the home. |
The Motley Fool
April 9, 2007
Toby Shute |
The Definitive Boring Stock: Grass Edition Investing isn't supposed to be thrilling. Would your portfolio be greener if you opted to invest in a lawn-care company, such as Scotts? |
