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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
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
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 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
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
May 5, 2006
Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: Calling ServiceMaster Wall Street wasn't amused when home warrantor, termite zapper, and grass fertilizer ServiceMaster missed earnings estimates back in February. Can this corporate handyman regain the Street's graces when it reports first-quarter 2006 earnings news? Tune in Monday morning to find out. |
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
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
February 17, 2004
Rich Smith |
ServiceMaster Slips A massive charge to earnings put ServiceMaster in the red for 2003. |
The Motley Fool
December 15, 2003
Mathew Emmert |
Warren, Show Me the Money Why Berkshire Hathaway should pay dividends. |
The Motley Fool
November 25, 2008
Selena Maranjian |
Buffett the Dividend Investor Dividends aren't new to the Oracle of Omaha. |
The Motley Fool
June 8, 2006
Chuck Saletta |
Stocks You Won't Sell If the companies you own pay you well, you may never need to sell them. |
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
October 8, 2004
W.D. Crotty |
What's Propping Up AT&T? The potential of a buyout and a big dividend are keeping AT&T upright. |
The Motley Fool
January 27, 2004
Rich Smith |
American Standard Still Clogged American Standard reported strong results, but debt remains a factor. |
The Motley Fool
June 15, 2006
Selena Maranjian |
My Dividends Are Bigger Than Yours Your yield may be 2% when mine is a whopping 13%. Here's the secret. |
The Motley Fool
January 24, 2008
Selena Maranjian |
Which Dividends Can You Count On? Some dividends are safe; while others are at risk. |
The Motley Fool
August 2, 2005
Tim Beyers |
ServiceMaster Serves Earnings: Fool by Numbers The company released second quarter earnings: Income Statement Highlights... Margin Checkup... Balance Sheet Highlights... Cash Flow Highlights... |
The Motley Fool
May 27, 2004
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Home Depot Drills Bits Home Depot is slicing Honest Abe and nobody seems to care. |
The Motley Fool
June 7, 2005
Nathan Parmelee |
Dividend Traps The allure of a large dividend isn't always what it's cracked up to be. Here is a look at companies with large dividends and the traps that await investors if they ignore how a company funds its dividend. |
The Motley Fool
January 3, 2012
Chuck Saletta |
Get Paid to Keep Your Investing Resolutions: Hold On to Good Companies A strong and rising dividend is key to finding "forever" stocks. |
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
August 7, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
4 Stocks That Took a Hike Companies with growing yields can make you rich in more ways than the obvious. Cohen & Steers... Carlisle... ServiceMaster... Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers... |
The Motley Fool
September 2, 2005
Nathan Parmelee |
3 Stocks That Can Pay More Dividend growth is as important as the dividend itself. Here are three stocks that make the dividend growth cut. Polaris Industries... Nokia... Kimberly-Clark... |
The Motley Fool
January 5, 2008
Adam J. Wiederman |
Bear Market Buys How to find the best investments when the market is tough. |
The Motley Fool
September 10, 2007
Tim Beyers |
Put Warren Buffett in Your Corner What's one thing most of Buffett's investments have in common? More than half of the stocks held by Berkshire Hathaway pay a higher than average dividend. |
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? |
The Motley Fool
July 30, 2010 |
Dividend Report Card: 3 A+ Stocks How can you tell a good dividend stock from a bad dividend stock? |
The Motley Fool
February 16, 2006
Rex Moore |
Avoid Dividend Time Bombs If you're looking for income, there's no reason to stray into dangerous waters. Here are a few examples of dividend-payers with plenty of cash flow to cover their payouts and little chance of significant revenue loss: Jefferson-Pilot... Allstate... etc. |
The Motley Fool
September 24, 2009
Tim Beyers & Ilan Moscovitz |
The Unlikeliest Dividend Play Buffett eschews dividends? Get real. You needn't be a Berkshire shareholder to implement Buffett's strategy. |
The Motley Fool
May 27, 2004
Nathan Parmelee |
Value Line's Wild Ride A large one-time dividend distribution has given investors an up-and-down ride lately. Or has it? |
The Motley Fool
July 16, 2004
Rich Smith |
Steel Dynamics' Heavy Hint The American steel company initiates a dividend before releasing earnings, causing the stock to rise 10% in two days. |
The Motley Fool
July 20, 2010
Selena Maranjian |
Stay Tuned for Special Dividends The year 2010 is particularly exciting for those who breathlessly follow tax developments. We may see a slew of special one-time dividends paid out, but remember, they aren't all they appear to be. |
The Motley Fool
August 10, 2005
Tim Hanson |
Follow the Money Trail It's about time some companies stopped hoarding capital and started rewarding shareholders. Dividend payers are market beaters. |
The Motley Fool
July 26, 2005
Steven Mallas |
Kellogg Sweetens Dividends The company recently raised its quarterly dividend 10%, from $0.2525 to $0.2775. But this was the first change in value in many years. |
The Motley Fool
September 12, 2007
James Early |
The Stock Screaming "Buy Me!" There is one simple, undeniable factor affecting the long-term equity returns of a stock, and that is whether or not it pays a dividend. Investors, here is a list of seven stocks to consider. |
The Motley Fool
July 22, 2009
Selena Maranjian |
These Dividend Stocks Have It All You don't have to choose between high yields and dividend growth as companies like BP, CNOOC, Chevron, Waste Management, Home Depot, Kraft, and Caterpillar will demonstrate. |
The Motley Fool
July 26, 2006
Ryan Fuhrmann |
Ecolab's Spotless Growth The company provides cleaning, repair, and sanitizing services to the hospitality, food-service, health-care, and industrial markets. Attractive second-quarter results make this a stock to watch. |
The Motley Fool
August 26, 2005
Nathan Parmelee |
The Limits of Cash A strong yield is only as good as the company's ability to fund it. The market is chock-full of companies with high dividend yields, but not all of them are worthy of your investment dollars. |
The Motley Fool
July 18, 2011
Russ Krull |
Grow Your Own COLA This investing approach can crank out annual cost of living increases no matter how inflation is calculated: dividend growth stocks. |
The Motley Fool
June 25, 2004
Dave Marino-Nachison |
Boring Best Buy's Boost News of an increased dividend and buyback program are business as usual for consumer electronics giant Best Buy. |
The Motley Fool
February 8, 2010
Selena Maranjian |
Good News About the Worst Year It's over. Remember, the overall trend of the market is up. When stocks of good, healthy, and growing companies get beaten down, they're likely to regain their footing. |
The Motley Fool
December 2, 2004
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
More Cheese, Please Disney hikes its annual dividend, but that was never the point. Total return is the name of the game. Yet in Disney's case in particular, the dividend hike seems to provide a comforting nod of continued improvement. |
The Motley Fool
July 29, 2010
Todd Wenning |
Dividend Report Card: Home Depot Does this stock's dividend pass the grade? |
The Motley Fool
February 28, 2009
Adam J. Wiederman |
Can You Count on Your Dividends? Now might be a good time to figure it out. |
The Motley Fool
April 4, 2005
Nathan Parmelee |
Not All Dividends Are Created Equal Where do dividends come from, and which kind is best for your portfolio? Not all dividends are the same, and some are better off left alone. |
The Motley Fool
October 4, 2006
Nathan Parmelee |
Pier 1 Casts Its Dividend Aside This dividend cut had been a long time coming. Since free cash flow is the lifeblood of a business, cutting a dividend can be the best thing for a company to do. |
The Motley Fool
November 19, 2004
Rich Duprey |
Mattel's 'Free Plus' Dividend Toymaker Mattel gave investors something to be thankful for yesterday when it announced it was increasing its annual dividend by 13%, raising the cash payment from $0.40 to $0.45 a share and raising the yield to 2.16%. |
CRM
June 2004
Emmy Favilla |
CRM in Action: Turn Agents Into Experts If the agents ask the right questions, customers feel more comfortable. |
