Worth Watching Stocks: ServiceMaster Global Holdings, Inc. (SERV)

The shares of ServiceMaster Global Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:SERV) currently has mean rating of 2.12 while 1 analysts have recommended the shares as “BUY”, 5 recommended as “OUTPERFORM” and 2 recommended as “HOLD”. The rating score is on a scale of 1 to 5 where 1 stands for strong buy and 5 stands for sell.

The company’s mean estimate for sales for the current quarter ending Jun 16 is 767.50M by 7 analysts. The means estimate of sales for the year ending Dec-16 is 2.78B by 8 analysts.

The mean price target for the shares of ServiceMaster Global Holdings, Inc. (SERV) is at 43.88 while the highest price target suggested by the analysts is 48.00 and low price target is 38.00. The mean price target is calculated keeping in view the consensus of 8 brokerage firms.

The average estimate of EPS for the current fiscal quarter for ServiceMaster Global Holdings, Inc. (SERV) stands at 0.66 while the EPS for the current year is fixed at 2.05 by 8 analysts.

The next one year’s EPS estimate is set at 2.30 by 8 analysts while a year ago the analysts suggested the company’s EPS at 2.05. The analysts also projected the company’s long-term growth at12.39% for the upcoming five years.

In its latest quarter ended on 31^st March 2016, ServiceMaster Global Holdings, Inc. (SERV) reported earnings of $0.34. The posted earnings missed the analyst’s consensus by $-0.05 with the surprise factor of -12.80%. In the matter of earnings surprises, the term “Cockroach Effect” is often implied. Cockroach Effect is a market theory that suggests that when a company reveals bad news to the public, there may be many more related negative events that have yet to be revealed. In the case of earnings surprises, if a company is suggesting a negative earnings surprise it means there are more to come.

June 09, 2016 — It’s no secret that when it comes to household cleaning activities, moms have traditionally taken the lead. However, that disparity may finally be giving way to a more balanced, team approach, according to a survey by Merry Maids, the nation’s leading home cleaning company and a ServiceMaster Global Holdings, Inc. (SERV) company. Almost 75 percent of respondents agreed that dads share cleaning responsibilities with moms.

With Father’s Day just around the corner, company officials say it’s the perfect time to recognize dads for all that they do to keep homes neat and clean — especially when they may not be getting the credit they’re due. More than 95 percent of dads surveyed say they share cleaning duties, but only 64 percent of moms say the same. That said, dads just might need a little help getting started and they might have to work harder to keep things clean. According to the survey, almost 70 percent of moms claim that dads need to be prompted to help clean the house, and more than 75 percent of dads did not disagree that they’re naturally messier than moms.