How to buy Federal Signal Corporation stock (FSS)

Federal Signal Corporation is a pollution & treatment controls business based in the US. Federal Signal Corporation shares (FSS) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Its last market close was $91.77 – a decrease of 4.87% over the previous week. Federal Signal Corporation employs 4,500 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $1.8 billion.

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Federal Signal Corporation stock price (NYSE: FSS)

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Federal Signal Corporation shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2024-12-18.

Latest market close	$91.77
52-week range	$70.90 - $101.92
50-day moving average more info button	$91.83
200-day moving average more info button	$88.52
Wall St. target price	$99.60
PE ratio more info button	26.8232
Dividend yield more info button	$0.46 (0.52%)
Earnings per share (TTM) more info button	$3.45

Is it a good time to buy Federal Signal Corporation stock?

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Federal Signal Corporation price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $92.54 from 2024-12-18

1 week (2024-12-13)	-4.07%
1 month (2024-11-20)	0.96%
3 months (2024-09-20)	1.06%
6 months (2024-06-20)	9.88%

1 year (2023-12-20)	22.12%
2 years (2022-12-20)	105.79%
3 years (2021-12-20)	133.86%
5 years (2019-12-20)	197.90%

Is Federal Signal Corporation stock undervalued or overvalued?

Valuing Federal Signal Corporation stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Federal Signal Corporation's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

Federal Signal Corporation's P/E ratio

Federal Signal Corporation's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 27x. In other words, Federal Signal Corporation shares trade at around 27x recent earnings.

That's comparable to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29).

Federal Signal Corporation's PEG ratio

Federal Signal Corporation's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 2.71. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Federal Signal Corporation's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Federal Signal Corporation's EBITDA

Federal Signal Corporation's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $337.2 million.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Federal Signal Corporation's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Federal Signal Corporation financials

Revenue TTM	$1.8 billion
Operating margin TTM	16.07%
Gross profit TTM	$344.9 million
Return on assets TTM	10.12%
Return on equity TTM	20.21%
Profit margin	11.57%
Book value	$18.81
Market Capitalization more info button	$5.7 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Federal Signal Corporation share dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 14.95% of net profits

Recently Federal Signal Corporation has paid out, on average, around 0% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 0% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Federal Signal Corporation shareholders could enjoy a 0% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Federal Signal Corporation's case, that would currently equate to about $0.46 per share.

While Federal Signal Corporation's payout ratio might seem low, this can signify that Federal Signal Corporation is investing more in its future growth.

Federal Signal Corporation's most recent dividend payout was on 1 December 2024. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 14 November 2024 (the "ex-dividend date").

Have Federal Signal Corporation's shares ever split?

Federal Signal Corporation's shares were split on a 4:3 basis on 1 March 1994 . So if you had owned 3 shares the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 4 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Federal Signal Corporation shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 25% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Federal Signal Corporation shares which in turn could have impacted Federal Signal Corporation's share price.

Federal Signal Corporation share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Federal Signal Corporation's shares have ranged in value from as little as $70.9008 up to $101.917. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Federal Signal Corporation's is 0.952. This would suggest that Federal Signal Corporation's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).

Federal Signal Corporation overview

Federal Signal Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, and supplies a suite of products and integrated solutions for municipal, governmental, industrial, and commercial customers in the United States, Canada, Europe, and internationally. It operates through two segments, Environmental Solutions Group, and Safety and Security Systems Group. The Environmental Solutions Group segment manufactures and supplies street sweepers, sewer cleaners, industrial vacuum loaders, safe-digging trucks, dump truck bodies, and trailers, as well as waterblasting, road-marking, line-removal, and metal extraction support equipment under the Elgin, Vactor, Guzzler, TRUVAC, WestechTM, Jetstream, Blasters, Mark Rite Lines, Trackless, Ox Bodies, Crysteel, J-Craft, Duraclass, Rugby, Travis, OSW, NTE, WTB, Ground Force, TowHaul, Bucks, and Switch-N-Go brands; and provides refuse and recycling collection vehicles through a dealer network or direct sales to service customers. This segment also engages in the sale of parts, service and repair, equipment rentals, and training. The Safety and Security Systems Group segment provides systems for community alerting, emergency vehicles, first responder interoperable communications, and industrial communications; public safety equipment, such as vehicle lightbars and sirens, industrial signaling equipment, public warning systems, and general alarm/public address systems under the Federal Signal, Federal Signal VAMA, and Victor brands. This segment sells products through wholesalers, distributors, independent manufacturer representatives, original equipment manufacturers, and direct sales force, as well as independent foreign distributors. Federal Signal Corporation was founded in 1901 and is based in Oak Brook, Illinois.

Frequently asked questions

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What percentage of Federal Signal Corporation is owned by insiders or institutions?
Currently 2.4% of Federal Signal Corporation shares are held by insiders and 96.106% by institutions. How many people work for Federal Signal Corporation?
Latest data suggests 4,500 work at Federal Signal Corporation. When does the fiscal year end for Federal Signal Corporation?
Federal Signal Corporation's fiscal year ends in December. Where is Federal Signal Corporation based?
Federal Signal Corporation's address is: 1415 West 22nd Street, Oak Brook, IL, United States, 60523 What is Federal Signal Corporation's ISIN number?
Federal Signal Corporation's international securities identification number is: US3138551086 What is Federal Signal Corporation's CUSIP number?
Federal Signal Corporation's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 313855108