Federal Signal (FSS) Stock Price, News & Analysis

2 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Federal Signal in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 hold rating and 1 strong buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "buy" FSS shares.
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2 equities research analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for Federal Signal's stock. Their FSS share price targets range from $66.00 to $75.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $70.50 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 14.9%.
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Federal Signal's stock was trading at $76.74 at the beginning of 2024. Since then, FSS shares have increased by 7.9% and is now trading at $82.82.
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Federal Signal saw a decrease in short interest during the month of March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 680,500 shares, a decrease of 29.0% from the March 15th total of 958,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 360,900 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.9 days. Currently, 1.1% of the shares of the stock are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, May 7th 2024.
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Federal Signal Co. (NYSE:FSS) posted its earnings results on Tuesday, February, 27th. The conglomerate reported $0.74 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.67 by $0.07. The conglomerate earned $448.40 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $422.45 million. Federal Signal had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 16.88% and a net margin of 9.14%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 14.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $0.57 earnings per share.

Federal Signal declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, February 20th. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.12 per share on Thursday, March 28th. This represents a $0.48 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.58%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, March 14th. This is an increase from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.10.
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Federal Signal (NYSE:FSS) pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.57%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 2 consecutive year(s), indicating that it does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 18.68%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, FSS will have a dividend payout ratio of 14.55% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Federal Signal updated its FY 2024 earnings guidance on Tuesday, February, 27th. The company provided EPS guidance of 2.850-3.050 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 2.910. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.9 billion-$1.9 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.8 billion.

33 employees have rated Federal Signal Chief Executive Officer Dennis J. Martin on Glassdoor.com. Dennis J. Martin has an approval rating of 65% among the company's employees.

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Federal Signal's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Los Angeles Capital Management LLC (0.05%), Heartwood Wealth Advisors LLC (0.00%), Mather Group LLC. (0.00%) and GAMMA Investing LLC (0.00%). Insiders that own company stock include Dennis J Martin, Ian A Hudson, Jennifer L Sherman, Lauren B Elting and Mark Weber.
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Shares of FSS stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.
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