Federal Signal (FSS) Stock Price, News & Analysis

2 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Federal Signal in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 1 strong buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" FSS shares.
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2 analysts have issued 1-year 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 share price to reach $70.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 12.8%.
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Federal Signal's stock was trading at $76.74 at the beginning of the year. Since then, FSS stock has increased by 5.3% and is now trading at $80.84.
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Federal Signal saw a drop in short interest in the month of March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 680,500 shares, a drop of 29.0% from the March 15th total of 958,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 360,900 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.9 days. Approximately 1.1% of the shares of the stock are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, April 30th 2024.
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Federal Signal will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, April 30th at 10:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at 844-512-2921 with passcode "13746143".

Federal Signal Co. (NYSE:FSS) issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February, 27th. The conglomerate reported $0.74 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.67 by $0.07. The conglomerate had revenue of $448.40 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $422.45 million. Federal Signal had a net margin of 9.14% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 16.88%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 14.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm earned $0.57 EPS.

Federal Signal announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, February 20th. Shareholders 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 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.59%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 14th. This is a boost 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 0.59%. 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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ETFs with the largest weight of Federal Signal (NYSE:FSS) stock in their portfolio include Tema American Reshoring ETF (RSHO), First Trust RBA American Industrial Renaissance ETF (AIRR), Putnam Sustainable Future ETF (PFUT), Invesco S&P SmallCap Industrials ETF (PSCI), Janus Henderson Small Cap Growth Alpha ETF (JSML), Invesco S&P SmallCap Momentum ETF (XSMO), Fidelity Women's Leadership ETF (FDWM) and SPDR S&P 600 Small Cap Growth ETF (SLYG).

Federal Signal updated its FY 2024 earnings guidance on Tuesday, February, 27th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 2.850-3.050 for the period, compared to the consensus 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.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Federal Signal investors own include Energy Transfer (ET), AT&T (T), Verizon Communications (VZ), Ford Motor (F), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Pfizer (PFE), Weyerhaeuser (WY), Activision Blizzard (ATVI), CBL & Associates Properties (CBL) and D.R. Horton (DHI).

Federal Signal's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P. (0.64%), Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC (0.15%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.06%), Los Angeles Capital Management LLC (0.05%), Maryland State Retirement & Pension System (0.04%) and Albion Financial Group UT (0.02%). 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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