KeyCorp Predicts Federal Signal FY2027 Earnings

Federal Signal Corporation (NYSE:FSS) – Stock analysts at KeyCorp issued their FY2027 earnings estimates for shares of Federal Signal in a research note issued to investors on Monday, March 9th. KeyCorp analyst S. Barger anticipates that the conglomerate will post earnings of $5.64 per share for the year. KeyCorp has a “Overweight” rating and a $130.00 price objective on the stock. The consensus estimate for Federal Signal’s current full-year earnings is $3.34 per share. KeyCorp also issued estimates for Federal Signal’s FY2028 earnings at $6.34 EPS.

Other equities research analysts have also issued research reports about the company. Wall Street Zen lowered Federal Signal from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Saturday, February 28th. Weiss Ratings reissued a “buy (b-)” rating on shares of Federal Signal in a research note on Monday, December 29th. Finally, CJS Securities raised Federal Signal from a “market perform” rating to a “market outperform” rating and set a $140.00 price target for the company in a report on Thursday, February 26th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, Federal Signal presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $131.75.

Federal Signal Trading Up 2.3%

Shares of Federal Signal stock opened at $111.00 on Wednesday. The firm has a market cap of $6.76 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 27.68, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.65 and a beta of 1.32. Federal Signal has a 52-week low of $66.47 and a 52-week high of $132.89. The company’s 50-day simple moving average is $114.65 and its 200-day simple moving average is $116.41. The company has a quick ratio of 1.35, a current ratio of 3.02 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.41.

Federal Signal (NYSE:FSS) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 25th. The conglomerate reported $1.16 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.08 by $0.08. The company had revenue of $597.10 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $551.36 million. Federal Signal had a net margin of 11.31% and a return on equity of 20.14%. Federal Signal’s quarterly revenue was up 26.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.87 EPS. Federal Signal has set its FY 2026 guidance at 4.500-4.800 EPS.

Federal Signal Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, March 26th. Investors of record on Friday, March 13th will be issued a dividend of $0.15 per share. This is an increase from Federal Signal’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.14. This represents a $0.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.5%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, March 13th. Federal Signal’s payout ratio is presently 13.97%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in FSS. Montanaro Asset Management Ltd boosted its stake in shares of Federal Signal by 65.9% during the 4th quarter. Montanaro Asset Management Ltd now owns 68,500 shares of the conglomerate’s stock worth $7,438,000 after acquiring an additional 27,200 shares in the last quarter. Caitong International Asset Management Co. Ltd grew its holdings in shares of Federal Signal by 244.1% in the 4th quarter. Caitong International Asset Management Co. Ltd now owns 881 shares of the conglomerate’s stock worth $96,000 after acquiring an additional 625 shares during the period. Vancity Investment Management Ltd increased its stake in Federal Signal by 2.1% in the 4th quarter. Vancity Investment Management Ltd now owns 6,511 shares of the conglomerate’s stock valued at $707,000 after purchasing an additional 136 shares in the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. raised its holdings in Federal Signal by 10.2% during the fourth quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 2,168,788 shares of the conglomerate’s stock worth $235,509,000 after purchasing an additional 201,440 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV raised its holdings in Federal Signal by 33.9% during the fourth quarter. Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV now owns 2,565 shares of the conglomerate’s stock worth $279,000 after purchasing an additional 649 shares during the last quarter. 92.73% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

About Federal Signal

Federal Signal Corporation (NYSE: FSS), headquartered in Oak Brook, Illinois, is a diversified industrial company that designs, manufactures and markets a broad range of products and services for municipal, commercial and industrial customers worldwide. Founded in 1901 in Chicago, the company has grown through a combination of organic investment and strategic acquisitions to become a leading provider of environmental management and safety and security solutions.

Federal Signal operates through two primary business segments.