DA Davidson Estimates Federal Signal Q2 Earnings

Federal Signal Co. (NYSE:FSS - Free Report) - Investment analysts at DA Davidson issued their Q2 2025 earnings estimates for Federal Signal in a research note issued to investors on Monday, May 5th. DA Davidson analyst M. Shlisky forecasts that the conglomerate will earn $1.04 per share for the quarter. DA Davidson has a "Neutral" rating and a $84.00 price objective on the stock. The consensus estimate for Federal Signal's current full-year earnings is $3.34 per share. DA Davidson also issued estimates for Federal Signal's FY2025 earnings at $3.80 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $4.17 EPS.

Several other research analysts also recently weighed in on FSS. StockNews.com downgraded Federal Signal from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Saturday, March 1st. Raymond James reduced their price objective on shares of Federal Signal from $105.00 to $100.00 and set an "outperform" rating for the company in a research report on Monday, April 14th.

Federal Signal Stock Performance

NYSE FSS traded down $0.04 during trading on Tuesday, reaching $89.55. The company's stock had a trading volume of 325,100 shares, compared to its average volume of 436,704. Federal Signal has a twelve month low of $66.47 and a twelve month high of $102.18. The firm has a market cap of $5.46 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.96, a P/E/G ratio of 1.85 and a beta of 1.23. The business's fifty day moving average price is $77.56 and its 200-day moving average price is $87.95. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.19, a quick ratio of 1.36 and a current ratio of 2.83.

Federal Signal (NYSE:FSS - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, April 30th. The conglomerate reported $0.76 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.73 by $0.03. The company had revenue of $463.80 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $462.63 million. Federal Signal had a return on equity of 18.46% and a net margin of 11.57%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 9.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $0.64 earnings per share.

Federal Signal Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, May 30th. Shareholders of record on Friday, May 16th will be issued a $0.14 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, May 16th. This represents a $0.56 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.63%. Federal Signal's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 16.37%.

Federal Signal declared that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock repurchase plan on Tuesday, April 22nd that permits the company to buyback $150.00 million in outstanding shares. This buyback authorization permits the conglomerate to reacquire up to 3.3% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are typically a sign that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

Insider Activity

In other Federal Signal news, CEO Jennifer L. Sherman acquired 1,250 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, February 28th. The shares were acquired at an average cost of $82.32 per share, for a total transaction of $102,900.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer now directly owns 559,183 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $46,031,944.56. This represents a 0.22 % increase in their ownership of the stock. The purchase was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Insiders own 3.30% of the company's stock.

Institutional Trading of Federal Signal

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of FSS. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its position in shares of Federal Signal by 1.3% during the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 7,247,803 shares of the conglomerate's stock worth $669,625,000 after purchasing an additional 93,597 shares during the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. increased its position in Federal Signal by 12.4% during the fourth quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 2,199,200 shares of the conglomerate's stock worth $203,184,000 after buying an additional 242,840 shares in the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC raised its holdings in shares of Federal Signal by 1.8% in the fourth quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 1,630,971 shares of the conglomerate's stock worth $150,715,000 after acquiring an additional 29,197 shares during the last quarter. FMR LLC lifted its position in shares of Federal Signal by 19.4% in the fourth quarter. FMR LLC now owns 1,469,614 shares of the conglomerate's stock valued at $135,778,000 after acquiring an additional 238,608 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Van Berkom & Associates Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Federal Signal by 2.0% during the first quarter. Van Berkom & Associates Inc. now owns 1,045,565 shares of the conglomerate's stock valued at $76,901,000 after acquiring an additional 20,771 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 92.73% of the company's stock.

Federal Signal Company Profile

Federal Signal Corp. engages in the design and manufacture of products and integrated solutions for municipal, governmental, industrial, and commercial customers. It operates through the Environmental Solutions Group and Safety and Security Systems Group segments. The Environment Solutions Group segment is involved in the manufacture and supply of street sweeper vehicles, sewer cleaners, vacuum loader trucks, hydro-excavation trucks, and water blasting equipment.