B. Metzler seel. Sohn & Co. AG Buys 11,605 Shares of Federal Signal Corporation $FSS

Key Points

• B. Metzler seel. Sohn & Co. AG increased its stake in Federal Signal by 60.5%, buying 11,605 shares to hold 30,772 shares worth about $3.34 million (≈0.05% of the company) at quarter end.
• Federal Signal beat quarterly expectations with $1.16 EPS vs. $1.08 and revenue of $597.1M (up 26.5% YoY), set FY2026 guidance of 4.50–4.80 EPS, and carries an average analyst target of $131.75 (consensus EPS ~4.71).
• Institutional ownership is very high at 92.73%, with multiple funds (Tudor, Fort Washington, Allspring, Nordea, Congress Asset Management) materially increasing or initiating positions during the quarter.

B. Metzler seel. Sohn & Co. AG increased its holdings in shares of Federal Signal Corporation (NYSE:FSS - Free Report) by 60.5% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The fund owned 30,772 shares of the conglomerate's stock after acquiring an additional 11,605 shares during the period. B. Metzler seel. Sohn & Co. AG owned about 0.05% of Federal Signal worth $3,342,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of the company. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC lifted its stake in shares of Federal Signal by 47.2% during the 4th quarter. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC now owns 88,210 shares of the conglomerate's stock worth $9,579,000 after acquiring an additional 28,299 shares during the last quarter. Tudor Investment Corp ET AL lifted its stake in shares of Federal Signal by 200.0% during the 3rd quarter. Tudor Investment Corp ET AL now owns 265,308 shares of the conglomerate's stock worth $31,569,000 after acquiring an additional 176,870 shares during the last quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB bought a new stake in shares of Federal Signal during the 4th quarter worth approximately $8,590,000. Fort Washington Investment Advisors Inc. OH lifted its stake in shares of Federal Signal by 76.7% during the 4th quarter. Fort Washington Investment Advisors Inc. OH now owns 247,531 shares of the conglomerate's stock worth $26,879,000 after acquiring an additional 107,474 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Congress Asset Management Co. lifted its stake in shares of Federal Signal by 7.5% during the 4th quarter. Congress Asset Management Co. now owns 551,556 shares of the conglomerate's stock worth $59,893,000 after acquiring an additional 38,660 shares during the last quarter. 92.73% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

FSS has been the subject of a number of research analyst reports. Wall Street Zen lowered Federal Signal from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Saturday, February 28th. CJS Securities upgraded Federal Signal from a "market perform" rating to a "market outperform" rating and set a $140.00 price objective on the stock in a report on Thursday, February 26th. KeyCorp upgraded Federal Signal from a "sector weight" rating to an "overweight" rating and set a $130.00 price objective on the stock in a report on Tuesday, March 10th. Finally, Weiss Ratings restated a "buy (b-)" rating on shares of Federal Signal in a report on Monday, December 29th. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $131.75.

Federal Signal Stock Performance

Shares of FSS stock opened at $116.10 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $7.07 billion, a PE ratio of 28.95, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.77 and a beta of 1.33. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $112.44 and a 200-day simple moving average of $113.58. 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 Corporation has a 52-week low of $74.11 and a 52-week high of $132.89.

Federal Signal (NYSE:FSS - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 25th. The conglomerate reported $1.16 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.08 by $0.08. The business had revenue of $597.10 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $551.36 million. Federal Signal had a return on equity of 20.14% and a net margin of 11.31%.The company's revenue for the quarter was up 26.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $0.87 EPS. Federal Signal has set its FY 2026 guidance at 4.500-4.800 EPS. On average, equities analysts expect that Federal Signal Corporation will post 4.71 EPS for the current year.

Federal Signal Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, May 29th. Investors of record on Friday, May 15th will be issued a $0.15 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, May 15th. This represents a $0.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.5%. Federal Signal's dividend payout ratio is presently 14.96%.

Federal Signal Profile

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.

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