Federal Signal Stock Price, News & Analysis (NYSE:FSS)

3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Federal Signal in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" FSS shares.
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3 brokerages have issued 12-month target prices for Federal Signal's shares. Their FSS share price targets range from $50.00 to $75.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $63.67 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 6.8%.
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Federal Signal's stock was trading at $46.47 on January 1st, 2023. Since then, FSS shares have increased by 46.9% and is now trading at $68.28.
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Federal Signal saw a increase in short interest during the month of November. As of November 15th, there was short interest totaling 682,600 shares, an increase of 18.1% from the October 31st total of 578,100 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 297,300 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.3 days. Currently, 1.2% of the shares of the company are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, March 6th 2024.
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Federal Signal Co. (NYSE:FSS) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, November, 2nd. The conglomerate reported $0.71 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.65 by $0.06. The conglomerate earned $446.40 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $434.57 million. Federal Signal had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 16.35% and a net margin of 8.74%.

Federal Signal declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, October 24th. Stockholders of record on Friday, November 17th will be paid a dividend of $0.10 per share on Friday, December 1st. This represents a $0.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.59%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, November 16th.
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Federal Signal (NYSE:FSS) pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.58%. The company does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 16.74%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, FSS will have a dividend payout ratio of 13.56% 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 First Trust RBA American Industrial Renaissance ETF (AIRR), Tema American Reshoring ETF (RSHO), Putnam Sustainable Future ETF (PFUT), Invesco S&P SmallCap Industrials ETF (PSCI), Invesco S&P SmallCap Momentum ETF (XSMO), Fidelity Women's Leadership ETF (FDWM), Hypatia Women CEO ETF (WCEO) and Invesco S&P SmallCap Low Volatility ETF (XSLV).

Federal Signal issued an update on its FY23 earnings guidance on Thursday, November, 2nd. The company provided EPS guidance of $2.44-2.52 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.42. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.68-1.72 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.69 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 shareholders include FMR LLC (4.85%), Van Berkom & Associates Inc. (2.54%), Conestoga Capital Advisors LLC (2.16%), Invesco Ltd. (1.55%), Brown Advisory Inc. (1.49%) and Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (1.05%). Insiders that own company stock include Dennis J Martin, Ian A Hudson, Jennifer L Sherman, Jennifer L Sherman, Lauren B Elting and Mark Weber.
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