Federal Signal (FSS) Stock Forecast, Price & News

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 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for Federal Signal's shares. Their FSS share price forecasts range from $50.00 to $75.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $63.67 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 4.0% from the stock's current price.
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Federal Signal's stock was trading at $46.47 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, FSS shares have increased by 31.7% and is now trading at $61.19.
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Federal Signal saw a increase in short interest in the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 604,000 shares, an increase of 49.5% from the August 15th total of 404,100 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 299,400 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.0 days. Approximately 1.0% of the company's stock are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, November 2nd 2023.
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Federal Signal Co. (NYSE:FSS) issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July, 27th. The conglomerate reported $0.67 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.63 by $0.04. The conglomerate had revenue of $442.40 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $430.13 million. Federal Signal had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 15.62% and a net margin of 8.56%.

Federal Signal declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, July 25th. Shareholders of record on Friday, August 18th will be paid a dividend of $0.10 per share on Friday, September 1st. This represents a $0.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.65%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, August 17th.
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Federal Signal (NYSE:FSS) pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.67%. The company does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 18.18%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, FSS will have a dividend payout ratio of 14.34% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Federal Signal issued an update on its FY 2023 earnings guidance on Thursday, July, 27th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $2.30-$2.46 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.36. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.65 billion-$1.72 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.67 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 trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "FSS."

Federal Signal's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (15.13%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (3.71%), State Street Corp (3.46%), Silvercrest Asset Management Group LLC (2.48%), Van Berkom & Associates Inc. (2.14%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (1.91%). Insiders that own company stock include Dennis J Martin, Ian A Hudson, Jennifer L Sherman, Jennifer L Sherman and Lauren B Elting.
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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 WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of FSS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $61.19.

Federal Signal (NYSE:FSS) has a market capitalization of $3.73 billion and generates $1.43 billion in revenue each year. The conglomerate earns $120.40 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.20 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 4,100 workers across the globe.

Federal Signal's mailing address is 1415 WEST 22ND STREET, OAK BROOK IL, 60523. The official website for the company is www.federalsignal.com. The conglomerate can be reached via phone at (630) 954-2000, via email at ihudson@federalsignal.com, or via fax at 630-954-2030.