Federal Signal (FSS) Stock Forecast, Price & News

4 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Federal Signal in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating, 2 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" FSS shares.
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4 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Federal Signal's shares. Their FSS share price forecasts range from $50.00 to $68.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $59.25 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 11.4% from the stock's current price.
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Federal Signal's stock was trading at $46.47 at the beginning of the year. Since then, FSS stock has increased by 14.4% and is now trading at $53.17.
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Federal Signal saw a decrease in short interest in the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 809,900 shares, a decrease of 14.5% from the April 30th total of 946,700 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 340,400 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.4 days. Approximately 1.4% of the company's stock are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, July 26th 2023.
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Federal Signal Co. (NYSE:FSS) issued its earnings results on Tuesday, May, 2nd. The conglomerate reported $0.46 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.40 by $0.06. The conglomerate had revenue of $385.50 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $370.61 million. Federal Signal had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 15.06% and a net margin of 8.54%. The business's revenue was up 16.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $0.34 earnings per share.

Federal Signal announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, April 25th. Stockholders of record on Friday, May 19th will be given a dividend of $0.10 per share on Friday, June 2nd. This represents a $0.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.75%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 18th. This is a positive change from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.09.
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Federal Signal (NYSE:FSS) pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.74%. The company does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 19.14%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, FSS will have a dividend payout ratio of 14.49% 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 Wednesday, May, 3rd. The company provided EPS guidance of $2.21-$2.43 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of $2.29. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.62 billion-$1.72 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.64 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 institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (15.12%), FMR LLC (5.32%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (4.24%), Macquarie Group Ltd. (4.24%), State Street Corp (3.43%) and Silvercrest Asset Management Group LLC (1.95%). Insiders that own company stock include Dennis J Martin, Ian A Hudson, Jennifer L Sherman, Jennifer L Sherman, Lauren B Elting and William F Owens.
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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 $53.17.

Federal Signal (NYSE:FSS) has a market capitalization of $3.24 billion and generates $1.43 billion in revenue each year. The conglomerate earns $120.40 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.09 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.