Federal Signal - FSS Stock Forecast, Price & News

4 Wall Street 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 analysts is that investors should "buy" FSS shares.
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4 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Federal Signal's shares. Their FSS share price forecasts range from $50.00 to $68.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $59.25 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 15.5% 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 10.4% and is now trading at $51.32.
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Federal Signal saw a decline in short interest in the month of February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totaling 741,800 shares, a decline of 5.9% from the February 13th total of 788,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 333,600 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.2 days. Approximately 1.3% 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 Monday, May 1st 2023.
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Federal Signal Co. (NYSE:FSS) released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, March, 1st. The conglomerate reported $0.57 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.56 by $0.01. The conglomerate earned $391.50 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $379.69 million. Federal Signal had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 14.62% and a net margin of 8.39%. The company's revenue was up 29.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.40 earnings per share.

Federal Signal announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, February 14th. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 17th will be given a dividend of $0.09 per share on Friday, March 31st. This represents a $0.36 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.70%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 16th.
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Federal Signal (NYSE:FSS) pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.71%. The dividend payout ratio is 18.27%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, FSS will have a dividend payout ratio of 13.38% 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, March, 1st. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $2.15-$2.40 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of $2.33. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.58 billion-$1.72 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.56 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 Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (4.53%), T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. (4.21%), Macquarie Group Ltd. (3.80%), Van Berkom & Associates Inc. (2.74%), Silvercrest Asset Management Group LLC (2.00%) and GW&K Investment Management LLC (1.98%). Insiders that own company stock include Dennis J Martin, Jennifer L Sherman, Jennifer L Sherman 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 $51.32.

Federal Signal (NYSE:FSS) has a market capitalization of $3.12 billion and generates $1.43 billion in revenue each year. The conglomerate earns $120.40 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.97 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.