Federal Signal - FSS Stock Forecast, Price & News

3 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Federal Signal in the last twelve months. There are currently 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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3 brokerages have issued 12 month price objectives for Federal Signal's stock. Their FSS share price forecasts range from $51.00 to $54.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $52.33 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 11.0% from the stock's current price.
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Federal Signal's stock was trading at $43.34 on January 1st, 2022. Since then, FSS shares have increased by 8.8% and is now trading at $47.16.
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Federal Signal saw a decrease in short interest in the month of November. As of November 15th, there was short interest totaling 725,800 shares, a decrease of 11.8% from the October 31st total of 822,800 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 248,100 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.9 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 Tuesday, March 7th 2023.
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Federal Signal Co. (NYSE:FSS) released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, November, 9th. The conglomerate reported $0.48 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.46 by $0.02. The conglomerate had revenue of $298.30 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $325.50 million. Federal Signal had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 13.71% and a net margin of 7.83%. Federal Signal's revenue for the quarter was up 6.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $0.42 EPS.

Federal Signal declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, October 25th. Investors of record on Friday, November 18th will be given a dividend of $0.09 per share on Friday, December 2nd. This represents a $0.36 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.76%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, November 17th.
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Federal Signal (NYSE:FSS) pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.76%. The company does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 20.93%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, FSS will have a dividend payout ratio of 15.32% 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 2022 earnings guidance on Thursday, November, 10th. The company provided EPS guidance of $1.91-$2.00 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of $1.95. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.41 billion-$1.44 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.43 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 shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (15.12%), Vanguard Group Inc. (6.81%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (4.53%), Macquarie Group Ltd. (3.71%), State Street Corp (3.49%) and Brown Advisory Inc. (2.15%). Insiders that own company stock include Dennis J Martin, Ian A Hudson, Jennifer L Sherman, Jennifer L Sherman, John L Workman 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 $47.16.

Federal Signal (NYSE:FSS) has a market capitalization of $2.86 billion and generates $1.21 billion in revenue each year. The conglomerate earns $100.60 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.72 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 3,900 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.