Federal Signal - FSS Stock Forecast, Price & News

4 Wall Street 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 research analysts is that investors should "buy" FSS shares.
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4 Wall Street research analysts have issued 1-year target prices 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 twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 9.3% from the stock's current price.
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Federal Signal's stock was trading at $46.47 at the start of the year. Since then, FSS shares have increased by 16.7% and is now trading at $54.21.
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Federal Signal saw a increase in short interest in the month of March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totaling 877,500 shares, an increase of 18.3% from the February 28th total of 741,800 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 350,300 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.5 days. Currently, 1.5% of the company's shares are short sold.
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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 earnings results on Wednesday, March, 1st. The conglomerate reported $0.57 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.56 by $0.01. The conglomerate earned $391.50 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $379.69 million. Federal Signal had a net margin of 8.39% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 14.62%. Federal Signal's revenue was up 29.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $0.40 earnings per share.

Federal Signal announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, February 14th. Shareholders 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 0.66%. The ex-dividend date 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 0.68%. 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 updated its FY 2023 earnings guidance on Wednesday, March, 1st. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $2.15-$2.40 for the period, compared to the consensus 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."

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One share of FSS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $54.21.

Federal Signal (NYSE:FSS) has a market capitalization of $3.29 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.