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$107.55 -0.84 (-0.77%)
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FSS vs. FELE, AIN, AIT, IR, ITT, NPO, PH, TEX, URI, and WAB

Should you be buying Federal Signal stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Federal Signal include Franklin Electric (FELE), Albany International (AIN), Applied Industrial Technologies (AIT), Ingersoll Rand (IR), ITT (ITT), Enpro (NPO), Parker-Hannifin (PH), Terex (TEX), United Rentals (URI), and Wabtec (WAB).

Federal Signal vs. Its Competitors

Franklin Electric (NASDAQ:FELE) and Federal Signal (NYSE:FSS) are related mid-cap companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Franklin Electric pays an annual dividend of $1.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Federal Signal pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Franklin Electric pays out 27.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Federal Signal pays out 16.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Franklin Electric has increased its dividend for 33 consecutive years and Federal Signal has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Franklin Electric is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Franklin Electric presently has a consensus price target of $94.00, indicating a potential upside of 1.82%. Federal Signal has a consensus price target of $110.00, indicating a potential upside of 2.27%. Given Federal Signal's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Federal Signal is more favorable than Franklin Electric.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Franklin Electric
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Federal Signal
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33

In the previous week, Federal Signal had 12 more articles in the media than Franklin Electric. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Federal Signal and 2 mentions for Franklin Electric. Franklin Electric's average media sentiment score of 1.85 beat Federal Signal's score of 0.86 indicating that Franklin Electric is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Franklin Electric
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Federal Signal
6 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Franklin Electric has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Federal Signal has a beta of 1.27, suggesting that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.

80.0% of Franklin Electric shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.7% of Federal Signal shares are held by institutional investors. 2.7% of Franklin Electric shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of Federal Signal shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Federal Signal has a net margin of 11.10% compared to Franklin Electric's net margin of 8.85%. Federal Signal's return on equity of 18.44% beat Franklin Electric's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Franklin Electric8.85% 14.08% 9.72%
Federal Signal 11.10%18.44%12.10%

Federal Signal has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Franklin Electric. Franklin Electric is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Federal Signal, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Franklin Electric$2.02B2.08$180.31M$3.8224.17
Federal Signal$1.86B3.52$216.30M$3.4231.45

Summary

Federal Signal beats Franklin Electric on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding FSS and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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FSS vs. The Competition

MetricFederal SignalDIVERSIFIED OPS IndustryMulti-Sector SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$6.61B$16.37B$15.00B$21.15B
Dividend Yield0.52%4.17%3.95%3.58%
P/E Ratio31.458.907.5527.76
Price / Sales3.524.613.8558.40
Price / Cash24.5133.7732.3823.00
Price / Book5.542.322.044.67
Net Income$216.30M$951.84M$922.55M$993.85M
7 Day Performance-0.54%2.99%2.97%1.48%
1 Month Performance4.78%8.09%6.35%5.79%
1 Year Performance11.59%-2.37%-2.57%11.41%

Federal Signal Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FSS
Federal Signal
1.6913 of 5 stars
$107.55
-0.8%
$110.00
+2.3%
+13.9%$6.61B$1.86B31.454,700Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
FELE
Franklin Electric
4.3589 of 5 stars
$90.89
-0.8%
$94.00
+3.4%
-8.7%$4.14B$2.02B23.796,300Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
AIN
Albany International
3.0848 of 5 stars
$69.53
-0.3%
$79.00
+13.6%
-20.0%$2.10B$1.21B28.045,400Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
AIT
Applied Industrial Technologies
4.1432 of 5 stars
$256.95
+1.2%
$285.00
+10.9%
+31.0%$9.79B$4.50B25.806,500Positive News
IR
Ingersoll Rand
4.2868 of 5 stars
$87.69
-1.5%
$99.42
+13.4%
-9.2%$35.38B$7.28B43.4121,000Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
ITT
ITT
4.5002 of 5 stars
$158.11
+0.2%
$170.00
+7.5%
+16.1%$12.44B$3.63B25.1411,700Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
NPO
Enpro
3.6222 of 5 stars
$203.83
-0.3%
$202.50
-0.7%
+25.6%$4.29B$1.06B50.703,500News Coverage
Analyst Revision
PH
Parker-Hannifin
4.2989 of 5 stars
$712.31
-0.4%
$735.88
+3.3%
+38.0%$91.02B$19.93B27.4361,120Positive News
TEX
Terex
4.356 of 5 stars
$50.96
-2.2%
$51.44
+1.0%
-17.6%$3.38B$5.13B13.8911,400News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
URI
United Rentals
4.3353 of 5 stars
$809.74
-0.6%
$768.54
-5.1%
+22.1%$52.63B$15.35B20.9727,900Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
WAB
Wabtec
3.3064 of 5 stars
$212.88
-0.4%
$216.83
+1.9%
+27.6%$36.43B$10.39B33.3729,500Trending News
Earnings Report
Gap Down

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This page (NYSE:FSS) was last updated on 7/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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