FSS vs. CNH, AGCO, TTC, OSK, TEX, ALG, TRN, LNN, GBX, and ASTE
Should you be buying Federal Signal stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Federal Signal include CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign (CNH), AGCO (AGCO), Toro (TTC), Oshkosh (OSK), Terex (TEX), Alamo Group (ALG), Trinity Industries (TRN), Lindsay (LNN), Greenbrier Companies (GBX), and Astec Industries (ASTE). These companies are all part of the "construction & farm machinery & heavy trucks" industry.
Federal Signal vs.
CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign (NYSE:CNH) and Federal Signal (NYSE:FSS) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, earnings and risk.
Federal Signal received 188 more outperform votes than CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.19% of users gave CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign an outperform vote while only 58.21% of users gave Federal Signal an outperform vote.
CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign has a beta of 1.5, suggesting that its share price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Federal Signal has a beta of 1.23, suggesting that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.
59.9% of CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.7% of Federal Signal shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of Federal Signal shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign pays an annual dividend of $0.47 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Federal Signal pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign pays out 57.3% 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. Federal Signal has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years.
CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign has higher revenue and earnings than Federal Signal. CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Federal Signal, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign currently has a consensus target price of $14.92, suggesting a potential upside of 15.10%. Federal Signal has a consensus target price of $98.00, suggesting a potential upside of 5.37%. Given CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign is more favorable than Federal Signal.
Federal Signal has a net margin of 11.57% compared to CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign's net margin of 6.62%. Federal Signal's return on equity of 18.46% beat CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign's return on equity.
In the previous week, CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign had 5 more articles in the media than Federal Signal. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign and 17 mentions for Federal Signal. Federal Signal's average media sentiment score of 1.53 beat CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign's score of 1.28 indicating that Federal Signal is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Federal Signal beats CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:FSS) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff