FSS vs. IAC, GFF, WOR, IEP, BATRA, VGR, ITT, CSL, FBYD, and SPLP
Should you be buying Federal Signal stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Federal Signal include IAC (IAC), Griffon (GFF), Worthington Enterprises (WOR), Icahn Enterprises (IEP), Atlanta Braves (BATRA), Vector Group (VGR), ITT (ITT), Carlisle Companies (CSL), Falcon's Beyond Global (FBYD), and Steel Partners (SPLP). These companies are all part of the "multi-sector conglomerates" sector.
Federal Signal (NYSE:FSS) and IAC (NASDAQ:IAC) are both mid-cap multi-sector conglomerates companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations and earnings.
Federal Signal currently has a consensus price target of $70.50, indicating a potential downside of 16.10%. IAC has a consensus price target of $78.69, indicating a potential upside of 60.89%. Given IAC's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe IAC is more favorable than Federal Signal.
Federal Signal has a net margin of 9.14% compared to IAC's net margin of 6.09%. Federal Signal's return on equity of 16.88% beat IAC's return on equity.
IAC received 746 more outperform votes than Federal Signal when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.13% of users gave IAC an outperform vote while only 58.40% of users gave Federal Signal an outperform vote.
IAC has higher revenue and earnings than Federal Signal. IAC is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Federal Signal, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
92.7% of Federal Signal shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.9% of IAC shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.1% of Federal Signal shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.6% of IAC shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Federal Signal has a beta of 1.03, indicating that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IAC has a beta of 1.32, indicating that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Federal Signal had 1 more articles in the media than IAC. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Federal Signal and 5 mentions for IAC. Federal Signal's average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat IAC's score of 0.26 indicating that Federal Signal is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Federal Signal beats IAC on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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