Federal Signal Corporation (NYSE:FSS) Receives $139.25 Consensus Price Target from Analysts

Shares of Federal Signal Corporation (NYSE:FSS) have been given a consensus rating of “Buy” by the five ratings firms that are presently covering the stock, MarketBeat reports. One analyst has rated the stock with a hold recommendation, three have issued a buy recommendation and one has given a strong buy recommendation to the company. The average 12 month price target among brokerages that have covered the stock in the last year is $137.3333.

FSS has been the subject of a number of recent research reports. Weiss Ratings upgraded Federal Signal from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “buy (b)” rating in a research report on Tuesday, June 23rd. Zacks Research upgraded shares of Federal Signal from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Monday, May 4th. KeyCorp reaffirmed an “overweight” rating and set a $140.00 price target on shares of Federal Signal in a research note on Thursday, April 30th. Wall Street Zen downgraded shares of Federal Signal from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Saturday. Finally, DA Davidson boosted their price objective on shares of Federal Signal from $125.00 to $132.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Friday, May 1st.

Federal Signal Trading Up 3.2%

Shares of FSS opened at $128.92 on Tuesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.30, a current ratio of 2.74 and a quick ratio of 1.21. Federal Signal has a 1-year low of $101.18 and a 1-year high of $134.51. The stock has a market cap of $7.86 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 27.78, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.71 and a beta of 1.23. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $117.50 and a 200-day simple moving average of $114.96.

Federal Signal (NYSE:FSS) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July 30th. The conglomerate reported $1.42 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.29 by $0.13. Federal Signal had a return on equity of 21.36% and a net margin of 11.66%.The company had revenue of $670.20 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $667.04 million. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $1.17 earnings per share. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 18.7% compared to the same quarter last year. Federal Signal has set its FY 2026 guidance at 5.120-5.300 EPS. Equities analysts forecast that Federal Signal will post 5.23 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Federal Signal Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, August 27th. Shareholders of record on Friday, August 14th will be paid a $0.15 dividend. This represents a $0.60 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.5%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, August 14th. Federal Signal’s payout ratio is presently 12.93%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its stake in Federal Signal by 2.1% in the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 6,840,396 shares of the conglomerate’s stock valued at $742,799,000 after purchasing an additional 138,855 shares during the last quarter. Capital World Investors boosted its stake in Federal Signal by 4.4% in the 4th quarter. Capital World Investors now owns 2,362,294 shares of the conglomerate’s stock worth $256,522,000 after buying an additional 100,000 shares during the last quarter. State Street Corp grew its holdings in Federal Signal by 0.4% in the 2nd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 2,266,523 shares of the conglomerate’s stock valued at $241,203,000 after buying an additional 7,982 shares during the period. Invesco Ltd. grew its holdings in Federal Signal by 10.2% in the 4th quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 2,168,788 shares of the conglomerate’s stock valued at $235,509,000 after buying an additional 201,440 shares during the period. Finally, Geode Capital Management LLC grew its holdings in Federal Signal by 1.1% in the 4th quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 1,725,757 shares of the conglomerate’s stock valued at $187,427,000 after buying an additional 18,587 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 92.73% of the company’s stock.

Federal Signal Company Profile

Federal Signal Corporation (NYSE: FSS), headquartered in Oak Brook, Illinois, is a diversified industrial company that designs, manufactures and markets a broad range of products and services for municipal, commercial and industrial customers worldwide. Founded in 1901 in Chicago, the company has grown through a combination of organic investment and strategic acquisitions to become a leading provider of environmental management and safety and security solutions.

Federal Signal operates through two primary business segments.