Financial Fitness Check: Examining Federal Signal Corp. (FSS)’s Key Ratios

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In the latest session, Federal Signal Corp. (NYSE: FSS) closed at $83.37 up 0.11% from its previous closing price of $83.28. In other words, the price has increased by $0.11 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.53 million shares were traded. FSS stock price reached its highest trading level at $84.66 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $82.732.

Ratios:

For a deeper understanding of Federal Signal Corp.’s stock, let’s take a closer look at its various ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 104.90 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 27.63. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 1.35 and its Current Ratio is at 2.89. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.26 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.25.

On July 31, 2023, DA Davidson Downgraded its rating to Neutral which previously was Buy and also lowered its target price recommendation from $68 to $66.

Sidoti Downgraded its Buy to Neutral on February 23, 2023, while the target price for the stock was maintained at $50.

Insider Transactions:

Additionally, insider trades can be beneficial to investors who want to learn what the management thinks about stock prices in the future. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Aug 30 ’24 when REICHELDERFER BRENDA sold 25,685 shares for $92.99 per share. The transaction valued at 2,388,500 led to the insider holds 57,417 shares of the business.

REICHELDERFER BRENDA bought 26,500 shares of FSS for $2,481,725 on Aug 30 ’24. On Aug 15 ’24, another insider, Elting Lauren B, who serves as the Former Officer of the company, bought 7,234 shares for $94.71 each.

Valuation Measures:

Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, FSS now has a Market Capitalization of 5097750528 and an Enterprise Value of 5333748224. As of this moment, Federal’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 25.41, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 22.81. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 1.59. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 2.82 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 4.64. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 2.947 whereas that against EBITDA is 16.518.

Stock Price History:

Over the past 52 weeks, FSS has reached a high of $102.18, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $56.37. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -9.15%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 0.46%.

Shares Statistics:

For the past three months, FSS has traded an average of 336.56K shares per day and 322280 over the past ten days. A total of 61.00M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 59.69M. Insiders hold about 2.38% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 95.29% stake in the company. Shares short for FSS as of 1723680000 were 621045 with a Short Ratio of 1.85, compared to 1721001600 on 701998. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 621045 and a Short% of Float of 1.4199998999999999.

Dividends & Splits

According to the company, the forward annual dividend rate for FSS is 0.46, from 0.44 in the trailing year. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.0052833813The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 0.83.

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