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Federal Signal Corp (NYSE: FSS) closed the day trading at $102.18 up 0.72% from the previous closing price of $101.45. In other words, the price has increased by $0.72 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.37 million shares were traded. FSS stock price reached its highest trading level at $103.38 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $100.93.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of FSS, let’s look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 108.34 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 31.32. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 1.09 and its Current Ratio is at 2.39. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.25 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.24.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Feb 28 ’25 when SHERMAN JENNIFER L bought 1,250 shares for $82.32 per share. The transaction valued at 102,900 led to the insider holds 559,183 shares of the business.
REICHELDERFER BRENDA sold 25,685 shares of FSS for $2,388,500 on Aug 30 ’24. The Director now owns 57,417 shares after completing the transaction at $92.99 per share. On Aug 30 ’24, another insider, REICHELDERFER BRENDA, who serves as the Director of the company, bought 26,500 shares for $93.65 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 6229792256 and an Enterprise Value of 6477696000. As of this moment, Federal’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 29.91, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 23.76. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 3.28 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 5.19. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 3.409 whereas that against EBITDA is 17.865.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for FSS is 1.25, which has changed by 0.213251 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.092761636 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, FSS has reached a high of $102.44, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $66.47. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 15.34%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 14.11%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, FSS traded about 573.96K shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, FSS traded about 432650 shares per day. A total of 61.10M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 59.40M. Insiders hold about 2.57% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 99.54% stake in the company. Shares short for FSS as of 1748563200 were 5041050 with a Short Ratio of 8.78, compared to 1745971200 on 4519586. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 5041050 and a Short% of Float of 11.61.
Dividends & Splits
FSS’s forward annual dividend rate is 0.52, up from 0.5 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.0049285362The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 0.75. The current Payout Ratio is 13.69% for FSS, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-05-16 with an ex-dividend date of 1747353600. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 1994-03-02 when the company split stock in a 4:3 ratio.
Earnings Estimates
The market rating of Federal Signal Corp (FSS) is currently shaped by the ongoing analysis conducted by 7.0 analysts closely monitoring its performance.The consensus estimate for the next quarter is $1.03, with high estimates of $1.05 and low estimates of $1.01.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between $3.88 and $3.8 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of $3.83. EPS for the following year is $4.3, with 7.0 analysts recommending between $4.5 and $4.15.
Revenue Estimates
7 analysts predict $537.24M in revenue for the current quarter. It ranges from a high estimate of $546.6M to a low estimate of $529.2M. As of the current estimate, Federal Signal Corp’s year-ago sales were $490.4MFor the next quarter, 7 analysts are estimating revenue of $529.26M. There is a high estimate of $540.3M for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $519.3M.
A total of 7 analysts have provided revenue estimates for FSS’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $2.08B, while the lowest revenue estimate was $2.03B, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $2.05B. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $1.86BBased on 7 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $2.2B in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $2.24B and the low estimate is $2.14B.
