DA Davidson Estimates Federal Signal Q1 Earnings

Federal Signal Co. (NYSE:FSS) – Equities researchers at DA Davidson issued their Q1 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Federal Signal in a research report issued on Monday, March 3rd. DA Davidson analyst M. Shlisky expects that the conglomerate will earn $0.70 per share for the quarter. DA Davidson has a “Neutral” rating and a $90.00 price target on the stock. The consensus estimate for Federal Signal’s current full-year earnings is $3.34 per share. DA Davidson also issued estimates for Federal Signal’s FY2025 earnings at $3.68 EPS.

FSS has been the topic of several other research reports. StockNews.com cut shares of Federal Signal from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Saturday. Raymond James restated an “outperform” rating and issued a $110.00 price target on shares of Federal Signal in a research note on Tuesday, December 24th.

Federal Signal Stock Performance

Shares of FSS stock opened at $80.16 on Tuesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.19, a quick ratio of 1.36 and a current ratio of 2.83. Federal Signal has a one year low of $76.85 and a one year high of $102.18. The company’s 50-day simple moving average is $94.72 and its 200-day simple moving average is $92.59. The stock has a market capitalization of $4.90 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 23.23, a PEG ratio of 1.85 and a beta of 1.01.

Federal Signal (NYSE:FSS) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 26th. The conglomerate reported $0.87 earnings per share for the quarter, meeting analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.87. The company had revenue of $472.00 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $481.90 million. Federal Signal had a net margin of 11.57% and a return on equity of 18.46%.

Federal Signal Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, March 27th. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 14th will be issued a $0.14 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, March 14th. This is a boost from Federal Signal’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.12. This represents a $0.56 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.70%. Federal Signal’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 15.95%.

Insider Activity

In other Federal Signal news, CEO Jennifer L. Sherman bought 1,250 shares of Federal Signal stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, February 28th. The stock was purchased at an average cost of $82.32 per share, for a total transaction of $102,900.00. Following the completion of the acquisition, the chief executive officer now owns 559,183 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $46,031,944.56. This represents a 0.22 % increase in their position. The acquisition was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Insiders own 3.10% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of Federal Signal

A number of large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its stake in Federal Signal by 1.3% in the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 7,247,803 shares of the conglomerate’s stock worth $669,625,000 after purchasing an additional 93,597 shares during the period. State Street Corp raised its holdings in shares of Federal Signal by 1.1% during the 3rd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 2,293,775 shares of the conglomerate’s stock valued at $214,376,000 after purchasing an additional 25,080 shares in the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. raised its holdings in shares of Federal Signal by 12.4% during the 4th quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 2,199,200 shares of the conglomerate’s stock valued at $203,184,000 after purchasing an additional 242,840 shares in the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC raised its holdings in shares of Federal Signal by 1.8% during the 4th quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 1,630,971 shares of the conglomerate’s stock valued at $150,715,000 after purchasing an additional 29,197 shares in the last quarter. Finally, FMR LLC raised its holdings in Federal Signal by 19.4% in the 4th quarter. FMR LLC now owns 1,469,614 shares of the conglomerate’s stock worth $135,778,000 after acquiring an additional 238,608 shares during the period. 92.73% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Federal Signal Company Profile

Federal Signal Corp. engages in the design and manufacture of products and integrated solutions for municipal, governmental, industrial, and commercial customers. It operates through the Environmental Solutions Group and Safety and Security Systems Group segments. The Environment Solutions Group segment is involved in the manufacture and supply of street sweeper vehicles, sewer cleaners, vacuum loader trucks, hydro-excavation trucks, and water blasting equipment.