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Federal Signal Corporation

FSS Research profile · latest available data

Price overview

$114.75

▲ +1.97 (+1.7%)

52w hi$133.70
52w lo$104.51
Vol368.40K
As of25 Sep 2026

The Verdict

Hold

Our score -0.04

Short-0.11
Medium-0.07
Long+0.18

computed 2026-09-27

Key fundamentals

Federal Signal Corporation

Industrials · Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery

Market cap$7.00B
Enterprise value$7.43B
Trailing P/E24.73x
Forward P/E19.86x
EV / EBITDA14.86x
P / S (ttm)2.86x
Profit margin11.7%
Return on equity20.6%
Revenue growth+18.7%
Earnings growth+20.7%
Debt / equity32.22

Layer Breakdown

LayerRawContribution
Fundamental+0.33
Sector-0.01
Technical-0.10
Earnings+0.00
Sentiment+0.00

macro × 1.00 · 2026-09-27

Business overview

Federal Signal Corporation designs, manufactures, and supplies a suite of products and integrated solutions for municipal, governmental, industrial, and commercial customers in the United States, Canada, Europe, and internationally. It operates through two segments, Environmental Solutions Group, and Safety and Security Systems Group. The company offers street sweepers, sewer cleaners, industrial vacuum loaders, safe-digging trucks, dump truck bodies, and trailers, as well as waterblasting, road-marking, line-removal, metal extraction support equipment, and multi-purpose maintenance vehicles under the ELGIN, VACTOR, GUZZLER, TRUVAC, WESTECH, JETSTREAM, BLASTERS, MARK RITE LINES, HOG, NEW WAY, TRACKLESS, OX BODIES, CRYSTEEL, J-CRAFT, DURACLASS, RUGBY, TRAVIS, OSW, NTE, WTB, GROUND FORCE, TOWHAUL, BUCKS, AND SWITCH-N-GO brands; and provides refuse and recycling collection vehicles through a dealer network or direct sales to service customers. It is also involved in sale of parts, service and repair, equipment rentals, and training. The company also provides systems for community alerting, emergency vehicles, first responder interoperable communications, and industrial communications; public safety equipment, such as vehicle lightbars and sirens, industrial signaling equipment, public warning systems, and general alarm/public address systems under the Federal Signal, Federal Signal VAMA, and Victor brand names through wholesalers, distributors, independent manufacturer representatives, original equipment manufacturers, and direct sales force, as well as independent foreign distributors. Federal Signal Corporation was founded in 1901 and is based in Downers Grove, Illinois.

United States · www.federalsignal.com

Risk Metrics

Beta vs SPX1.08
Corr SPX0.48
Annual vol36.0%
Annual ret+17.7%
Sharpe0.49
Max DD-31.7%

Window: 504 trading days (504 obs)

Material Events

DateEvent8-K
2026-05-20Reg FD Disclosure, Exhibitsread
2026-04-22Shareholder Vote, Exhibitsread
2026-03-02Reg FD Disclosure, Exhibitsread
2026-02-26Officer / Director Change, Exhibitsread
2026-01-16Other Material Event, Exhibitsread
2026-01-14Reg FD Disclosure, Exhibitsread
2025-12-18Other Material Event, Exhibitsread
2025-12-01Acquisition / Disposition, Exhibitsread
2025-09-25Material Agreement, Exhibitsread
2025-04-22Shareholder Vote, Other Material Event…read
2025-02-14Other Material Event, Exhibitsread
2024-10-07Other Material Event, Exhibitsread

Flow & Concentration

Insider 180d net$0
Insider buys / sells0 / 0
Insider biasNeutral
13F holders7
Top-5 share99.1%
HHI4,513 (concentrated)

Top Holders

HolderValueShares
State Street Corp$314.38M2.45M
Fidelity / FMR LLC$191.72M1.49M
Capital Research / Capital World$28.10M218.68K
Bridgewater Associates$5.80M45.15K
AQR Capital Management$4.89M38.04K
Citadel Advisors$4.82M37.54K
T. Rowe Price Group$127.04K988.69K

As of 2026-06-30

Dividends

Yield (TTM)0.25%
$ / share (TTM)$0.29
5y CAGR+11.8%

Annual dividend per share

2021$0.36
2022$0.36
2023$0.39
2024$0.48
2025$0.56
2026$0.15

SEC Filings

DateFormDoc
2026-08-064view
2026-08-054view
2026-07-3010-Qview
2026-06-294view
2026-06-294view
2026-06-1811-Kview
2026-05-208-Kview
2026-05-054view
2026-05-054view
2026-05-054view
2026-05-054view
2026-04-2910-Qview
2026-04-234view
2026-04-234view
2026-04-234view

The Long Run

FY 2011–2025 · 15 years

LineLatestCAGRTrend
Revenue$2.18B+7.5%
Gross profit$533.00M+10.2%
Operating income$224.50M+35.2%
Net income$157.40M+23.5%
Cash from ops$194.40M+8.5%

Indices

S&P SmallCap 600

Recent Sessions

DateOpenHighLowCloseVol
Sep 25$113.28$115.30$112.66$114.75368.40K
Sep 24$112.47$113.97$111.08$112.78401.30K
Sep 23$116.38$116.38$113.16$113.25348.30K
Sep 22$116.81$117.51$115.57$115.69430.00K
Sep 21$114.60$115.89$113.26$115.09377.70K

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