William Blair Predicts Federal Signal Q1 Earnings

Federal Signal Co. (NYSE:FSS) – William Blair issued their Q1 2025 EPS estimates for Federal Signal in a research report issued on Thursday, February 27th. William Blair analyst R. Sparenblek anticipates that the conglomerate will earn $0.73 per share for the quarter. The consensus estimate for Federal Signal’s current full-year earnings is $3.34 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for Federal Signal’s Q2 2025 earnings at $1.11 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $1.02 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.94 EPS and FY2025 earnings at $3.80 EPS.

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

Several other research firms also recently weighed in on FSS. DA Davidson reduced their target price on shares of Federal Signal from $94.00 to $90.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, November 5th. StockNews.com upgraded shares of Federal Signal from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, February 21st. Finally, Raymond James reiterated an “outperform” rating and issued a $110.00 target price on shares of Federal Signal in a research note on Tuesday, December 24th.

Federal Signal Price Performance

FSS opened at $81.03 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $4.95 billion, a P/E ratio of 23.49, a PEG ratio of 1.85 and a beta of 1.01. Federal Signal has a fifty-two week low of $76.85 and a fifty-two week high of $102.18. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.19, a quick ratio of 1.36 and a current ratio of 2.83. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $94.93 and a 200 day moving average of $92.71.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Federal Signal

A number of large investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its position in shares of Federal Signal by 1.3% in the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 7,247,803 shares of the conglomerate’s stock valued at $669,625,000 after acquiring an additional 93,597 shares during the period. State Street Corp boosted its position in shares of Federal Signal by 1.1% in the third quarter. State Street Corp now owns 2,293,775 shares of the conglomerate’s stock valued at $214,376,000 after acquiring an additional 25,080 shares during the period. Invesco Ltd. boosted its position in shares of Federal Signal by 12.4% in the fourth quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 2,199,200 shares of the conglomerate’s stock valued at $203,184,000 after acquiring an additional 242,840 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC boosted its position in shares of Federal Signal by 1.8% in the fourth quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 1,630,971 shares of the conglomerate’s stock valued at $150,715,000 after acquiring an additional 29,197 shares during the period. Finally, FMR LLC boosted its position in shares of Federal Signal by 19.4% in the fourth quarter. FMR LLC now owns 1,469,614 shares of the conglomerate’s stock valued at $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 Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, March 27th. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 14th will be paid a $0.14 dividend. This is an increase from Federal Signal’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.12. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, March 14th. This represents a $0.56 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.69%. Federal Signal’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 16.23%.

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.