William Blair Comments on Federal Signal Q1 Earnings

Federal Signal Co. (NYSE:FSS) – Research analysts at William Blair issued their Q1 2025 earnings estimates for Federal Signal in a report issued on Thursday, February 27th. William Blair analyst R. Sparenblek expects that the conglomerate will post earnings per share of $0.73 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.

A number of other equities analysts have also commented on the stock. Raymond James restated an “outperform” rating and issued a $110.00 price target on shares of Federal Signal in a research report on Tuesday, December 24th. DA Davidson reduced their target price on Federal Signal from $94.00 to $90.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, November 5th. Finally, StockNews.com raised Federal Signal from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, February 21st.

Federal Signal Stock Up 2.4 %

FSS opened at $81.88 on Friday. Federal Signal has a twelve month low of $76.85 and a twelve month high of $102.18. The firm has a market cap of $5.00 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 23.73, a PEG ratio of 1.85 and a beta of 1.01. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $95.14 and its 200-day simple moving average is $92.79. 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 (NYSE:FSS) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 26th. The conglomerate reported $0.87 EPS for the quarter, meeting the consensus estimate of $0.87. Federal Signal had a return on equity of 18.46% and a net margin of 11.57%. The business had revenue of $472.00 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $481.90 million.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Federal Signal

Large investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Capital World Investors acquired a new position in Federal Signal during the 4th quarter worth $79,810,000. Norges Bank bought a new position in Federal Signal in the fourth quarter valued at about $78,192,000. Raymond James Financial Inc. acquired a new stake in Federal Signal in the fourth quarter worth about $36,636,000. First Trust Advisors LP lifted its position in Federal Signal by 56.5% during the 4th quarter. First Trust Advisors LP now owns 894,136 shares of the conglomerate’s stock valued at $82,609,000 after purchasing an additional 322,676 shares during the period. Finally, ArrowMark Colorado Holdings LLC bought a new position in shares of Federal Signal in the 3rd quarter valued at about $28,863,000. 92.73% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Federal Signal Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, March 27th. Shareholders of record on Friday, March 14th will be paid a $0.14 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, March 14th. This is an increase from Federal Signal’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.12. This represents a $0.56 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.68%. Federal Signal’s payout ratio is currently 16.23%.

About Federal Signal

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.