Industrials
Federal Signal Corporation(FSS)
Live Price
Offline$109.11
-1.09% today
1Y Change
+14.26%
Window
Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 22, 2026
- Market Cap
- $7.60B
- Revenue Growth
- +17.1%
- EPS Growth
- +14.4%
- Dividend Yield
- 0.5%
Coverage: 248 bars ยท Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 22, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Federal Signal Corporation (FSS) is a Industrials stock with a market cap of $7.60B and listed on NYSE. The stock last traded around $109.11 and up 14.3% across the available one-year price window (Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 22, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +17.1%, EPS growth of +14.4%, a dividend yield of 0.5%. What stands out right now is revenue +17.1%, EPS +14.4%, free cash flow +19.1% with operating margin 16.7% and ROIC 13.8%. The dividend is present but secondary, with a yield around 0.5%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at P/E 28.0 and price/sales 3.2. Stock Foundry combines FSS price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Industrials peers on this page.
Sector Context
How this name stacks up against nearby peers on first-pass metrics.
Revenue Growth
Above sector median
+17.1% vs +6.8% peer median
Operating Margin
Near sector median
+16.7% vs +16.9% peer median
P/E
Below sector median
28.0 vs 36.7 peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
Latest report is on the board
2026 was reported on Apr 29, 2026, but the surprise data is still limited.
The operating story is still moving forward
Revenue is running at +17.1% and EPS at +14.4%, with operating margin around 16.7%.
Shareholder return is still part of the story
The stock is still offering a dividend yield around 0.5%, which matters if the thesis depends on income as much as growth.
Earnings Reaction Memory
How the stock has tended to move after recent reports.
Across the last 3 reported quarters, the stock averaged -1.3% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 1 of those reports.
View quarter-by-quarter reaction table
| Quarter | EPS ฮ | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 Apr 29, 2026 | โ | +1.4% | +2.6% | -6.7% |
2026 Feb 25, 2026 | +7.4% | -1.5% | -2.2% | -6.8% |
2025 Oct 30, 2025 | +6.5% | +2.0% | -4.2% | -1.5% |
Benchmark Edge
FSS vs SPY, QQQ, and Sector ETFs
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
FSS
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Normalized return
SPY
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S&P 500
Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
FSS Max Drawdown
-19.28%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
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Calendar-Year Returns
Uses the longest available daily history for FSS and SPY.
Company Overview
Federal Signal Corporation
New York Stock Exchange
Federal Signal Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, 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 Environmental Solutions Group, and Safety and Security Systems Group. The Environmental Solutions Group segment offers a range of street sweepers, safe-digging trucks ,sewer cleaners, industrial vacuum loaders, vacuum, and hydro-excavation trucks; road-marking, line-removal and waterblasting equipment, dump truck bodies, trailers, and metal extraction support equipment under the Elgin, Vactor, Guzzler, TRUVAC, Westech, Jetstream, Mark Rite Lines, Ox Bodies, Crysteel, J-Craft, Duraclass, Rugby, Travis, OSW, NTE, WTB, Ground Force, Bucks, and Switch-N-Go brand names. It also offers refuse and recycling collection vehicles, camera systems, ice resurfacing equipment, and snow-removal equipment, as well as safety, and security systems. In addition, this segment engages in the sale of parts, service and repair, equipment rental, and training activities. The Safety and Security Systems Group segment provides systems and products for community alerting, emergency vehicles, first responder interoperable communications, and industrial communications. Its products include vehicle lightbars and sirens, industrial signaling equipment, public warning systems, general alarm systems, and public address systems. This segment sells its products under the Federal Signal, Federal Signal VAMA, and Victor brand names. The company sells its products through wholesaler, distributor, independent manufacturer representative, original equipment manufacturer, and direct sales force, as well as independent foreign distributor. Federal Signal Corporation was founded in 1901 and is headquartered in Oak Brook, Illinois.
- Leadership
- Jennifer L. Sherman
- IPO Date
- Mar 17, 1980
- Employees
- 4.7k
- Street Address
- 1415 West 22nd Street
- Mailing
- Oak Brook, IL, 60523
- Region
- Oak Brook, IL, US
- Reporting Currency
- USD
- Investor Line
- 630 954 2000
- Last Updated
- Apr 29, 2026
Key Fundamentals
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Valuation
- P/E
- 28.0
- EV/EBITDA
- 17.6
- Price/Sales
- 3.2
- Price/Book
- 5.3
Growth
- Revenue
- +17.1%
- EPS
- +14.4%
- Free Cash Flow
- +19.1%
Profitability
- Gross Margin
- 28.4%
- Operating Margin
- 16.7%
- Net Margin
- 11.6%
- ROE
- 20.1%
- ROIC
- 13.8%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- 0.41
- Current Ratio
- 2.84
Earnings Reports
Latest News
Official Releases
Company announcements and filings-style updates.
Next Step
Keep the research moving
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