Federal Signal Corporation (FSS)
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Key financial summary
Financials in USD| 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | TTM | 2026E | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total revenue | $m | 1,131 | 1,213 | 1,435 | 1,723 | 1,862 | 2,181 | 2,448 | 2,638 |
| Operating profit | $m | 357 | 412 | ||||||
| Net profit | $m | 96 | 101 | 120 | 157 | 216 | 247 | 285 | 321 |
| EPS reported | $ | 4.01 | 4.64 | ||||||
| Operating cashflow per share | $ | 4.19 | 6.12 | ||||||
| Capex per share | $ | 0.45 | 0.55 | ||||||
| FCF per share | $ | 3.74 | 5.57 | ||||||
| Free cash flow | $m | 227 | 339 | ||||||
| Net debt | $m | 499 | -57 | ||||||
| Book value equity | $m | 1,382 | 1,508 | ||||||
| Book value per share | $ | 22.47 | 24.51 | ||||||
| Number of shares | m | 61.5 | 61.5 | ||||||
| DPS (TTM paid) | $ | 0.56 | 0.59 |
Financial summary
Financials in USD| 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | TTM | 2026E | ||
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| Value | |||||||||
| P/E TTM | x | 27.08 | 24.73 | ||||||
| P/B LTM | x | 4.78 | 4.38 | ||||||
| P/S LTM | x | 3.03 | 2.70 | ||||||
| P/FCF LTM | x | 29.07 | 19.46 | ||||||
| EV/EBITDA LTM | x | 17.02 | 14.75 | ||||||
| EV/Sales LTM | x | 3.27 | 3.31 | ||||||
| Earnings Yield LTM | % | +3.69% | +4.04% | ||||||
| FCF Yield | % | +3.44% | +5.14% | ||||||
| Quality | |||||||||
| ROE | % | +17.84% | +20.22% | ||||||
| ROIC | % | +12.80% | +14.74% | ||||||
| Operating margin | % | +16.37% | +16.84% | ||||||
| Gross margin | % | +28.95% | +29.17% | ||||||
| FCF/Sales | % | +10.42% | +13.86% | ||||||
| Growth and momentum | |||||||||
| EPS Growth YoY | % | +14.57% | +32.57% | ||||||
| Sales Growth YoY | % | +17.14% | +31.50% | ||||||
| Net Income Growth YoY | % | +14.01% | +31.95% | ||||||
| FCF Growth | % | +19.09% | +77.87% | ||||||
| Operating Profit Growth | % | +26.83% | +46.48% | ||||||
| Dividend and capital structure | |||||||||
| Dividend Yield | % | +0.52% | +0.47% | ||||||
| Dividend Growth | % | +16.67% | +22.92% | ||||||
| Payout Ratio | % | +13.83% | +12.38% | ||||||
| FCF/Debt | x | 0.38 | 0.70 | ||||||
| Net Debt/EBITDA | x | 1.27 | 0.87 | ||||||
| EBIT/Net interest | x | 25.31 | 20.11 | ||||||
| Net debt/market cap | % | +8.52% | +5.87% | ||||||
| Net debt/Equity | x | 0.36 | -0.04 | ||||||
| Gross debt/equity | x | 0.43 | 0.32 | ||||||
Price target estimates
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Ratings
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ESG
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Company overview
Federal Signal Corporation, operating through its various subsidiaries, specializes in the development, production, and distribution of an extensive range of products and integrated solutions. The company serves a diverse client base, including municipal, governmental, industrial, and commercial entities across the United States, Canada, Europe, and other global regions. Its operations are structured into two primary divisions: the Environmental Solutions Group and the Safety and Security Systems Group. The Environmental Solutions Group offers a wide spectrum of specialized vehicles and equipment. This includes street cleaning machinery, non-destructive excavation vehicles, sewer cleaning apparatus, heavy-duty industrial vacuum loaders, and trucks designed for vacuum and hydro-excavation. It also provides equipment for road line marking, paint removal, and high-pressure waterblasting, alongside various truck bodies for hauling, trailers, and support machinery used in metal extraction. These products are marketed under numerous prominent brands such as 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. Furthermore, this segment delivers vehicles for waste collection and recycling, advanced camera systems, ice resurfacing equipment, snow-removal solutions, and certain safety and security systems. Beyond product sales, it provides comprehensive after-market services, including parts, maintenance and repair, equipment leasing, and specialized training programs. The Safety and Security Systems Group focuses on delivering systems and products crucial for public alerting, emergency service vehicles, communication interoperability for first responders, and industrial communication needs. Its portfolio features vehicle-mounted lightbars and sirens, industrial signaling devices, public warning infrastructure, general alarm mechanisms, and public address systems. These offerings are available under the Federal Signal, Federal Signal VAMA, and Victor brand names. Federal Signal distributes its products through a variety of channels, including wholesalers, distributors, independent manufacturer representatives, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), its direct sales teams, and independent international distributors. Established in 1901, Federal Signal Corporation maintains its corporate headquarters in Oak Brook, Illinois.
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Based on consensus from external analysts. Not Kvantra's opinion.
Federal Signal Corporation, operating through its various subsidiaries, specializes in the development, production, and distribution of an extensive range of products and integrated solutions. The company serves a diverse client base, including municipal, governmental, industrial, and commercial entities across the United States, Canada, Europe, and other global regions. Its operations are structured into two primary divisions: the Environmental Solutions Group and the Safety and Security Systems Group. The Environmental Solutions Group offers a wide spectrum of specialized vehicles and equipment. This includes street cleaning machinery, non-destructive excavation vehicles, sewer cleaning apparatus, heavy-duty industrial vacuum loaders, and trucks designed for vacuum and hydro-excavation. It also provides equipment for road line marking, paint removal, and high-pressure waterblasting, alongside various truck bodies for hauling, trailers, and support machinery used in metal extraction. These products are marketed under numerous prominent brands such as 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. Furthermore, this segment delivers vehicles for waste collection and recycling, advanced camera systems, ice resurfacing equipment, snow-removal solutions, and certain safety and security systems. Beyond product sales, it provides comprehensive after-market services, including parts, maintenance and repair, equipment leasing, and specialized training programs. The Safety and Security Systems Group focuses on delivering systems and products crucial for public alerting, emergency service vehicles, communication interoperability for first responders, and industrial communication needs. Its portfolio features vehicle-mounted lightbars and sirens, industrial signaling devices, public warning infrastructure, general alarm mechanisms, and public address systems. These offerings are available under the Federal Signal, Federal Signal VAMA, and Victor brand names. Federal Signal distributes its products through a variety of channels, including wholesalers, distributors, independent manufacturer representatives, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), its direct sales teams, and independent international distributors. Established in 1901, Federal Signal Corporation maintains its corporate headquarters in Oak Brook, Illinois.
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