Cooper-Standard vs Federal Signal
CPS and FSS side by side, both in motor vehicles and motor vehicle equipment. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How CPS and FSS compare
Federal Signal is the larger company, worth 21 times as much as Cooper-Standard ($7.1B against $336M).
Cooper-Standard grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (27.9% versus 24.0% for Federal Signal).
Federal Signal keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 11.7% compared with −1.7% at Cooper-Standard.
Federal Signal pays a dividend yielding 0.51%; Cooper-Standard does not pay one.
Federal Signal scores higher on the StockData Score (23 against 5 for Cooper-Standard), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | CPS | FSS |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $336M | $7.1B |
| Share price | $18.93 | $116.54 |
| Change, 1 year | −34.4% | 3.5% |
| Change, 5 years | −21.8% | 157% |
| Beta (5Y) | 2.35 | 0.94 |
| Employees | 22K | 5,800 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 5 | 23 (better) |
| Valuation score | 1 | 2 (better) |
| Growth score | 2 | 5 (better) |
| Performance score | 1 | 6 (better) |
| Health score | 1 | 6 (better) |
| Dividend score | 0 | 4 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | – | 24.2× |
| P/S | 0.1× (better) | 2.8× |
| P/B | – | 4.5× |
| EV/EBITDA | 13.4× (better) | 14.7× |
| P/FCF | – | 19.5× |
| PEG | – | 0.90 |
| FCF yield | −8.4% | 5.1% (better) |
| Fair value | – | $93.15 |
| Margin of safety | – | −25.1% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 27.9% (better) | 24.0% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | – | 14.0% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | – | 25.9% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | – | 25.8% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | – | 20.8% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 12.0% | 29.1% (better) |
| Operating margin | 2.9% | 16.2% (better) |
| Net margin | −1.7% | 11.7% (better) |
| FCF margin | −0.81% | 14.3% (better) |
| Return on equity | – | 20.5% |
| Return on invested capital | 9.3% | 18.6% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | – | 0.27 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 10.21 | 0.68 (better) |
| Interest coverage | – | 17.9× |
| Current ratio | 1.31 | 2.97 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 1.85 | 7.61 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 | 6 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | – | 0.51% |
| Payout ratio | – | 12.1% |
| Years of dividend growth | – | 3 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | – | 11.8% |
| Buyback yield | – | 0.07% |
| Shareholder yield | 0.00% | 0.58% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 64.9% | 102% |
| Held by insiders | 5.5% | 2.5% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | $225K (better) | −$3.1M |
| Short interest, % of float | 4.5% | 7.1% |
Go deeper
- CPS stock overview
- CPS income statement
- CPS valuation and score
- FSS stock overview
- FSS income statement
- FSS valuation and score
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