Federal Signal vs Gentex
FSS and GNTX 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 FSS and GNTX compare
Federal Signal is the larger company, worth 1.7 times as much as Gentex ($7.1B against $4.1B).
On earnings, Gentex is cheaper: it trades at 10.5× trailing earnings, against 24.2× for Federal Signal.
Federal Signal grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (24.0% versus 7.7% for Gentex).
Gentex keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 15.1% compared with 11.7% at Federal Signal.
Both pay dividends: Federal Signal yields 0.51% and Gentex 2.5%.
Gentex scores higher on the StockData Score (24 against 23 for Federal Signal), 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 | FSS | GNTX |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $7.1B | $4.1B |
| Share price | $116.54 | $19.58 |
| Change, 1 year | 3.5% | −16.0% |
| Change, 5 years | 157% | −46.6% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.94 | 0.75 |
| Employees | 5,800 | 6,398 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 23 | 24 (better) |
| Valuation score | 2 | 5 (better) |
| Growth score | 5 (better) | 4 |
| Performance score | 6 (better) | 5 |
| Health score | 6 | 6 |
| Dividend score | 4 | 4 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 24.2× | 10.5× (better) |
| P/S | 2.8× | 1.6× (better) |
| P/B | 4.5× | – |
| EV/EBITDA | 14.7× | 6.6× (better) |
| P/FCF | 19.5× | 9.2× (better) |
| PEG | 0.90 (better) | 1.23 |
| FCF yield | 5.1% | 10.9% (better) |
| Fair value | $93.15 | $31.04 |
| Margin of safety | −25.1% | 36.9% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 24.0% (better) | 7.7% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 14.0% (better) | 8.5% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 25.9% (better) | 4.5% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 25.8% (better) | 9.4% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 20.8% (better) | 4.3% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 29.1% | 34.8% (better) |
| Operating margin | 16.2% | 19.1% (better) |
| Net margin | 11.7% | 15.1% (better) |
| FCF margin | 14.3% | 17.2% (better) |
| Return on equity | 20.5% (better) | 15.9% |
| Return on invested capital | 18.6% (better) | 18.1% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.27 | – |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.68 (better) | −0.24 |
| Interest coverage | 17.9× | – |
| Current ratio | 2.97 (better) | 2.92 |
| Altman Z-score | 7.61 | 7.89 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 | 7 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 0.51% | 2.5% (better) |
| Payout ratio | 12.1% | 26.0% |
| Years of dividend growth | 3 (better) | 0 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 11.8% (better) | 0.00% |
| Buyback yield | 0.07% | 8.5% (better) |
| Shareholder yield | 0.58% | 11.0% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 102% | 99.4% |
| Held by insiders | 2.5% | 0.37% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$3.1M | −$2.8M (better) |
| Short interest, % of float | 7.1% | 9.0% |
Go deeper
- FSS stock overview
- FSS income statement
- FSS valuation and score
- GNTX stock overview
- GNTX income statement
- GNTX valuation and score
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