Federal Signal Corp (FSS) stock
FSSNYSEMotor Vehicles & Passenger Car BodiesFiscal year ends December 31
Financials through Q3 FY2026, quarter ended Sep 30, 2026Last filing: 10-Q on Oct 29, 2026Score 23/3025% above fair value
$116.54+1.38 (+1.20%)
Close on Nov 11, 2026Market cap $7.11BP/E 24.2Yield 0.48%
Federal Signal statistics
114 measures from SEC filings and the closing price. Hover a name for the formula; the last column is the median of companies in the same industry group.
Important dates
- Next earnings
- –
- Last ex-dividend date
- Aug 14, 2026
- Fundamentals through
- Sep 30, 2026
- Share price as of
- Nov 11, 2026
Valuation ratiosIndustry
- P/TBV Ratio
- 12.83
- 2.46
- P/OCF Ratio
- 17.65
- 10.02
Enterprise valuationIndustry
- EV / Sales
- 2.93
- 1.09
- EV / EBIT
- 18.07
- 15.75
- EV / FCF
- 20.43
- 17.16
Share statisticsIndustry
- Shares Change (YoY)
- -0.08%
- 1.47%
- Float
- 60M
- 39M
- Shares Held by Insiders
- 2.48%
- 5.31%
- Shares Held by Institutions
- 102.0%
- 67.8%
Short sellingIndustry
- Short Interest
- 4M
- –
- Short Interest Change
- 1.33%
- -1.67%
- Short % of Float
- 7.09%
- 6.38%
- Short % of Shares Outstanding
- 6.91%
- 5.34%
- Days to Cover
- 7.97
- 4.64
Stock price statisticsIndustry
- 52-Week High
- $134.51
- –
- 52-Week Low
- $101.19
- –
- 20-Day Moving Average
- $114.83
- –
- 50-Day Moving Average
- $114.76
- –
- 200-Day Moving Average
- $115.80
- –
- Average True Range (14)
- $4.60
- –
- Price Change (1 Week)
- -1.18%
- -2.12%
- Price Change (1 Month)
- 2.01%
- 0.22%
- Price Change (3 Months)
- -5.30%
- -17.3%
- Price Change (6 Months)
- 2.01%
- -14.6%
- Price Change (YTD)
- 7.32%
- -9.07%
- Price Change (1 Year)
- 3.50%
- -10.7%
- Price Change (3 Years)
- 77.9%
- 13.5%
- Price Change (5 Years)
- 142.4%
- -21.5%
- Price Change (10 Years)
- 680.1%
- 42.5%
- Average Volume (10 Days)
- 533,324
- –
- Average Volume (20 Days)
- 510,963
- –
- Average Volume (90 Days)
- 452,580
- –
- Relative Volume
- 0.49
- 0.77
- Relative Strength Index (14)
- 52.8
- 49.9
- Volatility (1 Year)
- 33.7%
- 59.1%
- Beta (5 Years)
- 0.94
- 1.06
MarginsIndustry
- Pretax Margin
- 15.2%
- 2.36%
- EBITDA Margin
- 19.9%
- 4.67%
- FCF Margin
- 14.3%
- 1.07%
Returns on capitalIndustry
- Return on Equity (ROE)
- 20.5%
- 3.17%
- Return on Assets (ROA)
- 13.5%
- 1.21%
- Return on Invested Capital (ROIC)
- 18.6%
- 5.54%
- Return on Capital Employed (ROCE)
- 19.1%
- 0.17%
Financial positionIndustry
- Current Ratio
- 2.97
- 1.77
- Quick Ratio
- 1.28
- 0.75
- Debt / Equity
- 0.27
- 0.44
- Debt / EBITDA
- 0.83
- 2.18
- Debt / FCF
- 1.15
- 3.51
- Net Debt / EBITDA
- 0.68
- 1.52
- Interest Coverage
- 17.95
- -1.11
GrowthIndustry
- Revenue Growth (YoY)
- 24.0%
- 9.58%
- Net Income Growth (YoY)
- 25.9%
- 10.4%
- EPS Growth (YoY)
- 25.8%
- 10.2%
- FCF Growth (YoY)
- 66.2%
- 5.34%
- Revenue Growth (3Y CAGR)
- 15.0%
- 5.57%
- Revenue Growth (5Y CAGR)
- 14.0%
- 8.05%
- EPS Growth (3Y CAGR)
- 26.7%
- 6.84%
- EPS Growth (5Y CAGR)
- 20.8%
- 5.57%
EfficiencyIndustry
- Asset Turnover
- 1.16
- 0.70
- Inventory Turnover
- 4.31
- 4.28
- Revenue Per Employee
- $439.38K
- $341.43K
- Profits Per Employee
- $51.19K
- $5.12K
- Employee Count
- 5,800
- 1,409
- WACC
- 9.26%
- 9.04%
Income statement (TTM)Industry
- Pretax Income
- $387.30M
- $4.37M
Balance sheetIndustry
- Net Cash (Debt)
- -$346.60M
- $1.36K
- Net Cash Per Share
- -$5.68
- $0.00
- Equity (Book Value)
- $1.58B
- $263.99M
- Book Value Per Share
- $25.88
- $6.46
- Tangible Book Value
- $554.10M
- $34.44M
- Working Capital
- $573.40M
- $176.20M
Cash flow (TTM)Industry
- Capital Expenditures
- -$37.70M
- -$38.70M
- FCF Per Share
- $5.98
- $0.02
Dividends and yieldsIndustry
- Earnings Yield
- 4.18%
- 1.46%
- FCF Yield
- 5.13%
- 0.25%
- Dividend Yield
- 0.48%
- 1.73%
- Buyback Yield
- 0.07%
- 0.82%
- Shareholder Yield
- 0.55%
- 2.47%
- Dividend Per Share
- $0.56
- $1.04
- Dividend Growth (YoY)
- 16.7%
- 5.03%
- Years of Dividend Growth
- 3
- 3
- Payout Ratio
- 12.1%
- 29.6%
- FCF Payout Ratio
- 9.86%
- 23.8%
Taxes and interestIndustry
- Interest Expense
- $23.00M
- $13.28M
- Income Tax
- $90.40M
- $4.55M
- Effective Tax Rate
- 23.3%
- 22.2%
Scores and fair valueIndustry
- Graham Number
- $52.97
- $44.51
- Graham Upside
- -54.5%
- -27.0%
- Altman Z-Score
- 7.61
- 2.16
- Piotroski F-Score
- 6
- 5
- Beneish M-Score
- -2.21
- -2.46
- Lynch Fair Value
- $100.17
- –
- Lynch Upside
- -14.0%
- -28.7%
Total return vs. the S&P 500
Price change plus reinvested dividends, to the close on Nov 11, 2026. The S&P 500 is measured by the SPY fund.
| Period | FSS | S&P 500 | Difference | FSS per year | S&P 500 per year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 month | +2.6% | -2.4% | +5.0 pts | ||
| 3 months | -9.4% | -1.2% | −8.2 pts | ||
| Year to date | +7.7% | +12.3% | −4.5 pts | ||
| 1 year | +6.0% | +12.4% | −6.4 pts | ||
| 3 years | +80.8% | +78.8% | +2.0 pts | +21.8% | +21.4% |
| 5 years | +151.1% | +75.2% | +75.9 pts | +20.2% | +11.9% |
| 10 years | +755.0% | +311.1% | +443.9 pts | +23.9% | +15.2% |
Short interest
Shares sold short and not yet covered, reported by brokers to FINRA twice a month. Latest settlement date Oct 30, 2026.
4M FSS shares were sold short on Oct 30, 2026, up 1.3% from the previous report, or 7.09% of the shares available to trade. At recent volumes it would take 8.0 days to buy them back. Over the last 20 sessions, 64.3% of the volume reported to FINRA was short selling.
| Settlement date | Shares short | Change | Avg. daily volume | Days to cover |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 30, 2026 | 4,217,857 | +1.3% | 529,537 | 8.0 |
| Oct 15, 2026 | 4,162,575 | +10.0% | 494,404 | 8.4 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 3,784,692 | -2.4% | 491,053 | 7.7 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 3,877,971 | -4.4% | 364,621 | 10.6 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 4,058,132 | -4.3% | 314,930 | 12.9 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 4,239,858 | +3.0% | 411,133 | 10.3 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 4,116,191 | -4.5% | 471,061 | 8.7 |
| Jul 15, 2026 | 4,308,569 | +2.8% | 677,025 | 6.4 |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 4,189,996 | +6.6% | 764,921 | 5.5 |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3,929,864 | +5.3% | 477,546 | 8.2 |
| May 29, 2026 | 3,732,945 | +0.7% | 407,584 | 9.2 |
| May 15, 2026 | 3,708,056 | +6.0% | 414,213 | 8.9 |
Ratios use trailing-twelve-month results and the latest balance sheet. How we calculate.
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