KeyCorp Estimates Federal Signal’s Q2 Earnings (NYSE:FSS)

Federal Signal Co. (NYSE:FSS) – Investment analysts at KeyCorp issued their Q2 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Federal Signal in a research note issued on Sunday, May 11th. KeyCorp analyst S. Barger anticipates that the conglomerate will post earnings per share of $1.05 for the quarter. KeyCorp has a “Overweight” rating and a $110.00 price objective on the stock. The consensus estimate for Federal Signal’s current full-year earnings is $3.34 per share. KeyCorp also issued estimates for Federal Signal’s Q3 2025 earnings at $1.05 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.98 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $0.88 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $1.18 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $1.17 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $1.08 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $4.31 EPS.

FSS has been the topic of several other reports. DA Davidson lifted their price target on Federal Signal from $82.00 to $84.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Monday, May 5th. Raymond James dropped their price target on Federal Signal from $105.00 to $100.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, April 14th. Finally, StockNews.com lowered Federal Signal from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Saturday, March 1st. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have assigned a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $98.00.

Federal Signal Trading Up 1.0%

NYSE FSS opened at $94.59 on Tuesday. The company has a quick ratio of 1.36, a current ratio of 2.83 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.19. Federal Signal has a twelve month low of $66.47 and a twelve month high of $102.18. The firm has a market capitalization of $5.77 billion, a PE ratio of 27.42, a P/E/G ratio of 1.85 and a beta of 1.23. The stock’s 50 day moving average is $78.30 and its 200 day moving average is $88.13.

Federal Signal (NYSE:FSS) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, April 30th. The conglomerate reported $0.76 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.73 by $0.03. Federal Signal had a return on equity of 18.46% and a net margin of 11.57%. The business had revenue of $463.80 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $462.63 million. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $0.64 EPS. The business’s revenue was up 9.2% on a year-over-year basis.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of FSS. CoreCap Advisors LLC increased its holdings in Federal Signal by 19.9% during the 4th quarter. CoreCap Advisors LLC now owns 875 shares of the conglomerate’s stock worth $81,000 after purchasing an additional 145 shares during the period. Mather Group LLC. increased its holdings in Federal Signal by 20.1% during the 4th quarter. Mather Group LLC. now owns 889 shares of the conglomerate’s stock worth $82,000 after purchasing an additional 149 shares during the period. Arizona State Retirement System boosted its position in Federal Signal by 0.9% during the 4th quarter. Arizona State Retirement System now owns 17,746 shares of the conglomerate’s stock valued at $1,640,000 after acquiring an additional 152 shares in the last quarter. Albion Financial Group UT boosted its position in Federal Signal by 1.3% during the 4th quarter. Albion Financial Group UT now owns 12,126 shares of the conglomerate’s stock valued at $1,120,000 after acquiring an additional 153 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Creative Financial Designs Inc. ADV boosted its position in Federal Signal by 16.9% during the 1st quarter. Creative Financial Designs Inc. ADV now owns 1,119 shares of the conglomerate’s stock valued at $82,000 after acquiring an additional 162 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 92.73% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling at Federal Signal

In other Federal Signal news, CEO Jennifer L. Sherman purchased 1,250 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, February 28th. The stock was purchased at an average price of $82.32 per share, for a total transaction of $102,900.00. Following the completion of the purchase, the chief executive officer now directly owns 559,183 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $46,031,944.56. This trade represents a 0.22% increase in their ownership of the stock. The acquisition was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. 3.30% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Federal Signal Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, May 30th. Shareholders of record on Friday, May 16th will be paid a dividend of $0.14 per share. This represents a $0.56 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.59%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, May 16th. Federal Signal’s payout ratio is 16.37%.

Federal Signal announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock repurchase plan on Tuesday, April 22nd that authorizes the company to buyback $150.00 million in outstanding shares. This buyback authorization authorizes the conglomerate to reacquire up to 3.3% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are often a sign that the company’s management believes its shares are undervalued.

About Federal Signal

Federal Signal Corp. engages in the design and manufacture of products and integrated solutions for municipal, governmental, industrial, and commercial customers. It operates through the Environmental Solutions Group and Safety and Security Systems Group segments. The Environment Solutions Group segment is involved in the manufacture and supply of street sweeper vehicles, sewer cleaners, vacuum loader trucks, hydro-excavation trucks, and water blasting equipment.