Federal Signal Corporation (FSS): Price and Financial Metrics

FSS POWR Grades

• FSS scores best on the Sentiment dimension, with a Sentiment rank ahead of 85.7% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for FSS is in Stability, which has been heading down over the past 179 days.
• FSS ranks lowest in Value; there it ranks in the 11th percentile.

FSS Stock Summary

• FEDERAL SIGNAL CORP's stock had its IPO on January 1, 1986, making it an older stock than 93.61% of US equities in our set.
• Price to trailing twelve month operating cash flow for FSS is currently 44.71, higher than 91.29% of US stocks with positive operating cash flow.
• Of note is the ratio of FEDERAL SIGNAL CORP's sales and general administrative expense to its total operating expenses; 77.77% of US stocks have a lower such ratio.
• Stocks with similar financial metrics, market capitalization, and price volatility to FEDERAL SIGNAL CORP are SMPL, ABM, CSWI, THR, and MGPI.
• FSS's SEC filings can be seen here. And to visit FEDERAL SIGNAL CORP's official web site, go to www.federalsignal.com.

FSS Valuation Summary

• In comparison to the median Industrials stock, FSS's price/earnings ratio is 42.62% higher, now standing at 26.1.
• Over the past 243 months, FSS's price/sales ratio has gone up 1.4.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for FSS.

FSS Growth Metrics

The year over year net income to common stockholders growth rate now stands at 4.11%.
• Its year over year net cashflow from operations growth rate is now at -47.26%.
• Its 5 year cash and equivalents growth rate is now at 22.18%.

Over the past 70 months, FSS's revenue has gone up $721,900,000.

The table below shows FSS's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date	Revenue	Operating Cash Flow	Net Income to Common Stock
2022-12-31	1,434.8	71.8	120.4
2022-09-30	1,344.7	79.1	105.3
2022-06-30	1,296.6	84.9	102.7
2022-03-31	1,264.6	82.8	98.9
2021-12-31	1,213.2	101.8	100.6
2021-09-30	1,206.6	111.7	107.2

FSS's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.

• FSS has a Quality Grade of B, ranking ahead of 87.41% of graded US stocks.
• FSS's asset turnover comes in at 0.953 -- ranking 33rd of 68 Automobiles and Trucks stocks.
• WNC, ALSN, and MLR are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with FSS.

The table below shows FSS's key quality metrics over time.