Crown Advisors Management Inc. Acquires 5,000 Shares of Federal Signal Corporation $FSS

Crown Advisors Management Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Federal Signal Corporation (NYSE:FSS) by 50.0% in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The fund owned 15,000 shares of the conglomerate’s stock after purchasing an additional 5,000 shares during the period. Crown Advisors Management Inc.’s holdings in Federal Signal were worth $1,784,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. CW Advisors LLC bought a new stake in shares of Federal Signal in the second quarter valued at approximately $6,426,000. Y Intercept Hong Kong Ltd bought a new position in Federal Signal during the third quarter worth $3,745,000. Dynamic Technology Lab Private Ltd acquired a new position in Federal Signal during the 3rd quarter valued at $2,124,000. Entropy Technologies LP acquired a new position in Federal Signal during the 2nd quarter valued at $1,385,000. Finally, Bahl & Gaynor Inc. boosted its holdings in Federal Signal by 3.1% in the 2nd quarter. Bahl & Gaynor Inc. now owns 85,232 shares of the conglomerate’s stock valued at $9,070,000 after purchasing an additional 2,569 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 92.73% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several research analysts have recently issued reports on the stock. CJS Securities upgraded shares of Federal Signal from a “market perform” rating to a “market outperform” rating and set a $140.00 price objective on the stock in a report on Thursday, February 26th. Wall Street Zen cut shares of Federal Signal from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Saturday, February 28th. KeyCorp raised Federal Signal from a “sector weight” rating to an “overweight” rating and set a $130.00 target price on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, March 10th. Finally, Weiss Ratings restated a “buy (b-)” rating on shares of Federal Signal in a research note on Monday, December 29th. Four analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $131.75.

Federal Signal Trading Up 0.3%

Shares of Federal Signal stock opened at $107.21 on Wednesday. Federal Signal Corporation has a 12-month low of $66.47 and a 12-month high of $132.89. The stock has a market capitalization of $6.53 billion, a P/E ratio of 26.73, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.62 and a beta of 1.32. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $114.21 and a 200 day simple moving average of $115.79. The company has a quick ratio of 1.35, a current ratio of 3.02 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.41.

Federal Signal (NYSE:FSS) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 25th. The conglomerate reported $1.16 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.08 by $0.08. The firm had revenue of $597.10 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $551.36 million. Federal Signal had a net margin of 11.31% and a return on equity of 20.14%. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 26.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $0.87 earnings per share. Federal Signal has set its FY 2026 guidance at 4.500-4.800 EPS. Research analysts expect that Federal Signal Corporation will post 3.34 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Federal Signal Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, March 26th. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 13th will be issued a $0.15 dividend. This represents a $0.60 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.6%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, March 13th. This is an increase from Federal Signal’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.14. Federal Signal’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 14.96%.

Federal Signal Profile

Federal Signal Corporation (NYSE: FSS), headquartered in Oak Brook, Illinois, is a diversified industrial company that designs, manufactures and markets a broad range of products and services for municipal, commercial and industrial customers worldwide. Founded in 1901 in Chicago, the company has grown through a combination of organic investment and strategic acquisitions to become a leading provider of environmental management and safety and security solutions.

Federal Signal operates through two primary business segments.