Federal Signal Corporation Announces Quarterly Dividend of $0.15 (NYSE:FSS)

Federal Signal Corporation (NYSE:FSS) announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, July 28th. Investors of record on Friday, August 14th will be paid a dividend of 0.15 per share by the conglomerate on Thursday, August 27th. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.5%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, August 14th.

Federal Signal has increased its dividend by an average of 0.1%per year over the last three years and has increased its dividend every year for the last 3 years. Federal Signal has a payout ratio of 14.0% meaning its dividend is sufficiently covered by earnings. Analysts expect Federal Signal to earn $5.52 per share next year, which means the company should continue to be able to cover its $0.60 annual dividend with an expected future payout ratio of 10.9%.

Federal Signal Trading Down 0.7%

FSS stock traded down $0.79 during trading on Tuesday, hitting $117.53. The company had a trading volume of 333,568 shares, compared to its average volume of 488,208. The company has a quick ratio of 1.29, a current ratio of 2.84 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.38. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $116.52 and a 200-day moving average price of $114.76. Federal Signal has a 12 month low of $101.18 and a 12 month high of $134.51. The stock has a market cap of $7.17 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 26.71, a PEG ratio of 1.72 and a beta of 1.23.

Federal Signal (NYSE:FSS) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, April 29th. The conglomerate reported $1.18 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.89 by $0.29. The firm had revenue of $625.60 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $579.87 million. Federal Signal had a return on equity of 21.18% and a net margin of 11.56%.The business’s quarterly revenue was up 35.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.76 EPS. Federal Signal has set its FY 2026 guidance at 4.800-5.050 EPS. As a group, analysts predict that Federal Signal will post 4.94 earnings per share for the current year.

About Federal Signal

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.