FSS vs. IAC, GFF, WOR, BATRA, IEP, VGR, FBYD, ITT, CSL, and SPLP
Should you be buying Federal Signal stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Federal Signal include IAC (IAC), Griffon (GFF), Worthington Enterprises (WOR), Atlanta Braves (BATRA), Icahn Enterprises (IEP), Vector Group (VGR), Falcon's Beyond Global (FBYD), ITT (ITT), Carlisle Companies (CSL), and Steel Partners (SPLP). These companies are all part of the "multi-sector conglomerates" sector.
IAC (NASDAQ:IAC) and Federal Signal (NYSE:FSS) are both mid-cap multi-sector conglomerates companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership and valuation.
IAC received 754 more outperform votes than Federal Signal when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.24% of users gave IAC an outperform vote while only 58.40% of users gave Federal Signal an outperform vote.
88.9% of IAC shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.7% of Federal Signal shares are held by institutional investors. 13.6% of IAC shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of Federal Signal shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Federal Signal has a net margin of 10.31% compared to Federal Signal's net margin of -2.54%. IAC's return on equity of 17.36% beat Federal Signal's return on equity.
IAC has higher revenue and earnings than Federal Signal. IAC is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Federal Signal, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
IAC has a beta of 1.34, suggesting that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Federal Signal has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, IAC had 15 more articles in the media than Federal Signal. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for IAC and 6 mentions for Federal Signal. Federal Signal's average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat IAC's score of 0.62 indicating that IAC is being referred to more favorably in the media.
IAC currently has a consensus price target of $79.92, suggesting a potential upside of 44.86%. Federal Signal has a consensus price target of $70.50, suggesting a potential downside of 18.37%. Given Federal Signal's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe IAC is more favorable than Federal Signal.
Summary
IAC beats Federal Signal on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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