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$111.05 +1.03 (+0.94%)
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FSS vs. FELE, AIN, AIT, DCI, IR, ITT, NPO, PH, TEX, and URI

Should you be buying Federal Signal stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Federal Signal include Franklin Electric (FELE), Albany International (AIN), Applied Industrial Technologies (AIT), Donaldson (DCI), Ingersoll Rand (IR), ITT (ITT), Enpro (NPO), Parker-Hannifin (PH), Terex (TEX), and United Rentals (URI).

Federal Signal vs. Its Competitors

Franklin Electric (NASDAQ:FELE) and Federal Signal (NYSE:FSS) are related mid-cap companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership and risk.

Federal Signal has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Franklin Electric. Franklin Electric is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Federal Signal, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Franklin Electric$2.02B2.08$180.31M$3.8224.08
Federal Signal$1.86B3.64$216.30M$3.4232.47

Franklin Electric has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Federal Signal has a beta of 1.27, suggesting that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Franklin Electric currently has a consensus target price of $94.00, suggesting a potential upside of 2.20%. Federal Signal has a consensus target price of $108.67, suggesting a potential downside of 2.15%. Given Franklin Electric's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Franklin Electric is more favorable than Federal Signal.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Franklin Electric
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Federal Signal
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

Federal Signal has a net margin of 11.10% compared to Franklin Electric's net margin of 8.85%. Federal Signal's return on equity of 18.44% beat Franklin Electric's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Franklin Electric8.85% 14.08% 9.72%
Federal Signal 11.10%18.44%12.10%

Franklin Electric pays an annual dividend of $1.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Federal Signal pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Franklin Electric pays out 27.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Federal Signal pays out 16.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Franklin Electric has increased its dividend for 33 consecutive years and Federal Signal has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Franklin Electric is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

In the previous week, Franklin Electric had 4 more articles in the media than Federal Signal. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Franklin Electric and 6 mentions for Federal Signal. Federal Signal's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Franklin Electric's score of 0.77 indicating that Federal Signal is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Franklin Electric
3 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Federal Signal
4 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

80.0% of Franklin Electric shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.7% of Federal Signal shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.7% of Franklin Electric shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of Federal Signal shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Federal Signal beats Franklin Electric on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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FSS vs. The Competition

MetricFederal SignalDIVERSIFIED OPS IndustryMulti-Sector SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$6.71B$15.79B$14.52B$20.52B
Dividend Yield0.51%4.28%4.05%3.78%
P/E Ratio32.478.537.2827.79
Price / Sales3.644.223.5340.41
Price / Cash24.8833.0431.7422.26
Price / Book5.722.352.064.58
Net Income$216.30M$951.41M$922.19M$982.91M
7 Day Performance1.54%2.37%1.89%0.41%
1 Month Performance10.43%1.16%0.44%3.59%
1 Year Performance33.19%-6.41%-5.14%14.47%

Federal Signal Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FSS
Federal Signal
1.2861 of 5 stars
$111.05
+0.9%
$108.67
-2.1%
+33.1%$6.71B$1.86B32.474,700
FELE
Franklin Electric
4.3841 of 5 stars
$89.74
-0.6%
$94.00
+4.7%
-3.0%$4.09B$2.02B23.496,300News Coverage
AIN
Albany International
3.6584 of 5 stars
$70.20
+1.0%
$79.00
+12.5%
-14.7%$2.12B$1.23B28.315,400News Coverage
High Trading Volume
AIT
Applied Industrial Technologies
4.5554 of 5 stars
$232.65
+0.4%
$285.00
+22.5%
+31.3%$8.86B$4.48B23.366,500Positive News
DCI
Donaldson
3.889 of 5 stars
$69.39
-0.3%
$70.00
+0.9%
+0.4%$8.09B$3.65B23.2914,000
IR
Ingersoll Rand
3.8831 of 5 stars
$83.28
-1.2%
$97.80
+17.4%
-5.4%$33.60B$7.24B41.2317,000Positive News
ITT
ITT
4.2999 of 5 stars
$156.93
-0.6%
$165.50
+5.5%
+24.4%$12.35B$3.63B24.9511,700
NPO
Enpro
3.4872 of 5 stars
$191.63
+0.2%
$202.50
+5.7%
+37.9%$4.03B$1.05B47.673,500
PH
Parker-Hannifin
4.5111 of 5 stars
$698.99
-0.2%
$719.71
+3.0%
+39.0%$89.32B$19.79B26.9255,100Positive News
TEX
Terex
4.4139 of 5 stars
$46.72
-1.7%
$50.90
+8.9%
-4.6%$3.10B$5.13B12.7311,400News Coverage
Positive News
URI
United Rentals
4.4722 of 5 stars
$754.56
+0.3%
$766.23
+1.5%
+24.4%$49.05B$15.35B19.5424,600Positive News

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This page (NYSE:FSS) was last updated on 7/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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