FSS vs. TTC, AGCO, OSK, TEX, TRN, ALG, GBX, LNN, ASTE, and PLOW
Should you be buying Federal Signal stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Federal Signal include Toro (TTC), AGCO (AGCO), Oshkosh (OSK), Terex (TEX), Trinity Industries (TRN), Alamo Group (ALG), Greenbrier Companies (GBX), Lindsay (LNN), Astec Industries (ASTE), and Douglas Dynamics (PLOW). These companies are all part of the "construction & farm machinery & heavy trucks" industry.
Federal Signal vs.
Toro (NYSE:TTC) and Federal Signal (NYSE:FSS) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, profitability and risk.
In the previous week, Federal Signal had 1 more articles in the media than Toro. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Federal Signal and 16 mentions for Toro. Toro's average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat Federal Signal's score of 0.93 indicating that Toro is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Toro has a beta of 0.72, suggesting that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Federal Signal has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Federal Signal has a net margin of 11.57% compared to Toro's net margin of 9.14%. Toro's return on equity of 27.25% beat Federal Signal's return on equity.
Toro pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Federal Signal pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Toro pays out 38.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Federal Signal pays out 16.0% 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. Toro has increased its dividend for 21 consecutive years. Toro is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Toro presently has a consensus price target of $89.75, suggesting a potential upside of 31.43%. Federal Signal has a consensus price target of $95.00, suggesting a potential upside of 23.95%. Given Toro's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Toro is more favorable than Federal Signal.
87.9% of Toro shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.7% of Federal Signal shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Toro shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of Federal Signal shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Toro has higher revenue and earnings than Federal Signal. Toro is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Federal Signal, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Toro received 158 more outperform votes than Federal Signal when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.97% of users gave Toro an outperform vote while only 58.24% of users gave Federal Signal an outperform vote.
Summary
Toro beats Federal Signal on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:FSS) was last updated on 4/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
