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Federal Signal (FSS) Competitors

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$91.80 +0.03 (+0.03%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:45 PM ET)

FSS vs. TTC, AGCO, OSK, TEX, TRN, ALG, GBX, LNN, ASTE, and MLR

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 Miller Industries (MLR). 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 better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, profitability, risk, earnings, dividends and media sentiment.

Toro pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Federal Signal pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Toro pays out 37.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Federal Signal pays out 13.9% 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 raised 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 has a beta of 0.7, suggesting that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Federal Signal has a beta of 0.99, suggesting that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Toro received 160 more outperform votes than Federal Signal when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.29% of users gave Toro an outperform vote while only 58.25% of users gave Federal Signal an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
ToroOutperform Votes
467
69.29%
Underperform Votes
207
30.71%
Federal SignalOutperform Votes
307
58.25%
Underperform Votes
220
41.75%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Toro$4.58B1.82$329.70M$4.0120.32
Federal Signal$1.84B3.05$157.40M$3.4526.61

Toro presently has a consensus price target of $93.75, indicating a potential upside of 15.06%. Federal Signal has a consensus price target of $90.00, indicating a potential downside of 1.96%. Given Toro's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Toro is more favorable than Federal Signal.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Toro
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.25
Federal Signal
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

In the previous week, Toro had 17 more articles in the media than Federal Signal. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Toro and 7 mentions for Federal Signal. Federal Signal's average media sentiment score of 1.40 beat Toro's score of 0.76 indicating that Federal Signal is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Toro
12 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Federal Signal
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Federal Signal has a net margin of 11.57% compared to Toro's net margin of 8.89%. Toro's return on equity of 25.94% beat Federal Signal's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Toro8.89% 25.94% 10.95%
Federal Signal 11.57%18.46%11.84%

87.9% of Toro shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.7% of Federal Signal shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of Toro shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of Federal Signal shares are owned 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.

Summary

Toro and Federal Signal tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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FSS vs. The Competition

MetricFederal SignalMotor vehicles & car bodies IndustryMulti-Sector SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$5.61B$46.33B$16.09B$19.19B
Dividend Yield0.49%3.35%3.12%3.58%
P/E Ratio26.619.1712.0541.22
Price / Sales3.0524.805.1017.58
Price / Cash27.1111.9713.0721.28
Price / Book5.582.612.205.32
Net Income$157.40M$3.18B$882.38M$989.67M
7 Day Performance-4.84%-3.55%-3.10%-3.45%
1 Month Performance-3.18%-1.10%-3.82%-3.73%
1 Year Performance20.38%-23.24%-11.23%12.06%

Federal Signal Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FSS
Federal Signal
1.8389 of 5 stars
$91.80
+0.0%
$90.00
-2.0%
+21.1%$5.61B$1.84B26.614,500Analyst Downgrade
Positive News
High Trading Volume
TTC
Toro
3.6225 of 5 stars
$87.35
-1.1%
$93.33
+6.8%
-16.2%$8.96B$4.55B23.1810,706Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Buyback Announcement
AGCO
AGCO
4.4162 of 5 stars
$95.72
-1.4%
$113.18
+18.2%
-22.2%$7.14B$14.41B42.9727,900Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
OSK
Oshkosh
4.8295 of 5 stars
$100.00
flat
$122.86
+22.9%
-11.3%$6.51B$9.66B9.7117,300Analyst Forecast
TEX
Terex
4.3193 of 5 stars
$48.52
-2.1%
$59.56
+22.7%
-21.5%$3.24B$5.15B7.2310,200Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
TRN
Trinity Industries
3.178 of 5 stars
$37.64
+0.9%
$35.67
-5.2%
+38.4%$3.09B$2.98B18.209,480Positive News
ALG
Alamo Group
3.8874 of 5 stars
$196.74
+1.9%
$212.00
+7.8%
-8.6%$2.37B$1.66B19.454,350Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
GBX
Greenbrier Companies
3.16 of 5 stars
$67.20
-0.6%
$60.00
-10.7%
+46.0%$2.11B$3.54B13.6014,200
LNN
Lindsay
4.1296 of 5 stars
$128.91
-1.3%
$132.50
+2.8%
-5.8%$1.40B$607.07M21.701,280News Coverage
ASTE
Astec Industries
0.8286 of 5 stars
$36.85
-0.7%
$38.50
+4.5%
-10.7%$840.25M$1.28B-463.754,322
MLR
Miller Industries
2.9907 of 5 stars
$72.18
+1.1%
$82.00
+13.6%
+59.8%$825.67M$1.33B11.981,821Positive News

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This page (NYSE:FSS) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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