Valuation

FSSFederal Signal Corporation

StockNYSEUnited StatesIndustrialsEU retail: available

−2.0% today · −9.4% over a year

8/10 A 1–10 summary of how an instrument compares with similar ones (same sector and region) by published rules. It describes today's data; it is not a price forecast. More in the glossary → «Balanced» — higher than 81% of the instruments we score

Quality, Dividend safety: among the best of its peers. Dividend yield 0.52%.

Federal Signal Corporation (FSS) valuation against sector peers: P/E 24.3 (sector median 25.7), P/B 4.6, EV/EBIT 18.5, free-cash-flow yield 4.9%, P/S 2.8.

Ratios vs sector

Medians of Industrials companies in the same region (stocks and REITs).

Lower P/E, P/B, P/S and EV/EBIT mean cheaper; higher yields, returns and margins mean more for the price. Negative multiples (losses) are left out of the medians.
MetricFSSSector medianvs median
P/E24.325.7 · n=2636% below
P/B4.63.7 · n=29626% above
P/S2.82.1 · n=30437% above
EV/EBIT18.520.2 · n=2458% below
Free-cash-flow yield4.9%4.0% · n=29221% above
Dividend yield0.52%0.50% · n=332near the median
Return on equity20.6%14.5% · n=30542% above
Return on invested capital18.0%11.3% · n=28360% above
Gross margin29.2%32.9% · n=25411% below
Net debt / EBITDA0.811.58 · n=25249% below

Value factor: 54 of 100 within the peer group. Full score breakdown →

Sector peers

The largest companies of the same sector and region.

CATCaterpillar30.216.924.53.3%1.1%7/10
GEGE Aerospace34.217.8—2.6%0.6%—/10
RTXRTX Corporation31.53.826.03.6%1.4%6/10
GEVGE Vernova22.420.477.77.4%0.2%7/10
UNPUnion Pacific Corporation23.28.019.33.8%1.9%10/10
DEDeere & Company35.46.2—3.5%1.0%—/10
ETNEaton Corporation39.97.5—2.6%1.1%4/10
LMTLockheed Martin22.314.517.35.8%2.2%8/10
UBERUber13.94.921.37.6%0.0%7/10
BABOEING18.120.216.20.0%0.0%1/10

Fiscal-year history

From annual SEC filings; each bar is a fiscal year, labelled by the year it ended.

Filings: U.S. SEC EDGAR · ratios computed by AI-Stock Invest from public filings and end-of-day prices · latest period 30 Jun 2026 · filed 30 Jul 2026