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Federal Signal Corporation
Industrials · Pollution & Treatment Controls · NYQ
$116.35
Close 2026-05-28
✓ ETHICAL PASS

UNKNOWN MOAT
HIGH
Data Confidence: 100%
Full financial profile available
Market Cap
$7.1B
Trailing P/E
26.44
Forward P/E
20.99
Rev Growth
+34.9%
Profit Margin
11.6%
ROE
20.5%
Analyst Target
$140.00
Recommendation
NONE
About Federal Signal Corporation

Federal Signal Corporation designs, manufactures, and supplies a suite of products and integrated solutions for municipal, governmental, industrial, and commercial customers in the United States, Canada, Europe, and internationally. It operates through two segments, Environmental Solutions Group, and Safety and Security Systems Group. The company offers street sweepers, sewer cleaners, industrial vacuum loaders, safe-digging trucks, dump truck bodies, and trailers, as well as waterblasting, road-marking, line-removal, metal extraction support equipment, and multi-purpose maintenance vehicles under the ELGIN, VACTOR, GUZZLER, TRUVAC, WESTECH, JETSTREAM, BLASTERS, MARK RITE LINES, HOG, NEW WAY, TRACKLESS, OX BODIES, CRYSTEEL, J-CRAFT, DURACLASS, RUGBY, TRAVIS, OSW, NTE, WTB, GROUND FORCE, TOWHAUL, BUCKS, AND SWITCH-N-GO brands; and provides refuse and recycling collection vehicles through a dealer network or direct sales to service customers. It is also involved in sale of parts, service and repair, equipment rentals, and training. The company also provides systems for community alerting, emergency vehicles, first responder interoperable communications, and industrial communications; public safety equipment, such as vehicle lightbars and sirens, industrial signaling equipment, public warning systems, and general alarm/public address systems under the Federal Signal, Federal Signal VAMA, and Victor brand names through wholesalers, distributors, independent manufacturer representatives, original equipment manufacturers, and direct sales force, as well as independent foreign distributors. Federal Signal Corporation was founded in 1901 and is based in Downers Grove, Illinois.

Ethical Screen
Business ActivityPASS
Debt RatioN/A
Cash RatioN/A
Receivables RatioN/A
Revenue Ratio (0.00%)PASS
OverallPASS
Score Ethical: 64.7
Score Valuation: 50.5
Score Quality: 77.0
Score Combined: 55.3

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Opportunity Scores
Valuation89.5
Quality85.2
Cash Flow25.1
Moat40.0
Balance Sheet0.0
Debt Purity50.0
Liquid Purity50.0
Rev Purity100.0
Compliance100.0
Tier: BRONZE · Score: 50.9 · Rank: #1678
Insider Transactions
No insider transaction data.
Top Institutional Holders
No institutional holder data.
Additional Fundamentals
Enterprise Value
$7.4B
Price/Book
4.82
Beta
1.324
Analysts
7
Total Revenue (TTM)
$2.3B
Total Debt
$582.8M
Earnings Growth
+52.0%
Dividend Yield
52.0%
Short Ratio
7.85
Short % Float
0.1%
Employees
5,800

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Trade Consideration
The Opportunity
Score 55.3 (P86 — top 14.2% of scored tickers). Unknown Moat. Ethical PASS. 7 analysts at None.
Price: $116.35 | Target: $142.14 (+22%)
Score
55
Moat
Unknown
Conviction
Standard
Upside
+22%
The Fundamentals
Revenue Growth+34.9%
Profit Margin11.6%
ROE20.5%
Forward P/E21.0
Market Cap$7.1B
Position Sizing Scenarios
Stop: $98.90 (-15%) | Entry: $116.35
SharesCostProfit to TargetR:R
To Consensus ($142.14, 7 analysts)
10$1,163.50+$257.90 (22%)1.5R
50$5,817.50+$1,289.50 (22%)1.5R
100$11,635.00+$2,579.00 (22%)1.5R
Risk Factors
  • Elevated short interest (7.85 days to cover)
The Verdict
Federal Signal Corporation passes all ethical screens, holds a unknown competitive moat, and is growing revenue at +34.9%.
Quantitative Grade

A single score combining all analytical layers below. A is strongest, D is weakest.

D
Quant Score
39.3
Risk Grade
LOW_RISK
Layers
7
Risk Profile

How much could this ticker lose on a bad day? These metrics measure worst-case scenarios from historical data.

VaR 95%
-3.2%
worst expected daily loss, 19 in 20 days
CVaR 95%
-4.6%
avg loss on the worst 5% of days
Annual Volatility
Sortino Ratio
0.60
above 1.0 is good
Max Drawdown
-31.5%
Worst Day
Forward Outlook

Based on 10,000 simulated price paths, here is the probability of where this ticker could be in 30, 60, and 90 days.

30d Prob Up
90d Prob Up
Median Return 30d
Liquidity Score
75
Liquidity Grade
LIQUID
Trend & Momentum

What direction is this ticker actually moving, filtered through noise? Is it speeding up or slowing down?

Kalman Trend
Trend Strength
Momentum Signal
HMM Regime
RSI Signal
Technical Signals

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MA Crossover
BELOW_200
Bollinger Position
LOWER_HALF
Beta
Relative Volume
1.9x
Short Interest
Financial Health

Is this company financially sound? The Z-Score measures bankruptcy risk. The F-Score measures fundamental strength.

Altman Z-Score
below 1.81 = distress zone
Piotroski F-Score
Earnings Beat Rate
Earnings Consistency
Correlations

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Most Correlated
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XLI0.618
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IWM0.596
NPO0.584
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Inverse Correlated
TickerCorrelation
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Seasonality

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Best Day
Wednesday
Worst Day
Thursday
Best Month
Jul
Worst Month
Mar
Fri-Mon Effect
-0.24313580620820494
Momentum Rankings

How does this ticker's recent performance compare to the entire universe? Ranked across 1, 3, 6, and 12-month returns.

1M Return
+1.6%
3M Return
-3.4%
6M Return
+3.0%
12M Return
+19.3%
Momentum Rank
#2410
Momentum Signal
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