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Federal Signal (Federal Signal) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio : 7.52 (As of Apr. 28, 2024)


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What is Federal Signal Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

As of today (2024-04-28), Federal Signal's current share price is $83.88. Federal Signal's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $11.16. Federal Signal's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is 7.52.

The historical rank and industry rank for Federal Signal's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

FSS' s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.08   Med: 3.87   Max: 7.75
Current: 7.51

During the past years, Federal Signal's highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio was 7.75. The lowest was 1.08. And the median was 3.87.

FSS's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is ranked worse than
92.84% of 1996 companies
in the Industrial Products industry
Industry Median: 1.72 vs FSS: 7.51

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio. The Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted book value per share of a company over the past 10 years.

Federal Signal's adjusted book value per share data for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $16.425. Add all the adjusted book value per share for the past 10 years together and divide the count will get our Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share, which is $11.16 for the trailing ten years ended in Dec. 2023.

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Federal Signal Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Federal Signal's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Federal Signal Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Chart

Federal Signal Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 5.02 4.77 5.24 4.73 6.88

Federal Signal Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.73 5.27 6.02 5.44 6.88

Competitive Comparison of Federal Signal's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio

For the Pollution & Treatment Controls subindustry, Federal Signal's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Federal Signal's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Federal Signal's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Federal Signal's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio falls into.



Federal Signal Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio takes the Book Value per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/B calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPB Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio.

Federal Signal's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
=83.88/11.16
=7.52

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Federal Signal's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

For example, Federal Signal's adjusted Book Value per Share data for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was:

Adj_Book=Book Value per Share/CPI of Dec. 2023 (Change)*Current CPI (Dec. 2023)
=16.425/129.4194*129.4194
=16.425

Current CPI (Dec. 2023) = 129.4194.

Federal Signal Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201403 5.733 99.695 7.442
201406 5.984 100.560 7.701
201409 6.059 100.428 7.808
201412 5.946 99.070 7.768
201503 5.881 99.621 7.640
201506 6.208 100.684 7.980
201509 6.418 100.392 8.274
201512 6.521 99.792 8.457
201603 6.657 100.470 8.575
201606 6.607 101.688 8.409
201609 6.702 101.861 8.515
201612 6.612 101.863 8.401
201703 6.652 102.862 8.369
201706 6.885 103.349 8.622
201709 7.087 104.136 8.808
201712 7.623 104.011 9.485
201803 7.832 105.290 9.627
201806 8.179 106.317 9.956
201809 8.502 106.507 10.331
201812 8.806 105.998 10.752
201903 9.110 107.251 10.993
201906 9.612 108.070 11.511
201909 9.985 108.329 11.929
201912 10.605 108.420 12.659
202003 10.561 108.902 12.551
202006 10.847 108.767 12.907
202009 11.232 109.815 13.237
202012 11.605 109.897 13.667
202103 11.797 111.754 13.662
202106 12.203 114.631 13.777
202109 12.532 115.734 14.014
202112 12.874 117.630 14.164
202203 13.000 121.301 13.870
202206 13.346 125.017 13.816
202209 13.663 125.227 14.120
202212 14.183 125.222 14.658
202303 14.483 127.348 14.719
202306 15.148 128.729 15.229
202309 15.696 129.860 15.643
202312 16.425 129.419 16.425

Add all the adjusted book value per share together and divide the count will get our Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


Federal Signal  (NYSE:FSS) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Explanation

Compared with the regular PB Ratio, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio smoothed out the fluctuations of book value during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio should give similar results to regular PB Ratio.


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Federal Signal (Federal Signal) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1415 West 22nd Street, Suite 1100, Oak Brook, IL, USA, 60523
Federal Signal Corp designs and manufactures products and integrated solutions for municipal, governmental, industrial, and airport customers. It operates in the segments of Environmental Solutions Group and the Safety and Security Systems Group. The Environmental solutions group manufactures and supplies street sweeper vehicles, sewer cleaner and vacuum loader trucks, hydro-excavation trucks, high-performance waterblasting equipment, dump truck bodies and trailers. The Safety and Security Systems Group offers comprehensive systems and products such as campus and community alerting, emergency vehicles, first responder interoperable communications, and others. The company generates a majority of its revenue from the Environmental Solutions Group segment.
Executives
Mark Weber officer: President-Envir. Products Grp. 1415 W. 22ND STREET, SUITE 1100, OAK BROOK IL 60523
Felix Boeschen officer: VP Strategy/Investor Relations 1415 W. 22ND STREET, SUITE 1100, OAK BROOK IL 60523
Dennis J Martin director 505 WEST FRANKLIN AVENUE, NAPERVILLE IL 60540
Lauren B Elting officer: VP & Corporate Controller 1415 WEST 22ND STREET, SUITE 1100, OAK BROOK IL 60523
Ian A. Hudson officer: V.P. & Corporate Controller 1415 WEST 22ND STREET, SUITE 1100, OAK BROOK IL 60523
Diane Bonina officer: VP, Gen'l Counsel & Secretary 1415 W. 22ND STREET, SUITE 1100, OAK BROOK IL 60523
Shashank Patel director 1 INTERNATIONAL DRIVE, RYE BROOK NY 10573
Svetlana Vinokur officer: VP, Treasurer & Corp. Develop. 1415 WEST 22ND STREET, SUITE 1100, OAK BROOK IL 60523
Jennifer L Sherman officer: VP, General Counsel & Sec. 1415 W. 22ND STREET, SUITE 1100, OAK BROOK IL 60523
William F Owens director C/O KEY ENERGY SERVICES, INC., 1301 MCKINNEY STREET, SUITE 1800, HOUSTON TX 77010
John L Workman director C/O HEALTHSOUTH CORPORATION, ONE HEALTHSOUTH PARKWAY, BIRMINGHAM AL 35243
Richard R Mudge director 1415 WEST 22ND STREET, SUITE 1100, OAK BROOK IL 60523
Lowe Eugene Joseph Iii director 13320 BALLANTYNE CORPORATE PLACE, CHARLOTTE NC 28277
Patrick E. Miller director C/O COMMERICAL VEHICLE GROUP, INC., 7800 WALTON PARKWAY, NEW ALBANY OH 43054
Samuel Miceli officer: Sr. VP - Env. Solutions. Group 1415 WEST 22ND STREET, SUITE 1100, OAK BROOK IL 60523