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Federal Signal (Federal Signal) PB Ratio

: 5.07 (As of Today)
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The PB Ratio, or Price-to-Book ratio, or Price/Book, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Book Value per Share. As of today (2024-04-18), Federal Signal's share price is $83.26. Federal Signal's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $16.43. Hence, Federal Signal's PB Ratio of today is 5.07.

Warning Sign:

Federal Signal Corp stock PB Ratio (=5.03) is close to 10-year high of 5.27

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

FSS' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.81   Med: 2.81   Max: 5.27
Current: 5.07

During the past 13 years, Federal Signal's highest PB Ratio was 5.27. The lowest was 1.81. And the median was 2.81.

FSS's PB Ratio is ranked worse than
86.09% of 2927 companies
in the Industrial Products industry
Industry Median: 1.88 vs FSS: 5.07

During the past 12 months, Federal Signal's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 15.80% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 12.30% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 12.40% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 11.90% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Federal Signal was 40.50% per year. The lowest was -29.60% per year. And the median was 9.25% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Federal Signal PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Federal Signal's 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 Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
PB Ratio
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.04 2.86 3.37 3.28 4.67

Federal Signal Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
PB Ratio 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.28 3.74 4.23 3.81 4.67

Competitive Comparison

For the Pollution & Treatment Controls subindustry, Federal Signal's PB Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and 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 PB Ratio Distribution

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

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



Federal Signal PB Ratio Calculation

The PB Ratio, or Price-to-Book ratio, or Price/Book, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Book Value per Share. It is a ratio widely used to value stocks.

Federal Signal's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Dec. 2023)
=83.26/16.425
=5.07

* 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.

It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:

A closely related ratio is called Price-to-Tangible-Book. The difference between Price-to-Tangible-Book and PB Ratio is that book value other than intangibles are used in the calculation.


Federal Signal  (NYSE:FSS) PB Ratio Explanation

Unlike valuation ratios relative to the earning power such as PE Ratio, PE Ratio without NRI, PS Ratio, Price-to-Operating-Cash-Flow , or Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, the PB Ratio measures the valuation of the stock relative to the underlying asset of the company.

The PB Ratio works the best for the businesses that earn most of their profit from their assets, e.g. banks and insurance companies.


Be Aware

Some businesses have very light assets, such as software companies or insurance agencies. The PB Ratio does not work well for these companies. Some companies even have negative equity, so the PB Ratio cannot be applied to them.


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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