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Federal Signal (Federal Signal) Profitability Rank : 9 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Federal Signal Profitability Rank?

Federal Signal has the Profitability Rank of 9. It has a higher profitability and may stay that way.

GuruFocus Profitability Rank ranks how profitable a company is and how likely the company's business will stay that way. It is based on these factors:

1. Operating Margin %
2. Piotroski F-Score
3. Trend of the Operating Margin % (5-year average). The company with an uptrend profit margin has a higher rank.
4. Consistency of the profitability
5. Predictability Rank

Federal Signal's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 13.72%. As of today, Federal Signal's Piotroski F-Score is 7.


Competitive Comparison of Federal Signal's Profitability Rank

For the Pollution & Treatment Controls subindustry, Federal Signal's Profitability Rank, along with its competitors' market caps and Profitability Rank 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 Profitability Rank Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Federal Signal's Profitability Rank falls into.



Federal Signal Profitability Rank Calculation

GuruFocus Profitability Rank ranks how profitable a company is and how likely the company's business will stay that way.

The maximum rank is 10. A rank of 7 or higher means a higher profitability and may stay that way. A rank of 3 or lower indicates that the company has had trouble to make a profit.

Federal Signal has the Profitability Rank of 9. It has a higher profitability and may stay that way.

Profitability Rank is not directly related to the Financial Strength. But if a company is consistently profitable, its financial strength will be stronger.

Profitability Rank is based on these factors:

1. Operating Margin %

Operating Margin % - also known as operating income margin, operating profit margin and return on sales (ROS) - is the ratio of Operating Income divided by net sales or Revenue, usually presented in percent.

Federal Signal's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

Operating Margin %=Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 ) / Revenue (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=61.5 / 448.4
=13.72 %

* 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.

2. Piotroski F-Score

Good Sign:

Piotroski F-Score is 7, indicates a very healthy situation.

The zones of discrimination were as such:

Good or high score = 8 or 9
Bad or low score = 0 or 1

Federal Signal has an F-score of 7. It is a good or high score, which usually indicates a very healthy situation.

3. Trend of the Operating Margin % (5-year average). The company with an uptrend profit margin has a higher rank.

Good Sign:

Federal Signal Corp operating margin is expanding. Margin expansion is usually a good sign.

4. Consistency of the profitability

5. Predictability Rank


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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

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