Federal Signal (Federal Signal) Cash And Cash Equivalents

: $61 Mil (As of Dec. 2023)

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Federal Signal's quarterly cash and cash equivalents declined from Jun. 2023 ($48.80 Mil) to Sep. 2023 ($41.00 Mil) but then increased from Sep. 2023 ($41.00 Mil) to Dec. 2023 ($61.00 Mil).

Federal Signal's annual cash and cash equivalents increased from Dec. 2021 ($40.50 Mil) to Dec. 2022 ($47.50 Mil) and increased from Dec. 2022 ($47.50 Mil) to Dec. 2023 ($61.00 Mil).

Federal Signal Cash And Cash Equivalents Historical Data

The historical data trend for Federal Signal's Cash And Cash Equivalents can be seen below:

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Federal Signal Annual Data

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Dec23

Cash And Cash Equivalents

31.60

81.70

40.50

47.50

61.00

Federal Signal Quarterly Data
	Mar19	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23
Cash And Cash Equivalents																47.50	38.40	48.80	41.00	61.00

Federal Signal Cash And Cash Equivalents Calculation

Cash and cash equivalents are the most liquid assets on the balance sheet. Cash equivalents are assets that are readily convertible into cash, such as money market holdings, short-term government bonds or Treasury bills, marketable securities and commercial paper.

Federal Signal (NYSE:FSS) Cash And Cash Equivalents Explanation

A high number means either:

1) The company has competitive advantage generating lots of cash

2) Just sold a business or bonds (not necessarily good)

A low stockpile of cash usually means poor to mediocre economics.

There are 3 ways to create large cash reserve.

1) Sell new bonds or equity to public

2) Sell business or asset

3) It has an ongoing business generating more cash than it burns (usually means durable competitive advantage)

When a company is suffering a short term problem, Buffett looks at cash or marketable securities to see whether it has the financial strength to ride it out.

Important: Lots of cash and marketable securities + little debt = good chance that the business will sail on through tough times.

Test to see what is creating cash by looking at past 7 yrs of balance sheets. This will reveal how the cash was created.

Be Aware

Depreciation estimates make the calculation of net income susceptible to management's accounting choices. These choices can be either overly aggressive or overly conservative.

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Federal Signal (Federal Signal) Business Description

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FSG:Germany

Address

1415 West 22nd Street, Suite 1100, Oak Brook, IL, USA, 60523

Website

https://www.federalsignal.com

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