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Federal Signal (FRA:FSG) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio : 7.27 (As of Jun. 22, 2024)


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What is Federal Signal Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

As of today (2024-06-22), Federal Signal's current share price is €77.50. Federal Signal's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was €10.66. Federal Signal's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is 7.27.

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

FRA:FSG' s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.17   Med: 3.91   Max: 7.93
Current: 7.27

During the past years, Federal Signal's highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio was 7.93. The lowest was 1.17. And the median was 3.91.

FRA:FSG's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is ranked worse than
90.44% of 2187 companies
in the Industrial Products industry
Industry Median: 1.84 vs FRA:FSG: 7.27

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 Mar. 2024 was €15.726. 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 €10.66 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2024.

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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
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 5.27 6.02 5.44 6.88 7.31

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
=77.50/10.66
=7.27

* 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 Mar. 2024 is calculated as:

For example, Federal Signal's adjusted Book Value per Share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was:

Adj_Book=Book Value per Share/CPI of Mar. 2024 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2024)
=15.726/131.7762*131.7762
=15.726

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 131.7762.

Federal Signal Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201406 4.404 100.560 5.771
201409 4.702 100.428 6.170
201412 4.822 99.070 6.414
201503 5.434 99.621 7.188
201506 5.531 100.684 7.239
201509 5.718 100.392 7.506
201512 5.986 99.792 7.905
201603 5.978 100.470 7.841
201606 5.881 101.688 7.621
201609 5.972 101.861 7.726
201612 6.269 101.863 8.110
201703 6.220 102.862 7.968
201706 6.127 103.349 7.812
201709 5.946 104.136 7.524
201712 6.442 104.011 8.162
201803 6.351 105.290 7.949
201806 7.002 106.317 8.679
201809 7.286 106.507 9.015
201812 7.740 105.998 9.622
201903 8.062 107.251 9.906
201906 8.506 108.070 10.372
201909 9.067 108.329 11.029
201912 9.544 108.420 11.600
202003 9.557 108.902 11.564
202006 9.632 108.767 11.670
202009 9.536 109.815 11.443
202012 9.539 109.897 11.438
202103 9.909 111.754 11.684
202106 10.129 114.631 11.644
202109 10.652 115.734 12.128
202112 11.393 117.630 12.763
202203 11.804 121.301 12.823
202206 12.625 125.017 13.308
202209 13.800 125.227 14.522
202212 13.389 125.222 14.090
202303 13.527 127.348 13.997
202306 13.981 128.729 14.312
202309 14.707 129.860 14.924
202312 15.061 129.419 15.335
202403 15.726 131.776 15.726

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  (FRA:FSG) 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 (FRA:FSG) Business Description

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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.

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