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Federal Signal Corporation (FSS) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

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Federal Signal builds vehicles and equipment for municipal and industrial customers, spanning street sweepers, sewer cleaners, vacuum loaders and safe-digging trucks alongside dump bodies and refuse-collection vehicles sold through dealers, plus public-safety products such as sirens, lightbars and community-alert systems sold through distributors and OEMs. It runs two segments, one for environmental and infrastructure machinery, the other for safety and security systems, serving governments and companies across North America and abroad.

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Signals for this name

Every Closelooknet reading that exists for FSS, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Weather around the name 4 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sector × region …

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 45/100 · S&P 500 fund at 49, above its 200-day averageEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-11-03
  • Factor regime Defensive rotation — low-vol leading, regime-change watchMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): below its 50-day trend, 76th percentile of the window, -20.6% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-11-02
  • Sector × region Industrials in US: +2.0% week · +0.7% month · −7.8% quarter · −0.8% yearThe Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from XLI.US; the 11 × 4 matrix shows where its sector is being bought and where it is being sold. Sector Engine → 2026-11-03
  • Sovereign pressure Index -1.63 · down 2.22 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-11-02
How it trades on rate days beta 0.65 to TLT · on the worst bond days it fell more than the market

How it trades on rate days

How FSS has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year 0.65 — moves strongly with bonds for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), Federal Signal Corporation moved 0.65% on average · correlation 0.19 · higher than 61% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months 0.43 less rate-sensitive lately than over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days −1.29% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days −0.42% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Who it is priced against Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery · US · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery · US

Names in the same industry from the Closelooknet universe; scored names rank on their Closelooknet score, the rest on trend state.

Compared against FSS on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelooknet scores where it exists.

Company snapshot — Federal Signal Corporation

FSS in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelooknet stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Federal Signal builds vehicles and equipment for municipal and industrial customers, spanning street sweepers, sewer cleaners, vacuum loaders and safe-digging trucks alongside dump bodies and refuse-collection vehicles sold through dealers, plus public-safety products such as sirens, lightbars and community-alert systems sold through distributors and OEMs. It runs two segments, one for environmental and infrastructure machinery, the other for safety and security systems, serving governments and companies across North America and abroad. The company is based in Downers Grove, Illinois, and traces back to the start of the twentieth century.
Where it sits in the stack
Federal Signal carries no seat in our index; it sits in the Industrials sector, within the heavy and farm machinery sleeve of our wider universe, alongside vocational and municipal vehicle makers rather than the AI build-out names the diary tracks closely.
Who it is priced against
Closelooknet has not built a peer group for this name; the comparison the market often draws is with Oshkosh Corporation, another maker of specialty and vocational vehicles for municipal and defence customers.
Why Closelooknet tracks it
Federal Signal holds no seat in our index, carries no Closelooknet score yet, and has not appeared in the diary's editions or quotes so far.
What the diary watches
The diary watches municipal capital budgets and public-safety procurement cycles, since demand for street, sewer and emergency vehicles tends to move with local government spending rather than the AI infrastructure cycle.

Federal Signal Corporation (FSS) trades on US exchanges, classified under Industrials.

The Closelooknet company score reads 54/100 composite (momentum 48, quality 59, valuation 46) across 7 modules — the full breakdown, chart structure and analog history load live above.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelooknet’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 0.50%, quarterly · buybacks 40 m USD in FY2025

Dividends and capital return

What FSS pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 0.59 USD per share · a 0.50% yield on the 2026-11-03 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-11-03
  • Change on the year +40.5% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 0.42 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.15 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-08-14
  • By calendar year 2025: 0.56 USD (partial) · 2026: 0.45 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2025-03-14
  • Dividends paid, FY2025 34 m USD 12% of earnings
  • Buybacks, FY2025 40 m USD 0.6% of today's market value
  • Share count −0.3% in FY2025 15 m USD of stock-based compensation in the year
  • Capital returned 74 m USD · 32% of free cash flow dividends and buybacks together, against the year’s free cash flow

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-11-04

Quick answers

What is Federal Signal Corporation (FSS)?

Federal Signal Corporation trades as FSS on the US exchange (US) and is classified under Industrials in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-11-04.

Is FSS in a Closelooknet index?

Not currently — Federal Signal Corporation is tracked in the Closelooknet research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelooknet functional index as of 2026-11-04.

What is Federal Signal Corporation's Closelooknet composite score?

54 out of 100, with momentum 48, quality 59 and valuation 46 sub-scores, as of 2026-11-04. Scores are Closelooknet's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does FSS trade against its moving averages?

Federal Signal Corporation trades 1.7% above its 50-day and 1.4% above its 200-day moving average (2.4% above its 20-day). As of 2026-11-03 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How does Federal Signal Corporation compare with its peers?

Against its peer group (Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery · US), Federal Signal Corporation (FSS) sits 12.8% below its 52-week high, 1.7% above its 50-day average; PACCAR Inc (PCAR) is 26.2% below, CNH Industrial N.V. (CNH) is 18.9% below, Deere & Company (DE) is 7.2% below, as of 2026-11-03. Put any of them next to FSS in the chart grid (2×1 or 2×2) and the page lays the companies side by side: performance, trend, valuation, margins and our money-flow reading.

How does Federal Signal Corporation trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year Federal Signal Corporation had a beta of 0.65 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it moves strongly with bonds, higher than 61% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved −1.29% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. As of 2026-11-03; The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

What does Federal Signal Corporation do?

Federal Signal builds vehicles and equipment for municipal and industrial customers, spanning street sweepers, sewer cleaners, vacuum loaders and safe-digging trucks alongside dump bodies and refuse-collection vehicles sold through dealers, plus public-safety products such as sirens, lightbars and community-alert systems sold through distributors and OEMs. It runs two segments, one for environmental and infrastructure machinery, the other for safety and security systems, serving governments and companies across North America and abroad. The company is based in Downers Grove, Illinois, and traces back to the start of the twentieth century. Closelooknet has not built a peer group for this name; the comparison the market often draws is with Oshkosh Corporation, another maker of specialty and vocational vehicles for municipal and defence customers. (Company snapshot of 2026-09-17.)

Where does Federal Signal Corporation sit in the AI build-out?

Federal Signal carries no seat in our index; it sits in the Industrials sector, within the heavy and farm machinery sleeve of our wider universe, alongside vocational and municipal vehicle makers rather than the AI build-out names the diary tracks closely. Federal Signal holds no seat in our index, carries no Closelooknet score yet, and has not appeared in the diary's editions or quotes so far. (Company snapshot of 2026-09-17.)

Does Federal Signal Corporation pay a dividend?

Federal Signal Corporation has paid 0.59 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 0.50% on the 2026-11-03 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.15 USD on 2026-08-14. In fiscal 2025 the company paid 34 m USD in dividends and bought back 40 m USD of its own shares, 32% of that year’s free cash flow. The share count fell 0.3% over the fiscal year. As of 2026-11-03; the "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

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