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Profile - Federal Signal Corp. (NYSE:FSS)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Location
1415 West 22nd Street
Oak Brook, IL 60523
Phone: (630) 954-2001
Fax: (630) 954-2030
Email: sdeno@federalsignal.com.
Employees (last reported count): 6,936
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 ·Industry: Conglomerates
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 ·S&P 400 MidCap
Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 9%
·Over the last 6 months:
 · 6 insider buys; 5,000  shares (0.1% of insider shares)
·Institutional: 61% (67% of float)
(295 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 850.0K shares (+2.96%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Federal Signal Corp. is a manufacturer and worldwide supplier of safety, signaling and communications equipment, hazardous area lighting, fire rescue vehicles, vehicle-mounted aerial access platforms, street sweeping and vacuum loader vehicles, high pressure water blasting systems, parking revenue and access control equipment, carbide and superhard tipped cutting tools, precision metal stamping punches and related die components, plastic injection mold components and custom on-premise signage. Products produced and services rendered by the Company and its subsidiaries are divided into four major operating groups: Safety Products, Tool, Environmental Products and Fire Rescue.
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Financial Summary
Federal Signal Corp. manufactures and supplies safety, signaling and communications equipment, parking control equipment, street sweeping and vacuum loader vehicles, signage, punches, tools, fire rescue products, and related die components. For the six months ended 6/30/01, sales fell less than 1% to $544.8 million. Net income from continuing operations and before acct. chg. fell 5% to $28.3 million. Results reflect lower sales from the Safety Products and Tool groups.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Compensation
PayExer

Joseph Ross, 55
CEO, Chairman
$1.1M$553K
Andrew Graves, 42
Pres, COO
--  --  
Richard Gibb, 57
Exec. VP
463K92K
Henry Dykema, 61
VP, CFO
394K--  
Robert Racic, 52
VP, Treasurer
--  --  
Dollar amounts are as of 31-Dec-2000 and compensation values are for the fiscal year ending on that date; "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc.; "Exer" is the value of options excercised during the fiscal year.
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Statistics at a Glance -- NYSE:FSSAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 21-Dec-2000
$17.063
Recent Price$20.68 
52-Week High
on 22-May-2001
$24.63 
Beta0.62 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)121.5K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)86.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change-6.0%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+26.1%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$943.0M
Shares Outstanding45.6M
Float41.5M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend (indicated)$0.78 
Dividend Yield3.77%
Last Split: 4 for 3 on 2-Mar-1994
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$8.03 
Earnings (ttm)$1.23 
Earnings (mrq)$0.37 
Sales (ttm)$24.23 
Cash (mrq)$0.39 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)2.58 
Price/Earnings (ttm)16.81 
Price/Sales (ttm)0.85 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$1.10B
EBITDA (ttm)$140.1M
Income available to common (ttm)$56.0M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)5.1%
Operating Margin (ttm)10.0%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)5.55%
Return on Equity (ttm)15.74%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)0.87 
Debt/Equity (mrq)1.32 
Total Cash (mrq)$17.8M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short410.0K
Percent of Float1.0%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
532.0K
Short Ratio2.97 
Daily Volume138.0K
See Profile Help for a description of each item above;   K = thousands;   M = millions;   B = billions;   mrq = most-recent quarter;   ttm = trailing twelve months;   (as of 30-June-2001)

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