FEDERAL SIGNAL CORP FSS
COM · Common Stock · CUSIP 313855108
U.S. company specializing in emergency lighting, sirens, industrial equipment, and public safety equipment
- SectorConsumer discretionary
- IndustryMotor Vehicles & Passenger Car Bodies
- HeadquartersDowners Grove, IL
- Founded1901
- Websitefederalsignal.com
- FilingsSEC EDGAR
* Summed across managers. Shares that two managers' reports both contain – a subsidiary's holdings that its parent's report includes too, or a sub-adviser's in its client's – are counted once ($20.7m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 61.0m as of 2025-03-31, from the company's own SEC filing; the percentage can still exceed 100%: lent-out shares are counted by the lender and the buyer, and some reports overlap without saying so. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $73.56. Options: 3 managers hold calls ($595.8k notional), 3 hold puts ($492.8k).
Trends to Q1 2025
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 230 |
| Q4 2022 | 258 |
| Q1 2023 | 247 |
| Q2 2023 | 270 |
| Q3 2023 | 275 |
| Q4 2023 | 303 |
| Q1 2024 | 349 |
| Q2 2024 | 362 |
| Q3 2024 | 392 |
| Q4 2024 | 395 |
| Q1 2025 | 390 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2023 | 117 | 126 |
| Q3 2023 | 118 | 135 |
| Q4 2023 | 136 | 129 |
| Q1 2024 | 175 | 135 |
| Q2 2024 | 186 | 146 |
| Q3 2024 | 191 | 168 |
| Q4 2024 | 171 | 186 |
| Q1 2025 | 178 | 203 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 2024 | $618.8k | $594.1k | 0.96 |
| Q3 2024 | $1.3m | $1.6m | 1.22 |
| Q4 2024 | $110.9k | $351.1k | 3.17 |
| Q1 2025 | $595.8k | $492.8k | 0.83 |
Biggest buyers
| ArrowMark Colorado Holdings LLC | Added | +637.5k |
| Capital World Investors | Added | +430.8k |
| MANUFACTURERS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, THE | Added | +430.6k |
| VAUGHAN NELSON INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, L.P. | New | +355.4k |
| UBS Group AG | Added | +292.0k |
| Thrivent Financial for Lutherans | Added | +268.3k |
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. | Added | +220.0k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | +194.4k |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | +191.7k |
| Handelsbanken Fonder AB | Added | +190.0k |
Biggest sellers
| FMR LLC | Reduced | -413.4k |
| BlackRock, Inc. | Reduced | -407.9k |
| Invesco Ltd. | Reduced | -251.3k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC | Reduced | -201.1k |
| Driehaus Capital Management LLC | Reduced | -166.5k |
| MACQUARIE GROUP LTD | Reduced | -156.1k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | Reduced | -149.9k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP | Reduced | -146.2k |
| STATE STREET CORP | Reduced | -118.6k |
| SILVERCREST ASSET MANAGEMENT GROUP LLC | Reduced | -104.3k |
Biggest calls
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | New | $573.7k7.8k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $22.1k300 shares |
| CONCOURSE FINANCIAL GROUP SECURITIES, INC. | Unchanged | $00 shares |
Biggest puts
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $360.4k4.9k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $132.4k1.8k shares |
| CONCOURSE FINANCIAL GROUP SECURITIES, INC. | Unchanged | $00 shares |
Options at notional value: the value of the shares the contracts control, as filers report them, not what the options cost. Not included in the holders, shares or buying above.
Major shareholders (over 5%)
Anyone who owns more than 5% of a class of the company's shares has to say so: on Schedule 13D if they may try to influence or control the company, on 13G if they're a passive investor, and update it as the stake changes. Each holder's latest filing, from 19 Dec 2024 on; percentages are of the share class, as the holder worked them out.
| Holder | Stake |
|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. 13G · institution filed 2025-07-18 | 14.1% |
| VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-29 | 6.1% |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-29 | 5.2% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: VANGUARD GROUP INC (0.0%, 2026-03-26; now reported by VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC)
Insider purchases and sales in Q1 2025
Shares bought or sold by the company's own officers, directors and 10% owners, in the open market or privately, as they reported to the SEC on Form 4 (due within two business days of the trade). Grants, option exercises, shares withheld for tax and gifts aren't included.
Officers and directors buying vs selling
Number of people, by quarter (10% owners not included)
Numbers
| Quarter | Buying | Bought | Selling | Sold | Sold under a plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 2023 | 0 | — | 2 | $3.8m | — |
| Q3 2023 | 0 | — | 1 | $3.1m | — |
| Q4 2023 | 0 | — | 1 | $4.0m | — |
| Q1 2024 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q2 2024 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2024 | 0 | — | 1 | $2.4m | — |
| Q4 2024 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q1 2025 | 1 | $102.9k | 0 | — | — |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-02-28 | SHERMAN JENNIFER L President & CEO, director | Bought | $102.9k1.2k shares |
Their holding: how much the trade added to or took from the insider's holding (direct, or the trust or fund named). The same trade is sometimes reported by more than one insider, such as a fund and the director who represents it; totals count it once. A value is left blank where the reported price is far from the market price (usually a typo).
Holders, Q1 2025
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 9.3m $685.7m | Reduced -407.9k |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 7.2m $526.7m | Reduced -86.1k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 2.3m $166.1m | Reduced -118.6k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.03% of their portfolio | 1.9m $143.3m | Reduced -251.3k |
| MACQUARIE GROUP LTD 0.17% of their portfolio | 1.8m $134.2m | Reduced -156.1k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.7m $124.5m | Added +60.9k |
| NEUBERGER BERMAN GROUP LLC 0.09% of their portfolio | 1.4m $104.2m | Reduced -7.7k |
| Conestoga Capital Advisors, LLC 1.53% of their portfolio | 1.4m $101.4m | Reduced -1.2k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.3m $96.6m | Reduced -146.2k |
| Capital World Investors 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.3m $95.2m | Added +430.8k |
| ArrowMark Colorado Holdings LLC 1.38% of their portfolio | 1.2m $85.0m | Added +637.5k |
| T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. 0.05% of their portfolio | 1.1m $79.9m | Reduced -37.3k |
| FMR LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.1m $77.7m | Reduced -413.4k |
| Van Berkom & Associates Inc. 2.47% of their portfolio | 1.0m $76.9m | Added +20.8k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.07% of their portfolio | 1.0m $73.8m | Added +109.6k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 880.5k $64.8m | Reduced -149.9k |
| NORGES BANK 0.01% of their portfolio | 831.5k $61.2m | Reduced -14.8k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 744.6k $54.8m | Reduced -35.9k |
| UBS Group AG 0.01% of their portfolio | 733.0k $53.9m | Added +292.0k |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.01% of their portfolio | 718.2k $52.8m | Added +2.1k |
| SILVERCREST ASSET MANAGEMENT GROUP LLC 0.37% of their portfolio | 708.7k $52.1m | Reduced -104.3k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.00% of their portfolio | 686.3k $50.5m | Reduced -54.9k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 679.0k $49.9m | Reduced -14.7k |
| Nuveen, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 616.0k $45.3m | First filing |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 609.7k $44.8m | Reduced -18.3k |
| GW&K Investment Management, LLC 0.37% of their portfolio | 544.5k $40.0m | Added +3.7k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 503.1k $37.0m | Added +194.4k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 490.7k $36.1m | Reduced -201.1k |
| Global Alpha Capital Management Ltd. 2.57% of their portfolio | 479.7k $35.3m | Added +88.0k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.01% of their portfolio | 467.9k $34.4m | Reduced -34.3k |
| MANUFACTURERS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, THE 0.03% of their portfolio | 464.6k $34.2m | Added +430.6k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 439.3k $32.3m | Added +47.0k |
| Driehaus Capital Management LLC 0.30% of their portfolio | 429.4k $31.6m | Reduced -166.5k |
| RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 394.8k $29.0m | Reduced -1.7k |
| GAMCO INVESTORS, INC. ET AL 0.30% of their portfolio | 371.7k $27.3m | Reduced -10.3k |
| FRED ALGER MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.15% of their portfolio | 363.0k $26.7m | Reduced -8.7k |
| VAUGHAN NELSON INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, L.P. 0.26% of their portfolio | 355.4k $26.1m | New |
| Ranger Investment Management, L.P. 1.85% of their portfolio | 352.8k $25.9m | Reduced -5.2k |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 331.0k $24.3m | Added +7.4k |
| NEUMEIER POMA INVESTMENT COUNSEL LLC 2.51% of their portfolio | 317.7k $23.4m | Reduced -10.0k |
| Thrivent Financial for Lutherans 0.05% of their portfolio | 315.6k $23.2m | Added +268.3k |
| Pembroke Management, LTD 3.19% of their portfolio | 297.8k $21.9m | Added +17.7k |
| Robeco Schweiz AG 0.50% of their portfolio | 278.8k $20.5m | Reduced -7.3k |
| PANAGORA ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.10% of their portfolio | 266.4k $19.6m | Reduced -16.1k |
| AXIOM INVESTORS LLC /DE 0.09% of their portfolio | 258.9k $19.0m | Added +74.5k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 253.2k $18.6m | Reduced -51.6k |
| EULAV Asset Management 0.44% of their portfolio | 240.8k $17.7m | Unchanged |
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. 0.05% of their portfolio | 231.8k $17.0m | Added +220.0k |
| OBERWEIS ASSET MANAGEMENT INC/ 0.84% of their portfolio | 229.8k $16.9m | Unchanged |
| Capital International Investors 0.00% of their portfolio | 228.0k $16.8m | Added +32.4k |
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 218.8k $16.1m | Reduced -330 |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 210.4k $15.5m | Added +191.7k |
| Handelsbanken Fonder AB 0.06% of their portfolio | 203.3k $14.9m | Added +190.0k |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 200.9k $14.8m | Added +180.9k |
| DF DENT & CO INC 0.19% of their portfolio | 193.8k $14.3m | Added +130.5k |
| Public Sector Pension Investment Board 0.06% of their portfolio | 193.8k $14.3m | Added +41.6k |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 189.9k $14.0m | Added +5.0k |
| GABELLI FUNDS LLC 0.10% of their portfolio | 187.1k $13.8m | Added +3.9k |
| FORT WASHINGTON INVESTMENT ADVISORS INC /OH/ 0.08% of their portfolio | 184.9k $13.6m | Added +32.3k |
| PineStone Asset Management Inc. 0.10% of their portfolio | 174.9k $12.9m | Unchanged |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 174.7k $12.8m | Added +253 |
| LOOMIS SAYLES & CO L P 0.02% of their portfolio | 172.6k $12.7m | New |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.00% of their portfolio | 170.1k $12.5m | Reduced -5.3k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.01% of their portfolio | 162.6k $12.0m | Reduced -1.6k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd 0.02% of their portfolio | 159.7k $11.7m | Added +34.0k |
| JANUS HENDERSON GROUP PLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 157.3k $11.8m | Added +29.7k |
| Universal- Beteiligungs- und Servicegesellschaft mbH 0.02% of their portfolio | 141.5k $10.4m | Reduced -6.6k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 138.6k $10.2m | Added +7.7k |
| Cubist Systematic Strategies, LLC 0.13% of their portfolio | 138.5k $10.2m | Added +73.6k |
| VOYA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 135.7k $10.0m | Added +45.5k |
| Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 131.1k $9.6m | Added +95.6k |
| Cerity Partners LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 129.7k $9.5m | Reduced -10.1k |
| COMERICA BANK 0.04% of their portfolio | 129.1k $9.5m | Added +6.3k |
| TUDOR INVESTMENT CORP ET AL 0.08% of their portfolio | 126.5k $9.3m | Added +81.4k |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP 0.02% of their portfolio | 125.0k $9.2m | Added +49.8k |
| Aperture Investors, LLC 1.36% of their portfolio | 121.6k $8.9m | Reduced -29.9k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.01% of their portfolio | 118.4k $8.7m | Reduced -1.8k |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 112.6k $8.3m | Reduced -58.8k |
| STATE OF WISCONSIN INVESTMENT BOARD 0.02% of their portfolio | 104.2k $7.7m | Reduced -870 |
| MUTUAL OF AMERICA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.09% of their portfolio | 104.2k $7.7m | Added +4.7k |
| NATIXIS ADVISORS, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 101.0k $7.4m | Added +54.6k |
| VOLORIDGE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 100.9k $7.4m | New |
| Homestead Advisers Corp 0.17% of their portfolio | 96.3k $7.1m | Added +4.2k |
| CITIGROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 93.7k $6.9m | Added +1.6k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.00% of their portfolio | 93.6k $6.9m | Added +3.2k |
| ALGERT GLOBAL LLC 0.17% of their portfolio | 93.4k $6.9m | Reduced -18.0k |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 0.01% of their portfolio | 92.7k $6.8m | New |
| California Public Employees Retirement System 0.00% of their portfolio | 89.9k $6.6m | Added +213 |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.00% of their portfolio | 83.9k $6.2m | Reduced -2.2k |
| Bahl & Gaynor LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 82.7k $6.1m | Reduced -107 |
| AXA S.A. 0.02% of their portfolio | 81.6k $6.0m | Added +7.0k |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 80.8k $5.9m | Added +54.7k |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.00% of their portfolio | 78.4k $5.8m | Added +3.3k |
| TWO SIGMA ADVISERS, LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 77.6k $5.7m | Added +13.4k |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. 0.01% of their portfolio | 75.2k $5.5m | Added +29.4k |
| NEW YORK STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.01% of their portfolio | 74.6k $5.5m | Reduced -200 |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP 0.01% of their portfolio | 73.7k $5.4m | Added +44.1k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 73.6k $5.4m | Reduced -4.4k |
| TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF TEXAS 0.02% of their portfolio | 72.3k $5.3m | Reduced -13.1k |
| PARADIGM CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC/NY 0.29% of their portfolio | 70.0k $5.1m | Unchanged |