Deere & Co vs Federal Signal Corp

Deere & Co (DE) is overvalued and Federal Signal Corp (FSS) is slightly overvalued.

Both trade above our estimate of their intrinsic value. FSS is the closer of the two: -16%, against -202% for DE.

Values as of the 22 Sept 2026 close.

Deere & Co (DE)

Discounting its cash flows at 8.2% (average of 3 methods) values the shares at $232.98; the price of $703.12 is 202% above that value, and 79% of that value comes from beyond year five.

Leak Score 43/100 on 10 of 12 signals

Federal Signal Corp (FSS)

Discounting its cash flows at 10.5% (average of 3 methods) values the shares at $99.88; the price of $115.69 is 16% above that value, and 72% of that value comes from beyond year five.

Leak Score 59/100 on 3 of 12 signals

MetricDEFSS
VerdictOvervaluedSlightly overvalued
Price$703.12$115.69
Intrinsic value$232.98$99.88
Margin of safety-202%-16%
Leak Score43/100 (10/12)59/100 (3/12)
Market cap$189.6B$7.1B
Revenue growth, 5 years5.1%14.0%
Operating margin20.0%16.8%
Net margin10.2%11.7%
Return on equity18.3%20.6%
Debt to equity2.290.32
P/E39.1x24.9x
Forward P/E31.3x20.0x
P/B6.8x4.7x
Dividend yield0.9%0.5%

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