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Federal Signal FSS Ratios & Valuation

Q1 '26Q4 '25Q3 '25Q2 '25Q1 '25
Profitability
Gross margin29%+0.2pp28.9%+0.3pp28.9%+0.6pp29%+1.6pp28.8%+2.1pp
Operating margin16%+0.6pp15.6%+0.5pp15.9%+1.0pp15.7%+1.2pp15.4%+1.8pp
Net margin11.6%+0.5pp11.3%-0.3pp11.5%-0.1pp11.2%+0.1pp11.1%+0.8pp
Returns
Return on equity20.5%+1.7pp19.2%-0.6pp19.1%-1.1pp18.8%-1.2pp18.8%-0.1pp
Return on invested capital16.7%+0.5pp15.8%-1.7pp17.4%+0.5pp16.6%+0.3pp16.2%+0.7pp
Efficiency
Asset turnover1.1×0.0×-0.1×1.1×0.0×1.1×0.0×1.1×0.0×
Liquidity
Current ratio2.8×+0.5×+0.4×2.6×-0.2×2.6×-0.3×2.4×-0.4×
Leverage
Debt-to-equity0.4×+0.1×0.4×+0.2×0.2×0.0×0.2×0.0×0.3×0.0×
Net debt / EBITDA1.1×+0.4×1.3×+0.7×0.5×-0.1×0.6×-0.1×0.7×-0.1×
Per Share
Book value per share$23.33+19.9%$22.47+16.9%$21.53+15.6%$20.59+15.5%$19.46+14.8%
Valuation
Market capitalization$6.58B+46.5%$6.6B+17.0%$7.23B+26.6%$6.32B+23.7%$4.49B-13.2%
Price / earnings24.3×+3.0×26.8×+0.7×30.7×+3.8×28.5×+3.2×21.3×-7.2×
Price / sales2.8×+0.4×0.0×3.5×+0.4×3.2×+0.4×2.4×-0.6×
Price / book4.6×+0.9×4.8×0.0×5.5×+0.5×+0.4×3.7×-1.2×
EV / EBITDA15.4×+2.2×16.9×+0.1×18.4×+0.9×17.2×+0.6×13.2×-4.9×
Dividend yield0.5%-0.1pp0.5%0.0pp0.5%0.0pp0.5%0.0pp0.7%+0.2pp

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Questions, answered.

What are Federal Signal's profit margins?
Federal Signal (FSS) runs a 29.0% gross margin and a 16.0% operating margin, with a 11.6% net margin.
Where do Federal Signal's ratios come from?
Every ratio is computed from Federal Signal's SEC filings — trailing-twelve-month flows over period-end balances. Valuation multiples combine those fundamentals with market data, recomputed each period. Switch between quarterly, annual, and TTM, or open any ratio for its full history and peer comparisons.