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Federal Signal FSS Ratios & Valuation

TTM Q1 '26TTM Q4 '25TTM Q3 '25TTM Q2 '25TTM Q1 '25
Profitability
Gross margin29%+0.1pp28.9%0.0pp28.9%-0.1pp29%+0.2pp28.8%+0.2pp
Operating margin16%+0.4pp15.6%-0.3pp15.9%+0.3pp15.7%+0.3pp15.4%+0.3pp
Net margin11.6%+0.2pp11.3%-0.2pp11.5%+0.2pp11.2%+0.1pp11.1%-0.5pp
EBITDA margin19.7%+0.3pp19.3%-0.3pp19.7%+0.3pp19.4%+0.3pp19%+0.4pp
Free cash flow margin12.4%+2.0pp10.4%-0.3pp10.7%-0.8pp11.5%+1.0pp10.5%+0.2pp
Returns
Return on equity20.5%+1.3pp19.2%+0.1pp19.1%+0.3pp18.8%0.0pp18.8%-1.0pp
Return on assets12.5%+0.6pp11.9%-1.0pp12.8%+0.6pp12.3%+0.3pp12%-0.8pp
Return on invested capital16.7%+0.9pp15.8%-1.7pp17.4%+0.9pp16.6%+0.3pp16.2%-1.3pp
Efficiency
Asset turnover1.1×0.0×-0.1×1.1×0.0×1.1×0.0×1.1×0.0×
Inventory turnover+0.1×3.9×-0.3×4.1×0.0×4.1×+0.1×-0.2×
Liquidity
Current ratio2.8×-0.2×+0.4×2.6×0.0×2.6×+0.2×2.4×-0.3×
Quick ratio1.3×-0.1×1.4×+0.1×1.3×0.0×1.2×+0.2×1.1×-0.2×
Cash ratio0.2×0.0×0.2×0.0×0.2×0.0×0.2×0.0×0.2×-0.2×
Leverage
Debt-to-equity0.4×0.0×0.4×+0.2×0.2×-0.1×0.2×0.0×0.3×0.0×
Debt-to-assets0.2×0.0×0.3×+0.1×0.1×0.0×0.2×0.0×0.2×0.0×
Net debt / EBITDA1.1×-0.1×1.3×+0.8×0.5×-0.1×0.6×-0.1×0.7×+0.2×
Interest coverage20.8×-3.3×24.2×-2.2×26.4×+1.9×24.6×+0.8×23.8×+1.3×
Per Share
Book value per share$23.33+3.8%$22.47+4.4%$21.53+4.5%$20.59+5.8%$19.46+1.2%
Valuation
Market capitalization$6.58B-0.3%$6.6B-8.7%$7.23B+14.4%$6.32B+40.8%$4.49B-20.4%
Enterprise value$7.1B-0.5%$7.14B-4.0%$7.43B+13.2%$6.57B+37.9%$4.76B-18.3%
Price / earnings24.3×-2.5×26.8×-3.9×30.7×+2.1×28.5×+7.2×21.3×-4.8×
Price / sales2.8×-0.2×-0.5×3.5×+0.3×3.2×+0.8×2.4×-0.7×
Price / book4.6×-0.2×4.8×-0.7×5.5×+0.5×+1.3×3.7×-1.0×
EV / EBITDA15.4×-1.5×16.9×-1.5×18.4×+1.2×17.2×+4.0×13.2×-3.6×
EV / sales-0.2×3.3×-0.3×3.6×+0.3×3.3×+0.8×2.5×-0.6×
Free cash flow yield4.4%+1.0pp3.4%+0.4pp3%-0.5pp3.6%-0.8pp4.4%+1.0pp
Earnings yield4.1%+0.4pp3.7%+0.5pp3.3%-0.2pp3.5%-1.2pp4.7%+0.9pp
Dividend yield0.5%0.0pp0.5%+0.1pp0.5%0.0pp0.5%-0.2pp0.7%+0.2pp
PEG ratio0.9×-1.1×1.9×-0.9×2.8×-0.1×+1.6×1.3×+0.6×

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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.