Federal Signal FSS Ratios & Valuation
| FY'25 | FY'24 | FY'23 | FY'22 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profitability | |||||
| Gross margin | 28.9%+0.3pp | 28.6%+2.5pp | 26.1%+2.1pp | 24%+0.2pp | |
| Operating margin | 15.6%+0.5pp | 15.1%+2.1pp | 13%+1.8pp | 11.2%+0.4pp | |
| Net margin | 11.3%-0.3pp | 11.6%+2.5pp | 9.1%+0.7pp | 8.4%+0.1pp | |
| Returns | |||||
| Return on equity | 19.2%-0.6pp | 19.8%+2.9pp | 16.9%+2.3pp | 14.6%+1.1pp | |
| Return on invested capital | 15.8%-1.7pp | 17.5%+3.4pp | 14.1%+2.8pp | 11.3%-0.3pp | |
| Efficiency | |||||
| Asset turnover | 1×-0.1× | 1.1×0.0× | 1.1×+0.1× | 1×+0.1× | |
| Liquidity | |||||
| Current ratio | 3×+0.4× | 2.7×-0.3× | 2.9×0.0× | 2.9×+0.4× | |
| Leverage | |||||
| Debt-to-equity | 0.4×+0.2× | 0.2×-0.1× | 0.3×-0.1× | 0.5×+0.1× | |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.3×+0.7× | 0.5×-0.4× | 0.9×-0.7× | 1.6×+0.1× | |
| Per Share | |||||
| Book value per share | $22.47+16.9% | $19.22+18.0% | $16.29+15.8% | $14.07+11.1% | |
| Valuation | |||||
| Market capitalization | $6.6B+17.0% | $5.65B+20.7% | $4.68B+65.9% | $2.82B+6.5% | |
| Price / earnings | 26.8×+0.7× | 26.1×-3.6× | 29.7×+6.3× | 23.4×-2.9× | |
| Price / sales | 3×0.0× | 3×+0.3× | 2.7×+0.8× | 2×-0.2× | |
| Price / book | 4.8×0.0× | 4.8×+0.1× | 4.7×+1.4× | 3.3×-0.1× | |
| EV / EBITDA | 16.9×+0.1× | 16.8×-0.5× | 17.3×+2.7× | 14.7×-1.5× | |
| Dividend yield | 0.5%0.0pp | 0.5%0.0pp | 0.5%-0.3pp | 0.8%-0.1pp |
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- 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.
