Federal Signal Corp /De/
FSS NYSE· Motor Vehicles & Passenger Car Bodies
Last close · Oct 26, 2026
$114.14
KIRA · Stoqly’s AI analyst, in plain words
- Federal Signal Corp /De/ had $2.2B of revenue in fiscal 2025, up 17.1% on the year before. Over five years, revenue changed +14.0% a year on average.
- Its operating margin was 15.6%, up 0.5 pts: of every 100 in sales, about 16 is left after running the business.
- Federal Signal Corp /De/ made $247M of net profit in fiscal 2025. From fiscal 2016 to 2025, diluted EPS grew 21.2% a year.
- Free cash flow was $227M in fiscal 2025, 10.4% of revenue.
- Federal Signal Corp /De/ returned $73.8M to shareholders in fiscal 2025, 32% of free cash flow. The diluted share count fell 0.3%.
- Federal Signal Corp /De/ owes $504M more than it holds in cash, about 1.2 years of operating profit.
Market cap
$7.0B
P/E
24.6x
Revenue
$2.2B
Net income
$247M
Free cash flow
$227M
Operating margin
15.6%
Federal Signal Corp /De/ in 30 seconds · fiscal 2025
Are sales growing?
+17.1%
Yes. Sales grew 17.1% last year.
Does it make a profit?
11.3%
Yes. It keeps 11.3% of every sale as profit.
Does profit turn into cash?
10.4%
Yes. 10.4% of sales ends up as free cash.
Is debt under control?
1.2x
Keep an eye on it. Repaying its debt would take 1.2 years of operating profit.
How healthy are the accounts?
6 / 9
Mixed. It passes 6 of 9 health tests.
How is the share priced?
24.6x
One share costs 24.6 times its yearly profit per share.
What Federal Signal Corp /De/ does
No business description yet.
- Fiscal year ends
- December 31, 2025
- Latest annual report
- 10-K · Feb 25, 2026
- Legal name
- FEDERAL SIGNAL CORP /DE/
- CIK
- 0000277509
Federal Signal Corp /De/ · FSS
Results and finances
The last 5 fiscal years. Amounts in USD.
| Fiscal year | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales and profit | |||||
| Revenue | $1.2B | $1.4B | $1.7B | $1.9B | $2.2B |
| Revenue growth | 7.3% | 18.3% | 20.1% | 8.1% | 17.1% |
| Gross margin | 23.8% | 24.0% | 26.1% | 28.6% | 28.9% |
| Operating margin | 10.8% | 11.2% | 13.0% | 15.1% | 15.6% |
| Net income | $101M | $120M | $157M | $216M | $247M |
| Net margin | 8.3% | 8.4% | 9.1% | 11.6% | 11.3% |
| Diluted EPS | $1.63 | $1.97 | $2.56 | $3.50 | $4.01 |
| Cash | |||||
| Cash from operations | $102M | $71.8M | $194M | $231M | $255M |
| Capital expenditure | $37.4M | $53.0M | $30.3M | $40.6M | $27.6M |
| Free cash flow | $64.4M | $18.8M | $164M | $191M | $227M |
| FCF margin | 5.3% | 1.3% | 9.5% | 10.2% | 10.4% |
| Dividends paid | $22.0M | $21.8M | $23.8M | $29.3M | $34.1M |
| Share buybacks | $15.4M | $16.1M | $5.5M | $6.7M | $39.7M |
| Share count change | 0.3% | −1.1% | 0.5% | 0.3% | −0.3% |
| Debt and strength | |||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $40.5M | $47.5M | $61.0M | $91.1M | $63.7M |
| Debt incl. finance leases | $283M | $363M | $299M | $224M | $567M |
| Shareholders' equity | $784M | $861M | $1.0B | $1.2B | $1.4B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.3x | 1.5x | 0.8x | 0.4x | 1.2x |
| Current ratio | 2.5x | 2.9x | 2.9x | 2.7x | 3.0x |
| Interest coverage | 29.0x | 15.6x | 11.4x | 22.5x | 24.2x |
| Returns and quality | |||||
| Return on capital | 10.9% | 10.9% | 14.1% | 17.7% | 13.8% |
| Return on equity | 13.5% | 14.6% | 16.9% | 19.8% | 19.2% |
| Return on tangible equity | 68.9% | 60.4% | 48.9% | 42.5% | 65.0% |
| Piotroski F-score | 3 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 |
| Altman Z'' | 4.9 | 5.3 | 6.0 | 6.7 | 5.8 |
Insiders bought, 12 months
$0.2M
1 insider
Insiders sold, 12 months
$9.0M
3 insiders
Of sales under plans
0%
$0.0M
How to read these numbers
- Revenue:
- Total sales reported in the income statement.
- Operating margin:
- Operating income as a share of revenue.
- Net income:
- Profit after all expenses, interest and tax.
- Free cash flow:
- Cash from operations minus capital spending.
- Net debt / EBITDA:
- Years of EBITDA needed to pay off net debt. Below zero means more cash than debt.
- Return on capital:
- After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
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Charts and comparison
Ten years at a glance, and how it stacks up against similar companies.
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KIRA
At $114.14 a share, the company is worth $7.0B: 24.6 times its earnings of the last four quarters.
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0000277509). Data updated October 24, 2026. For information only — not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.