Federal Signal Corporation

FSS Industrials Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery

Federal Signal Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $2.2 billion, up 17.1% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+18.1%
EPS
+16.5%
Free cash flow
+47.9%
Total debt
+97.1%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

112.23 5.70 −4.83%
Market cap
$6.8B
P/E
23.0×
Fwd P/E
21.8×
Dividend yield
0.53%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
6.36
Beneish M
−2.21
Dividend safety
89/100

Federal Signal Corporation (FSS) Free cash flow margin

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Federal Signal Corporation's free cash flow margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 14.3%, up 3.9 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (10.4%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 1.31% (fiscal 2022) to 11.4% (fiscal 2015); the current reading is higher than 91% of that period. That is above the Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery industry median of 2.26% and above the Industrials sector median of 2.06%.

Free cash flow margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Free cash flow margin Change (points)
FY2025 10.4% 0.18
FY2024 10.2% 0.71
FY2023 9.53% 8.22
FY2022 1.31% (4.00)
FY2021 5.31% (4.11)
FY2020 9.42% 3.88
FY2019 5.54% (1.68)
FY2018 7.22% 0.01
FY2017 7.21% 4.58
FY2016 2.63% (8.78)

Against its own ten years

Low 1.31% High 11.4%
Ten-year median 7.22%
Current reading's percentile 91

Free cash flow margin against peers

Company Free cash flow margin
FSS Federal Signal Corporation 14.3%
PCAR PACCAR Inc. compare 10.7%
BLBD Blue Bird Corporation compare 9.50%
ALG Alamo Group, Inc. compare 9.35%
OSK Oshkosh Corporation compare 8.79%
TEX Terex Corporation compare 5.64%
LNN Lindsay Corporation compare 5.46%
CNH CNH Industrial N.V. compare 3.36%
AGCO AGCO Corporation compare 2.91%
Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery industry median 2.26%
Industrials sector median 2.06%
Market median 0.00%

What Free cash flow margin is

Free Cash Flow Margin tells an investor how much of each sale turns into cash the company keeps after paying for investment in its assets.

(Operating Cash Flow + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) + Intangible Assets Change (Net)) ÷ Revenue

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