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) Gross margin

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Federal Signal Corporation's gross margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 29.1%, up 0.2 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (29.0%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 23.8% (fiscal 2021) to 29.4% (fiscal 2015); the current reading is higher than 91% of that period. That is above the Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery industry median of 22.9% and in line with the Industrials sector median of 30.6%.

Gross margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
FY2025 29.0% 0.32
FY2024 28.6% 2.50
FY2023 26.1% 2.09
FY2022 24.0% 0.24
FY2021 23.8% (2.16)
FY2020 26.0% (0.47)
FY2019 26.4% 0.54
FY2018 25.9% 1.27
FY2017 24.6% (1.29)
FY2016 25.9% (3.47)

Quarterly newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
Sep 2026 28.9% (1.55)
Jun 2026 30.4% 1.73
Mar 2026 28.7% 0.33
Dec 2025 28.4% (0.75)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 23.8% High 29.4%
Ten-year median 26.0%
Current reading's percentile 95

Gross margin against peers

Company Gross margin
CNH CNH Industrial N.V. compare 30.6%
FSS Federal Signal Corporation 29.1%
LNN Lindsay Corporation compare 28.9%
AGCO AGCO Corporation compare 25.0%
ALG Alamo Group, Inc. compare 22.9%
BLBD Blue Bird Corporation compare 20.6%
PCAR PACCAR Inc. compare 20.2%
TEX Terex Corporation compare 17.1%
OSK Oshkosh Corporation compare 15.4%
Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery industry median 22.9%
Industrials sector median 30.6%
Market median 45.1%

What Gross margin is

Gross Margin tells an investor how much of each sale a company keeps after paying the direct costs of making or buying what it sells.

Gross Profit ÷ Revenue

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