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) Operating margin

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Federal Signal Corporation's operating margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 16.2%, up 0.6 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (15.6%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 8.19% (fiscal 2017) to 15.6% (fiscal 2025) — the current reading is the highest in ten years. That is above the Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery industry median of 4.47% and above the Industrials sector median of 5.21%.

Operating margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
FY2025 15.6% 0.51
FY2024 15.1% 2.09
FY2023 13.0% 1.82
FY2022 11.2% 0.44
FY2021 10.8% (0.85)
FY2020 11.6% (0.42)
FY2019 12.0% 0.89
FY2018 11.2% 2.96
FY2017 8.19% (0.40)
FY2016 8.59% (4.85)

Quarterly newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
Sep 2026 17.0% (0.65)
Jun 2026 17.6% 1.70
Mar 2026 15.9% 1.96
Dec 2025 14.0% (2.96)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 8.19% High 15.6%
Ten-year median 11.6%
Current reading's percentile 100

Operating margin against peers

Company Operating margin
FSS Federal Signal Corporation 16.2%
PCAR PACCAR Inc. compare 13.8%
CNH CNH Industrial N.V. compare 13.5%
BLBD Blue Bird Corporation compare 11.8%
LNN Lindsay Corporation compare 10.5%
ALG Alamo Group, Inc. compare 6.93%
OSK Oshkosh Corporation compare 6.82%
TEX Terex Corporation compare 5.68%
AGCO AGCO Corporation compare 5.61%
Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery industry median 4.47%
Industrials sector median 5.21%
Market median 0.00%

What Operating margin is

EBIT Margin tells an investor how much operating profit, before interest and taxes, a company keeps from each unit of revenue.

EBIT ÷ Revenue

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