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) Return on assets

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Federal Signal Corporation's return on assets over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 13.5%, up 1.7 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (11.9%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 6.69% (fiscal 2016) to 12.8% (fiscal 2024); the current reading is higher than 91% of that period. That is above the Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery industry median of 1.31% and above the Industrials sector median of 1.20%.

Return on assets, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on assets Change (points)
FY2025 11.9% (0.92)
FY2024 12.8% 2.77
FY2023 10.0% 1.68
FY2022 8.33% 0.52
FY2021 7.81% (0.29)
FY2020 8.10% (1.81)
FY2019 9.91% 0.59
FY2018 9.32% 1.79
FY2017 7.53% 0.84
FY2016 6.69% (2.89)

Against its own ten years

Low 6.69% High 12.8%
Ten-year median 9.32%
Current reading's percentile 91

Return on assets against peers

Company Return on assets
BLBD Blue Bird Corporation compare 32.4%
FSS Federal Signal Corporation 13.5%
LNN Lindsay Corporation compare 6.72%
PCAR PACCAR Inc. compare 6.18%
OSK Oshkosh Corporation compare 4.96%
ALG Alamo Group, Inc. compare 4.71%
TEX Terex Corporation compare 2.41%
AGCO AGCO Corporation compare 2.31%
CNH CNH Industrial N.V. compare 0.72%
Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery industry median 1.31%
Industrials sector median 1.20%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on assets is

ROA tells an investor how much profit a company earns for shareholders from the assets it uses to run its business.

Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets (latest quarter)

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