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 invested capital

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Federal Signal Corporation's return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 13.4%, up 2.1 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (11.3%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 6.59% (fiscal 2017) to 17.3% (fiscal 2015); the current reading is higher than 73% of that period. That is above the Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery industry median of 4.09% and above the Industrials sector median of 1.86%.

Return on invested capital, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2025 11.3% (2.03)
FY2024 13.3% 2.02
FY2023 11.3% 2.78
FY2022 8.54% 0.58
FY2021 7.96% (1.93)
FY2020 9.89% (1.18)
FY2019 11.1% 0.27
FY2018 10.8% 4.21
FY2017 6.59% (2.74)
FY2016 9.33% (7.93)

Against its own ten years

Low 6.59% High 17.3%
Ten-year median 10.8%
Current reading's percentile 73

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
BLBD Blue Bird Corporation compare 18.2%
FSS Federal Signal Corporation 13.4%
OSK Oshkosh Corporation compare 9.99%
LNN Lindsay Corporation compare 9.71%
PCAR PACCAR Inc. compare 9.47%
ALG Alamo Group, Inc. compare 5.99%
AGCO AGCO Corporation compare 5.61%
CNH CNH Industrial N.V. compare 4.91%
TEX Terex Corporation compare 3.73%
Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery industry median 4.09%
Industrials sector median 1.86%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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