Federal Signal Corporation (FSS)

NYSE: FSS · USD

$113

-2.58 (-2.2%)· Recorded snapshot

Market cap	6.9B
Revenue (ttm)	2.4B
Net income (ttm)	285.4M
EPS (ttm)	$4.64
Shares out	61M
P/E (trailing)	24.4x
P/E (forward)	20.8x
Dividend	$0.60 (0.53%)
Volume	645,415
Beta	1.23

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Price

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Financial snapshot

Revenue (ttm): 2.4B
Net income (ttm): 285.4M
EPS (ttm): $4.64
P/E (trailing): 24.4x
P/E (forward): 20.8x
Market cap: 6.9B

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Calendar

Next earnings

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Refreshed 2026-10-28 19:55 UTC

Forward P/E20.8

P25 13.2P50 18.7P75 25.2

Trailing P/E24.4

P25 16.3P50 24.9P75 35.2

ROE20.6

P25 -18.2P50 6.2P75 16.4

ROIC16.2

P25 -10.4P50 5.2P75 12.3

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Profile and market data

Ticker identity, listing, currency, market cap, and source dates.

Metric	Value
Amount currency	USD
CIK code	0000277509
Company name	Federal Signal Corporation
Country	United States
Country code	US
CUSIP number	313855108
Earnings date	2026-10-29
Earnings time	bmo
Employees	5,800
Employees change	1,100
Employees growth	23.4%
Enterprise value	$7.3B
Exchange	NYSE
Financial currency	USD
Financial report date	2026-06-30
First seen	2026-05-09
Fiscal year end	December
Founded	1901
In index	RUSSELL2000
Industry	Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery
Is primary listing	Yes
Is SPAC	No
ISIN number	US3138551086
Last 10-K release date	2026-02-25
Last earnings date	2026-07-30
Last refreshed	2026-10-28
Last stock split date	1994-03-02
Last stock split type	Forward
Market cap	$6.9B
Market cap category	Mid-Cap
Next earnings date	2026-10-29
Options	Yes
Price	$113.23
Price currency	USD
Sector	Industrials
SIC code	3711
Stock price date	2026-10-28
Symbol	FSS
U.S. state	Illinois
Website	https://www.federalsignal.com

Valuation

Multiples, yields, enterprise-value ratios, and valuation checks.

Metric	Value
Adjusted P/E ratio	23.11x
Average P/E ratio (10Y)	22.51x
Average P/E ratio (3Y)	26.77x
Average P/E ratio (5Y)	25.56x
Earnings yield	4.1%
EV/Earnings	26.07x
EV/EBIT	18.17x
EV/EBITDA	14.89x
EV/FCF	21.93x
EV/Sales	3.04x
FCF / EV yield	4.56%
FCF yield	4.83%
Forward EV/Sales	2.75x
Forward P/E	20.85x
Forward P/S	2.59x
Graham number	50.7822
Graham upside	-55.82%
Industry forward P/E	23.44x
Industry P/E	30.2x
Lynch fair value	$104.59
Lynch upside	-9.02%
P/(FCF - SBC) ratio	21.64x
P/(OCF - SBC) ratio	19.63x
P/B ratio	4.69x
P/E ratio	24.4x
P/FCF ratio	20.69x
P/OCF ratio	18.84x
P/S ratio	2.87x
PEG ratio	1.65x
Price / tangible book value	14.5x
Price/EBITDA ratio	14.04x
Sector forward P/E	26.03x
Sector P/E	40.37x

Profitability

Margins, returns on capital, cash conversion, and quality metrics.

Metric	Value
EBIT margin	16.73%
EBITDA margin	20.42%
Effective tax rate	23.42%
FCF margin	13.86%
Gross margin	29.17%
Operating margin	16.73%
Pretax margin	15.23%
Profit margin	11.66%
Profit per employee	$49,207
Profitable quarters	53
Profitable years	13
Revenue per employee	$422,052
ROA	11.75%
ROA (5Y)	8.66%
ROCE	19.25%
ROE	20.61%
ROE (5Y)	16.81%
ROIC	16.18%
ROIC (5Y)	14.27%
SBC / revenue	0.61%
Tax / revenue	3.57%

Growth

Revenue, earnings, cash-flow, and forward growth indicators.

Metric	Value
EPS growth	29.27%
EPS growth (Q)	20.69%
EPS growth (QoQ)	22.81%
EPS growth 10Y	18.47%
EPS growth 3Y	28.45%
EPS growth 5Y	22.66%
EPS growth quarters	5
EPS growth years	5
FCF growth	49.76%
FCF growth (Q)	92.75%
FCF growth (QoQ)	6.77%
FCF growth 3Y	73.28%
FCF growth 5Y	31.04%
Gross profit growth	24.52%
Gross profit growth (Q)	20.17%
Gross profit growth 3Y	22.07%
Gross profit growth 5Y	19.02%
Net income growth	28.79%
Net income growth (Q)	20.59%
Net income growth (QoQ)	22.3%
Net income growth 3Y	28.63%
Net income growth 5Y	22.54%
Net income growth quarters	5
Net income growth years	5
OCF growth	45.62%
OCF growth (Q)	89.11%
OCF growth (QoQ)	11.45%
OCF growth 10Y	17.38%
OCF growth 3Y	59.15%
OCF growth 5Y	27.51%
Operating income growth	32.27%
Operating income growth (Q)	21.21%
Operating income growth 3Y	29.81%
Operating income growth 5Y	24.48%
Revenue growth	23.97%
Revenue growth (Q)	18.7%
Revenue growth (QoQ)	7.13%
Revenue growth 10Y	13.16%
Revenue growth 3Y	16.06%
Revenue growth 5Y	15.55%
Revenue growth quarters	21
Revenue growth years	5

Financial statements

Income-statement and cash-flow amounts, totals and per share.

Metric	Value
Capital expenditures	$-33.3M
Depreciation and amortization	$90.3M
EBIT	$409.5M
EBITDA	$499.8M
EPS	$4.64
FCF per share	$5.56
Financing cash flow	$121.4M
Free cash flow	$339.2M
Free cash flow minus SBC	$324.2M
Gross profit	$714M
Income taxes	$87.3M
Investing cash flow	$-495.7M
Net borrowing	$186.5M
Net cash flow	$-1.9M
Net income	$285.4M
Operating cash flow minus SBC	$357.5M
Operating income	$409.5M
Revenue	$2.4B
Stock-based compensation	$15M

Financial strength

Debt, cash, solvency, accounting-quality, and balance-sheet signals.

Metric	Value
Altman Z-Score	7.18
Book value per share	$24.70
Debt / EBITDA	0.95
Debt / equity	0.32
Debt / FCF	1.43
Goodwill	$636.8M
Interest coverage	19.98
Long-term assets	$1.6B
Long-term liabilities	$619.5M
Net cash (debt)	$-423M
Net cash / market cap	-6.03%
Net debt / EBITDA	0.85
Net debt / equity	0.28
Net debt / FCF	1.25
Piotroski F-Score	7
Property, plant and equipment	$530.4M
Shareholders' equity	$1.5B
Tangible book value	$483.9M
Tangible book value per share	$7.93
Total assets	$2.4B
Total cash	$62.8M
Total debt	$485.8M
Total liabilities	$932.4M
WACC	10.52%

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Asset turnover	1.12
Current assets	$856.9M
Current liabilities	$312.9M
Current ratio	2.74
Inventory turnover	4.15
Net working capital	$495.2M
Quick ratio	1.12
Working capital	$544M
Working capital turnover	5.07

Dividends and buybacks

Dividend yield, payout, buybacks, and shareholder-yield indicators.

Metric	Value
Buyback yield / dilution	0.32%
Dividend growth	9.26%
Dividend growth (10Y)	7.74%
Dividend growth (3Y)	15.79%
Dividend growth (5Y)	11.01%
Dividend growth years	3
Dividend payment date	2026-08-27
Dividend payment years	13
Dividend payout frequency	Quarterly
Dividend per share	$0.60
Dividend yield	0.53%
Ex-dividend date	2026-08-14
FCF payout ratio	10.8%
Last dividend	$0.15
Payout ratio	12.93%
Shareholder yield	0.85%

Performance and technicals

Returns, volatility, beta, momentum, RSI, and moving-average context.

Metric	Value
10Y price change	826.6%
10Y return CAGR	26.16%
10Y total return	920.96%
150-day SMA	$116.58
15Y price change	2,107.21%
15Y return CAGR	24.02%
15Y total return	2,426.07%
1D price change	-2.23%
1M price change	-1.32%
1M total return	-1.32%
1W price change	-1.25%
1W total return	-1.25%
1Y price change	-9.65%
1Y return CAGR	-9.19%
1Y total return	-9.18%
20-day SMA	$114.39
200-day SMA	$115.76
20Y price change	666.62%
20Y return CAGR	12.14%
20Y total return	888.16%
3M price change	-4.3%
3M total return	-4.19%
3Y price change	97.71%
3Y return CAGR	26.2%
3Y total return	101.02%
50-day SMA	$115.63
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50under200
52-week high	$134.51
52-week high date	2026-07-06
52-week low	$101.19
52-week low date	2026-06-01
5Y price change	171.41%
5Y return CAGR	22.92%
5Y total return	180.53%
6M price change	-2.1%
6M total return	-1.85%
All-time high	$134.51
All-time high date	2026-07-06
All-time low	$0.16
All-time low date	1974-12-24
Average true range (ATR)	$3.56
Average volume	465.5K
Beta (1Y)	0.51
Beta (2Y)	0.88
Beta (5Y)	1.23
Change from 52-week high	-15.82%
Change from 52-week low	11.9%
Change from all-time high	-15.82%
Change from all-time low	71,248.46%
Change from open	-3.14%
Day's gap	0.94%
Dollar volume	$73.1M
High price	$117.05
Low price	$111.29
Monthly RSI	53.91
Open price	$116.90
Position in 52-week range	33.68%
Premarket change	4.65%
Premarket close	$115.81
Premarket price	$121.19
Previous close	$115.81
Price vs 150-day SMA	-2.87%
Price vs 20-day SMA	-1.01%
Price vs 200-day SMA	-2.18%
Price vs 50-day SMA	-2.08%
Relative volume	1.39
RSI	46.39
Sharpe ratio	-0.22
Sharpe ratio (3Y)	0.74
Sharpe ratio (5Y)	0.68
Sortino ratio	-0.15
Sortino ratio (3Y)	1.32
Sortino ratio (5Y)	1.24
Volume	645.4K
Weekly RSI	46.76
YTD price change	4.27%
YTD total return	4.68%

Ownership and float

Institutional, insider, float, short-interest, and share-count fields.

Metric	Value
Float	59.5M
Float percentage	97.5%
Shares change (QoQ)	0%
Shares change (YoY)	-0.32%
Shares held by insiders	2.47%
Shares held by institutions	103.19%
Shares outstanding	61M
Short % of float	6.36%
Short % of shares	6.2%
Short ratio	8.9 days

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Sensitivity

Cost-of-equity and terminal-growth stress table.

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Risks

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Position sizing

Entry, exit, conviction, and quarterly monitoring rules.

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Financials

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Peers

Relative valuation and profitability against the cohort.

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Moat

Economic-profit evidence and competitive advantage risk.

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