Federal Signal Financial Ratios
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Federal Signal ratio analysis
Federal Signal earned a net margin of 11.3% in FY 2025, down from 11.6% a year earlier. Gross margin was 28.9% compared with a median of 25.9% over the prior 9 years. Return on equity reached 17.8%, meaning Federal Signal generated 0.18 dollars of profit for every dollar of shareholders' equity.
Debt-to-equity stood at 0.41 versus 0.18 the year before, and the current ratio was 3.02. At the end of FY 2025, FSS traded at 27.8 times earnings; across the 10 fiscal years shown, its year-end P/E ranged from 12.8 to 30.0, with a median of 22.8. Valuation ratios use the closing share price on each fiscal year-end date and diluted shares from the income statement; profitability and leverage ratios use reported annual figures. Current valuation multiples are on the statistics page.
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Federal Signal financial ratios (annual)
| Ratio | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 | FY 2019 | FY 2018 | FY 2017 | FY 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E ratio (at fiscal year end) | 27.79 | 27.39 | 29.98 | 23.59 | 26.59 | 21.26 | 18.63 | 12.76 | 19.70 | 21.99 |
| Price / sales | 3.11 | 3.14 | 2.70 | 1.96 | 2.17 | 1.77 | 1.62 | 1.08 | 1.33 | 1.33 |
| Price / book | 4.90 | 4.92 | 4.65 | 3.27 | 3.36 | 2.85 | 3.08 | 2.22 | 2.62 | 2.39 |
| Gross margin | 28.9% | 28.6% | 26.1% | 24.0% | 23.8% | 26.0% | 26.4% | 25.9% | 24.6% | 25.9% |
| Operating margin | 15.6% | 15.1% | 13.0% | 11.2% | 10.8% | 11.6% | 12.0% | 11.2% | 8.2% | 8.6% |
| Net margin | 11.3% | 11.6% | 9.1% | 8.4% | 8.3% | 8.5% | 8.9% | 8.6% | 6.9% | 6.2% |
| Free cash flow margin | 10.4% | 10.2% | 9.5% | 1.3% | 5.3% | 9.4% | 5.5% | 7.2% | 7.2% | 2.6% |
| Return on equity (ROE) | 17.8% | 18.2% | 15.7% | 14.0% | 12.8% | 13.7% | 16.9% | 17.7% | 13.5% | 11.1% |
| Return on assets (ROA) | 10.3% | 12.3% | 9.7% | 7.9% | 7.4% | 8.0% | 9.3% | 9.2% | 6.2% | 6.8% |
| Debt / equity | 0.41 | 0.18 | 0.30 | 0.42 | 0.36 | 0.30 | 0.34 | 0.40 | 0.61 | 0.16 |
| Current ratio | 3.02 | 2.66 | 2.91 | 2.94 | 2.53 | 2.73 | 2.25 | 2.07 | 2.59 | 3.06 |
| Revenue growth | 17.1% | 8.1% | 20.1% | 18.3% | 7.3% | -7.4% | 12.1% | 21.3% | 26.9% | -7.8% |
| EPS growth | 14.6% | 36.7% | 29.9% | 20.9% | 4.5% | -11.4% | 14.3% | 51.0% | 43.7% | -29.0% |