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Federal Signal Corporation FSS
$ 115.35 -1.82%
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Quarterly report 2026-Q3
added 10-29-2026

Federal Signal Corporation Financial Ratios 2025-2008 | FSS

Brief overview of Federal Signal Corporation's valuation multiples

The comparison uses the five latest available annual observations between 2021 and 2025.

The current valuation set is P/E 29.66x (median 28.84x), EV/EBITDA 15.08x (median 11.76x), P/S 3.35x (median 2.65x). The current ratio basket stands about 26.4% above the five-year base, increasing sensitivity to weak reports.

Current earnings relative to valuation equal about 3.4% on the 1/P/E measure. This is a valuation reference, not an expected payout.

Returns on assets and capital are represented by ROE 17.8%, ROA 10.3%, ROCE 24.7%. Current resource returns are convincing and help explain a higher market valuation.

The PEG ratio is 1.54x, reflecting a relatively balanced link between valuation and growth.

The cash conversion cycle lengthened from 98.3 days to 114.6 days, or 16.3 days. More cash is tied up in operations.

Overall assessment

Federal Signal Corporation's business looks strong while multiples exceed historical reference points. Investors are pricing in continued momentum.

Annual Financial Ratios Federal Signal Corporation

2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008

P/E

 29.7 22.8 32.3 28.8 21.8 22.6 19.0 13.8 20.1 21.3 14.5 15.0 4.9 -18.1 -18.2 -2.1 - -

P/S

 3.4 2.7 3.0 2.4 1.8 1.9 1.7 1.2 1.4 1.3 1.2 1.0 0.9 0.6 0.3 - - -

EPS

 4.1 3.5 2.6 2.0 1.6 1.6 1.8 1.6 1.0 0.7 1.0 1.0 2.6 -0.4 -0.2 -3.0 - -

EV (Enterprise Value)

 8.26 B 5.43 B 5.65 B 4.09 B 2.74 B 2.6 B 2.55 B 1.75 B 1.74 B 1.13 B 1.1 B 1.22 B 1.06 B 936 M 781 M 846 M -21.1 M -23.4 M

EBITDA per Share

 6.93 5.69 4.69 3.56 2.98 2.92 3.17 2.66 1.68 1.32 1.86 1.72 1.37 1.06 0.415 0.41 - -

EV/EBITDA

 19.6 15.7 19.8 19.0 15.1 14.8 11.8 9.2 14.7 11.9 7.7 9.1 10.0 9.5 10.0 35.6 -0.4 -

PEG

 1.54 1.72 2.51 1.58 1.11 1.67 1.29 0.26 0.47 -0.73 14.63 -0.25 0.01 0.2 -0.2 - - -

P/B

 5.3 4.2 5.1 4.0 2.8 3.1 3.2 2.4 2.7 2.4 2.3 2.6 2.3 3.4 1.5 1.7 - -

P/CF

 28.7 21.4 26.2 48.4 21.6 16.0 30.4 16.4 19.1 50.3 10.5 18.1 13.7 48.9 -27.5 12.0 - -

ROE %

 17.84 18.24 15.71 13.99 12.83 13.70 16.91 17.73 13.47 11.11 15.66 17.14 45.58 -18.72 -8.13 -79.54 7.03 -

ROA %

 10.31 12.25 9.71 7.90 7.36 7.96 9.31 9.18 6.21 6.81 9.53 9.67 24.81 -4.48 -2.01 -22.98 - -

ROCE %

 16.15 18.47 15.76 11.97 10.93 12.39 14.88 14.22 8.04 10.89 18.86 17.82 13.92 11.41 0.59 2.25 10.89 -

Current Ratio

 2.4 3.0 2.6 2.3 2.3 2.4 2.3 2.1 2.6 3.1 2.7 2.1 2.0 1.8 1.9 1.4 - -

DSO

 40.9 37.5 38.1 39.4 39.6 42.2 40.1 41.7 48.0 41.9 34.7 42.8 41.0 44.0 58.2 - - -

DIO

 94.5 87.1 85.5 87.4 81.7 80.2 74.3 71.1 73.9 83.5 58.7 64.5 62.0 71.3 70.6 - - -

DPO

 20.8 20.0 19.9 23.0 23.0 25.4 26.4 29.9 27.8 24.6 25.6 27.0 28.5 31.2 33.8 20.2 - -

Operating Cycle

 135.4 124.7 123.6 126.8 121.3 122.3 114.4 112.8 122.0 125.4 93.4 107.2 103.0 115.4 128.8 - - -

Cash Conversion Cycle

 114.6 104.6 103.7 103.8 98.3 96.9 88.0 82.9 94.2 100.9 67.8 80.2 74.5 84.1 95.0 - - -

All numbers in USD currency

Quarterly Financial Ratios Federal Signal Corporation

2026-Q3 2026-Q2 2026-Q1 2025-Q4 2025-Q3 2025-Q2 2025-Q1 2024-Q4 2024-Q3 2024-Q2 2024-Q1 2023-Q4 2023-Q3 2023-Q2 2023-Q1 2022-Q4 2022-Q3 2022-Q2 2022-Q1 2021-Q4 2021-Q3 2021-Q2 2021-Q1 2020-Q4 2020-Q3 2020-Q2 2020-Q1 2019-Q4 2019-Q3 2019-Q2 2019-Q1 2018-Q4 2018-Q3 2018-Q2 2018-Q1 2017-Q4 2017-Q3 2017-Q2 2017-Q1 2016-Q4 2016-Q3 2016-Q2 2016-Q1 2015-Q4 2015-Q3 2015-Q2 2015-Q1 2014-Q4 2014-Q3 2014-Q2 2014-Q1 2013-Q4 2013-Q3 2013-Q2 2013-Q1 2012-Q4 2012-Q3 2012-Q2 2012-Q1 2011-Q4 2011-Q3 2011-Q2 2011-Q1

EPS

 1.31 1.41 1.16 0.9999999999999996 1.12 1.18 0.76 0.8199999999999998 0.88 1 0.85 0.7599999999999998 0.71 0.66 0.45 - 0.53 0.55 0.34 0.44999999999999996 0.34 0.49 0.37 0.42000000000000015 0.42 0.36 0.39 0.49 0.47 0.55 0.29 0.53 0.36 0.45 0.22 0.49 0.21 0.19 0.12 0.2 0.12 0.16 0.17 0.29000000000000004 0.25 0.29 0.23 0.31999999999999995 0.24 0.27 0.12 0.2999999999999998 0.27 1.88 -0.02 0.06999999999999995 0.07 0.15 0.05 - 0.04 0.07 -

EBITDA per Share

 1.94 2.05 1.74 - 1.62 1.69 1.15 -739 1.31 1.39 0.95 - 1.09 1.04 0.71 - 0.71 0.82 0.69 -0.31 0.52 0.68 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.56 0.57 0.39 0.68 0.93 0.59 0.59 0.54 0.79 0.47 0.38 0.41 0.33 0.29 -109 0.44 0.24 0.31 -166 0.55 0.57 0.44 -274 0.46 0.44 0.26 0.13 0.36 0.35 0.25 0.21 0.2 0.26 0.22 0.19 0.14 0.18 0.08

ROE %

 20.06 20.17 20.12 19.06 18.88 18.41 18.28 19.37 19.79 19.63 18.46 16.63 16.02 15.33 15.11 14.60 14.18 12.94 12.78 13.27 13.39 14.51 13.79 14.38 15.31 16.29 18.68 18.19 19.68 19.22 19.02 18.58 19.09 17.79 15.10 14.19 10.74 9.91 9.45 10.95 10.59 13.18 15.60 16.31 19.88 19.23 19.07 17.07 18.39 19.84 59.18 56.71 52.26 37.47 -16.20 -16.40 -28.36 -18.03 -6.37 -9.09 1.06 1.88 -3.32

ROA %

 12.18 12.45 12.65 12.24 12.54 12.13 12.00 12.66 12.69 12.20 11.03 9.64 9.04 8.60 8.49 8.20 7.99 7.26 7.24 7.56 7.65 8.28 7.75 7.90 8.30 8.65 9.88 9.61 10.22 9.95 9.61 9.25 9.14 8.24 6.74 6.58 5.47 5.53 5.79 7.00 6.77 8.29 9.66 9.63 11.52 11.04 10.87 9.71 10.30 10.37 25.85 24.62 21.20 16.34 -4.03 -4.08 -7.01 -4.26 -1.37 -2.04 0.33 0.60 -0.82

ROCE %

 19.31 19.80 20.15 19.61 20.25 19.66 19.23 18.90 18.73 17.98 16.57 15.66 14.69 13.47 13.06 13.82 13.35 12.57 12.35 11.26 11.45 12.35 11.88 12.40 12.84 13.47 15.47 15.27 15.51 15.25 14.67 14.06 12.61 11.61 9.38 9.18 9.80 9.66 10.05 11.29 12.68 14.98 17.93 19.45 20.24 20.43 19.61 17.34 14.57 13.20 11.98 12.10 12.46 11.63 11.09 10.26 9.53 8.93 8.56 6.19 2.12 2.57 -0.57

Current Ratio

 2.8 2.6 2.4 2.4 3.1 2.9 2.8 3.0 3.0 2.9 2.7 2.6 2.4 2.2 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.2 2.4 2.2 2.4 2.3 2.4 2.2 2.2 2.1 2.2 2.1 2.1 2.0 2.1 2.0 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.7 1.7 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.5 3.3 2.5 2.5 2.4 2.3 2.3 2.4 2.3 2.2 2.2 1.8 1.7 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.5 1.5 1.3

DSO

 41.0 40.8 43.9 42.5 41.3 37.3 41.3 40.3 41.8 37.7 40.5 40.6 41.6 39.7 43.2 40.1 44.8 40.6 40.4 49.5 42.1 38.8 43.1 42.1 44.1 45.0 44.0 40.1 42.6 40.1 44.0 39.5 42.2 40.1 44.4 43.7 43.4 40.5 41.9 43.8 41.6 44.9 42.3 42.4 55.8 51.5 43.1 62.6 42.2 41.4 46.4 114.5 46.5 42.9 46.0 41.1 51.2 52.5 54.0 48.4 58.5 62.4 -

DIO

 93.0 93.7 97.1 89.5 83.9 83.0 95.0 89.8 90.7 85.6 92.5 87.8 92.9 92.2 96.1 89.8 94.7 83.9 85.8 105.6 81.3 73.6 84.7 79.5 86.8 91.1 83.0 72.9 72.9 66.4 73.2 68.4 68.6 64.8 70.5 69.0 69.0 71.8 84.2 82.5 75.9 76.4 65.8 73.7 89.3 77.8 69.0 124.3 72.5 63.8 68.8 185.8 64.2 63.6 73.3 67.7 81.0 71.8 69.8 69.0 85.1 80.6 -

DPO

 22.1 22.5 21.9 21.4 23.9 23.9 25.1 22.6 24.0 23.1 23.0 20.7 23.5 25.6 26.5 23.7 27.5 26.1 26.1 32.1 27.1 25.5 26.7 25.6 31.8 34.5 30.9 26.5 28.5 28.0 31.2 29.1 30.1 28.1 28.1 28.1 31.6 29.0 26.0 25.5 25.4 27.9 27.3 30.3 36.0 33.0 31.2 54.1 31.9 29.4 31.2 83.4 27.6 27.0 31.7 28.1 34.0 34.0 33.9 31.1 38.3 38.2 -

Operating Cycle

 134.0 134.4 141.0 131.9 125.2 120.3 136.2 130.1 132.5 123.2 133.0 128.5 134.5 131.9 139.4 129.8 139.5 124.5 126.2 155.1 123.4 112.4 127.7 121.6 130.9 136.1 126.9 113.0 115.5 106.5 117.1 107.9 110.8 104.8 114.8 112.6 112.4 112.4 126.0 126.3 117.5 121.3 108.0 116.1 145.2 129.3 112.1 186.9 114.7 105.2 115.1 300.3 110.7 106.5 119.2 108.9 132.2 124.4 123.8 117.4 143.6 142.9 -

Cash Conversion Cycle

 111.9 111.9 119.2 110.5 101.3 96.4 111.2 107.5 108.5 100.1 110.1 107.8 111.0 106.3 112.9 106.1 112.0 98.4 100.2 123.0 96.3 86.8 101.1 96.1 99.1 101.6 96.0 86.5 87.0 78.6 86.0 78.9 80.7 76.8 86.8 84.5 80.8 83.3 100.0 100.8 92.1 93.4 80.8 85.8 109.2 96.3 80.9 132.8 82.9 75.8 83.9 216.8 83.1 79.5 87.5 80.8 98.2 90.4 90.0 86.3 105.3 104.7 -

All numbers in USD currency

Multiples are an important financial analysis tool for the company Federal Signal Corporation, allowing investors and analysts to quickly assess the company’s value and investment attractiveness based on the ratio of market indicators to the company’s financial performance. Essentially, multiples express how the market values the company relative to its earnings, revenue, equity, or other key metrics.

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