Federal Signal Corporation
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Ratios
Valuation ratios (P/E, P/S, EV/EBITDA and the other multiples) are based on the closing price at the end of each period, not on the current price. Margins and returns are shown in percent, multiples without a unit, per-share figures in the reporting currency, net debt in millions.
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| Line item | Q3 16 | Q4 16 | Q1 17 | Q2 17 | Q3 17 | Q4 17 | Q1 18 | Q2 18 | Q3 18 | Q4 18 | Q1 19 | Q2 19 | Q3 19 | Q4 19 | Q1 20 | Q2 20 | Q3 20 | Q4 20 | Q1 21 | Q2 21 | Q3 21 | Q4 21 | Q1 22 | Q2 22 | Q3 22 | Q4 22 | Q1 23 | Q2 23 | Q3 23 | Q4 23 | Q1 24 | Q2 24 | Q3 24 | Q4 24 | Q1 25 | Q2 25 | Q3 25 | Q4 25 | Q1 26 | Q2 26 |
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| Valuation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 18.9 | 21.3 | 22.2 | 26.4 | 29.5 | 19.5 | 19.9 | 17.2 | 17.8 | 12.7 | 16.1 | 15.7 | 18.1 | 17.9 | 14.7 | 17.7 | 18.0 | 20.8 | 24.9 | 24.0 | 22.2 | 26.6 | 21.0 | 21.1 | 21.6 | 23.6 | 26.1 | 29.3 | 25.2 | 30.0 | 28.8 | 25.6 | 27.1 | 26.4 | 21.6 | 29.4 | 31.0 | 27.1 | 24.6 | 27.7 | |
| 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 2.4 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 2.8 | 3.2 | |
| 2.0 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 2.3 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 2.9 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 3.8 | 5.2 | 5.5 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 5.2 | |
| 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 2.4 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 2.5 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 3.4 | |
| 10.0 | 12.2 | 11.1 | 15.8 | 16.4 | 14.7 | 14.4 | 12.5 | 13.2 | 8.7 | 10.9 | 10.5 | 12.1 | 11.4 | 9.7 | 11.0 | 11.2 | 12.2 | 14.7 | 14.5 | 13.8 | 16.9 | 13.6 | 13.5 | 13.6 | 14.7 | 16.1 | 17.8 | 15.1 | 17.6 | 18.3 | 16.7 | 17.6 | 17.1 | 13.4 | 17.9 | 18.8 | 17.1 | 15.6 | 17.2 | |
| 19.4 | 50.2 | 21.6 | 17.5 | 24.9 | 18.5 | 22.5 | 26.9 | 20.4 | 15.2 | 27.4 | 25.5 | 36.9 | 28.7 | 22.0 | 18.2 | 21.0 | 18.8 | 17.8 | 28.3 | 25.4 | 41.5 | 129.7 | 141.7 | 264.6 | 151.4 | 71.3 | 60.3 | 36.1 | 28.8 | 28.1 | 28.0 | 28.4 | 30.0 | 22.9 | 28.8 | 33.3 | 29.4 | 22.9 | 23.3 | |
| 5.1% | 2.0% | 4.6% | 5.7% | 4.0% | 5.4% | 4.4% | 3.7% | 4.9% | 6.6% | 3.7% | 3.9% | 2.7% | 3.5% | 4.6% | 5.5% | 4.8% | 5.3% | 5.6% | 3.5% | 3.9% | 2.4% | 0.8% | 0.7% | 0.4% | 0.7% | 1.4% | 1.7% | 2.8% | 3.5% | 3.6% | 3.6% | 3.5% | 3.3% | 4.4% | 3.5% | 3.0% | 3.4% | 4.4% | 4.3% | |
| Margins | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 27.9% | 25.9% | 25.2% | 24.7% | 24.8% | 24.6% | 24.7% | 25.5% | 25.7% | 25.9% | 26.1% | 26.2% | 26.4% | 26.4% | 26.5% | 26.2% | 26.0% | 26.0% | 25.6% | 25.2% | 24.6% | 23.8% | 23.4% | 23.4% | 23.5% | 24.0% | 24.5% | 25.1% | 25.7% | 26.1% | 26.7% | 27.5% | 28.3% | 28.6% | 28.8% | 29.0% | 28.9% | 28.9% | 29.0% | 29.2% | |
| 10.5% | 8.2% | 7.4% | 7.5% | 8.0% | 7.5% | 7.8% | 9.2% | 9.7% | 11.2% | 11.5% | 11.8% | 12.1% | 12.0% | 12.5% | 11.8% | 11.6% | 11.6% | 11.3% | 11.3% | 11.1% | 10.8% | 10.4% | 10.7% | 10.7% | 11.2% | 11.5% | 11.8% | 12.5% | 13.0% | 13.6% | 14.4% | 14.9% | 15.1% | 15.4% | 15.7% | 16.1% | 16.4% | 16.7% | 16.8% | |
| 6.7% | 6.2% | 5.3% | 5.2% | 5.3% | 6.9% | 6.9% | 8.0% | 8.7% | 8.6% | 8.9% | 9.1% | 9.4% | 8.9% | 9.3% | 8.7% | 8.7% | 8.5% | 8.5% | 8.7% | 8.9% | 8.3% | 7.8% | 7.9% | 7.8% | 8.4% | 8.5% | 8.6% | 8.7% | 9.1% | 10.3% | 11.2% | 11.6% | 11.6% | 11.1% | 11.2% | 11.5% | 11.3% | 11.6% | 11.7% | |
| 6.5% | 2.6% | 5.4% | 7.8% | 6.3% | 7.2% | 6.1% | 5.1% | 7.6% | 7.2% | 5.2% | 5.6% | 4.6% | 5.5% | 6.2% | 8.5% | 7.4% | 9.4% | 11.8% | 7.4% | 7.8% | 5.3% | 1.3% | 1.2% | 0.6% | 1.3% | 3.1% | 4.2% | 6.1% | 9.5% | 10.5% | 10.2% | 11.1% | 10.2% | 10.5% | 11.5% | 10.7% | 10.4% | 12.4% | 13.9% | |
| Returns | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10.6% | 11.1% | 9.4% | 9.7% | 10.3% | 13.5% | 14.3% | 16.8% | 18.0% | 17.7% | 18.0% | 18.0% | 18.4% | 16.9% | 18.0% | 15.7% | 14.7% | 13.7% | 13.2% | 13.8% | 14.0% | 12.8% | 12.6% | 12.7% | 12.7% | 14.0% | 14.4% | 14.5% | 15.2% | 15.7% | 17.4% | 18.4% | 18.5% | 18.2% | 17.5% | 17.6% | 17.8% | 17.8% | 18.9% | 18.9% | |
| 6.6% | 6.8% | 5.8% | 4.0% | 4.4% | 6.2% | 6.7% | 8.1% | 9.1% | 9.2% | 9.2% | 9.5% | 9.5% | 9.3% | 9.3% | 8.5% | 8.2% | 8.0% | 7.5% | 8.0% | 8.2% | 7.4% | 6.9% | 7.1% | 7.2% | 7.9% | 8.0% | 8.1% | 8.8% | 9.7% | 11.0% | 11.9% | 12.3% | 12.3% | 11.2% | 11.6% | 12.2% | 10.3% | 11.0% | 11.7% | |
| Balance Sheet & Debt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | 13 | 7.7 | 252 | 255 | 240 | 231 | 212 | 187 | 172 | 201 | 178 | 213 | 197 | 209 | 171 | 180 | 136 | 176 | 179 | 173 | 251 | 295 | 301 | 302 | 321 | 343 | 367 | 331 | 244 | 229 | 213 | 164 | 139 | 226 | 211 | 166 | 507 | 486 | 398 | |
| 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 3.1 | 2.7 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 0.8 | |
| 61.9% | 61.3% | 61.0% | 41.3% | 42.6% | 46.1% | 46.6% | 48.5% | 50.7% | 51.8% | 51.2% | 52.9% | 51.5% | 55.0% | 51.8% | 54.1% | 55.5% | 58.1% | 56.8% | 57.9% | 58.3% | 57.4% | 55.3% | 56.0% | 56.5% | 56.5% | 55.7% | 55.6% | 57.8% | 61.8% | 63.2% | 65.0% | 66.3% | 67.2% | 64.0% | 65.9% | 68.2% | 57.8% | 58.4% | 61.8% | |
| 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | |
| Per Share | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 0.70 | 0.73 | 0.62 | 0.66 | 0.72 | 1.03 | 1.11 | 1.36 | 1.50 | 1.57 | 1.61 | 1.70 | 1.81 | 1.80 | 1.85 | 1.68 | 1.63 | 1.60 | 1.54 | 1.67 | 1.74 | 1.63 | 1.61 | 1.69 | 1.73 | 1.97 | 2.08 | 2.18 | 2.37 | 2.56 | 2.95 | 3.28 | 3.45 | 3.49 | 3.41 | 3.62 | 3.84 | 4.01 | 4.40 | 4.64 | |
| 10.59 | 11.84 | 11.82 | 12.69 | 13.65 | 15.03 | 15.96 | 17.00 | 17.31 | 18.16 | 18.20 | 18.71 | 19.32 | 20.29 | 19.99 | 19.24 | 18.77 | 18.75 | 18.21 | 19.22 | 19.56 | 19.66 | 20.60 | 21.29 | 22.04 | 23.44 | 24.31 | 25.50 | 27.13 | 27.97 | 28.61 | 29.34 | 29.79 | 30.07 | 30.75 | 32.21 | 33.48 | 35.46 | 38.09 | 39.80 | |
| 6.63 | 6.59 | 6.60 | 6.84 | 7.02 | 7.65 | 7.73 | 8.07 | 8.38 | 8.84 | 8.96 | 9.46 | 9.84 | 10.66 | 10.31 | 10.69 | 11.09 | 11.64 | 11.66 | 12.07 | 12.41 | 12.71 | 12.83 | 13.29 | 13.57 | 14.07 | 14.39 | 15.05 | 15.57 | 16.26 | 16.95 | 17.82 | 18.63 | 19.16 | 19.46 | 20.59 | 21.53 | 22.47 | 23.33 | 24.51 | |
| 0.68 | 0.31 | 0.64 | 0.99 | 0.85 | 1.08 | 0.98 | 0.87 | 1.31 | 1.31 | 0.95 | 1.05 | 0.89 | 1.12 | 1.24 | 1.63 | 1.40 | 1.77 | 2.15 | 1.42 | 1.52 | 1.04 | 0.26 | 0.25 | 0.14 | 0.31 | 0.76 | 1.06 | 1.65 | 2.66 | 3.02 | 2.99 | 3.29 | 3.08 | 3.22 | 3.69 | 3.58 | 3.69 | 4.73 | 5.52 | |
Showing the most recent 40 periods — older statements are on file for this stock.
Data as of: October 9, 2026 · Source: fundamental data & SEC filings (annual and quarterly reports, 10-K/10-Q)
Note: pure fact-based analysis, not investment advice and not a solicitation to buy or sell. All figures without guarantee.