Federal Signal (FSS) Debt Ratio (2010 - 2026)

Federal Signal (FSS) reported Debt Ratio of 0.22 for Q1 2026, up 52.48% year-over-year from 0.15 in Q1 2025, and down 4.85% quarter-over-quarter from 0.24 in Q4 2025.

Federal Signal (FSS) Debt Ratio (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Federal Signal (FSS) has 17 years of Debt Ratio data on file, last reported at 0.22 in Q1 2026.

  • Debt Ratio for Q1 2026 came in at 0.22, up 52.48% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.22 (up 52.48% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 0.24, up 86.29% from the prior year.
  • Debt Ratio fell to 0.22 in Q1 2026 per FSS's latest filing, from 0.24 in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Debt Ratio peaked at 0.25 in Q2 2023 and troughed at 0.11 in Q3 2025.
  • A 5-year average of 0.19 and a median of 0.22 in 2023 frame the typical range for Debt Ratio.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2024 and 2025: Debt Ratio slumped 39.64% in 2024, then surged 86.29% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Debt Ratio shows it stood at 0.24 in 2022, then declined by 22.52% to 0.18 in 2023, then slumped by 31.29% to 0.13 in 2024, then surged by 86.29% to 0.24 in 2025, then dropped by 4.85% to 0.22 in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows FSS's Debt Ratio at 0.22 in Q1 2026, 0.24 in Q4 2025, and 0.11 in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Debt Ratio (Qtr)
1 Aduro Clean Technologies 856.39 Bn 856.36 Bn - 0.16
2 Veralto 20.76 Bn 19.33 Bn 854.00 Mn 0.35
3 Zurn Elkay Water Solutions 8.35 Bn 8.08 Bn 205.80 Mn 0.19
4 Federal Signal 7.20 Bn 7.13 Bn 179.40 Mn 0.22
5 Ceco Environmental 3.52 Bn 3.48 Bn 63.92 Mn 0.25
6 PureCycle Technologies 1.57 Bn 1.47 Bn - 0.31
7 Energy Recovery 497.64 Mn 411.49 Mn 2.70 Mn -
8 CleanCore Solutions 210.18 Mn 193.13 Mn -419,259.00 0.09
9 Arq 118.94 Mn 114.26 Mn 9.94 Mn 0.13
10 374Water 38.06 Mn 38.06 Mn -2.43 Mn 0.06

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 0.22
Dec 31, 2025 0.24
Sep 30, 2025 0.11
Jun 30, 2025 0.14
Mar 31, 2025 0.15
Dec 31, 2024 0.13
Sep 30, 2024 0.13
Jun 30, 2024 0.15
Mar 31, 2024 0.16
Dec 31, 2023 0.18
Sep 30, 2023 0.22
Jun 30, 2023 0.25
Mar 31, 2023 0.24
Dec 31, 2022 0.24
Sep 30, 2022 0.23
Jun 30, 2022 0.23
Mar 31, 2022 0.23
Dec 31, 2021 0.21
Sep 30, 2021 0.19
Jun 30, 2021 0.17