Growth Metrics

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

Federal Signal (FSS) reported Equity Ratio of 0.58 for Q1 2026, down 8.65% year-over-year from 0.64 in Q1 2025, and up 1.19% on a QoQ basis from 0.58 in Q4 2025.

Federal Signal (FSS) has 17 years of Equity Ratio data on file, last reported at 0.58 in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Equity Ratio fell 8.65% year-over-year to 0.58 in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.58 (down 8.65% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 0.58, down 14.04% from the prior year.
  • Equity Ratio improved to 0.58 in Q1 2026 per FSS's latest filing, from 0.58 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Equity Ratio topped out at 0.68 in Q3 2025 and bottomed at 0.55 in Q1 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Equity Ratio is 0.58 (2026), against an average of 0.61.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2024, when Equity Ratio rose 16.85%; it then retreated 14.04% in 2025.
  • Tracing FSS's Equity Ratio over 5 years: stood at 0.56 in 2022, then grew by 9.47% to 0.62 in 2023, then increased by 8.68% to 0.67 in 2024, then decreased by 14.04% to 0.58 in 2025, then grew by 1.19% to 0.58 in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest FSS Equity Ratio figures stand at 0.58 (Q1 2026), 0.58 (Q4 2025), and 0.68 (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Equity Ratio (Qtr)
1 Veralto 20.72 Bn 19.29 Bn 854.00 Mn 0.39
2 Zurn Elkay Water Solutions 7.83 Bn 7.56 Bn 205.80 Mn 0.60
3 Federal Signal 6.47 Bn 6.40 Bn 179.40 Mn 0.58
4 Ceco Environmental 2.82 Bn 2.78 Bn 63.92 Mn 0.30
5 PureCycle Technologies 2.21 Bn 2.11 Bn - 0.01
6 Euro Tech Holdings 1.36 Bn 1.34 Bn - 0.08
7 Energy Recovery 421.81 Mn 335.66 Mn 2.70 Mn 0.88
8 CleanCore Solutions 173.22 Mn 156.17 Mn -419,259.00 0.90
9 Arq 116.43 Mn 111.76 Mn 9.94 Mn 0.72
10 374Water 42.95 Mn 42.95 Mn -2.43 Mn 0.59

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 0.58
Dec 31, 2025 0.58
Sep 30, 2025 0.68
Jun 30, 2025 0.66
Mar 31, 2025 0.64
Dec 31, 2024 0.67
Sep 30, 2024 0.66
Jun 30, 2024 0.65
Mar 31, 2024 0.63
Dec 31, 2023 0.62
Sep 30, 2023 0.58
Jun 30, 2023 0.56
Mar 31, 2023 0.56
Dec 31, 2022 0.56
Sep 30, 2022 0.57
Jun 30, 2022 0.56
Mar 31, 2022 0.55
Dec 31, 2021 0.57
Sep 30, 2021 0.58
Jun 30, 2021 0.58
Mar 31, 2021 0.57
Dec 31, 2020 0.58
Sep 30, 2020 0.56
Jun 30, 2020 0.54
Mar 31, 2020 0.52
Dec 31, 2019 0.55
Sep 30, 2019 0.51
Jun 30, 2019 0.53
Mar 31, 2019 0.51
Dec 31, 2018 0.52
Sep 30, 2018 0.51
Jun 30, 2018 0.48
Mar 31, 2018 0.47
Dec 31, 2017 0.46
Sep 30, 2017 0.43
Jun 30, 2017 0.41
Mar 31, 2017 0.61
Dec 31, 2016 0.61
Sep 30, 2016 0.62
Jun 30, 2016 0.61
Mar 31, 2016 0.70
Dec 31, 2015 0.61
Sep 30, 2015 0.60
Jun 30, 2015 0.00
Mar 31, 2015 0.00
Dec 31, 2014 0.56
Sep 30, 2014 0.58
Jun 30, 2014 0.57
Mar 31, 2014 0.55
Dec 31, 2013 0.54
Sep 30, 2013 0.44
Jun 30, 2013 0.41
Mar 31, 2013 0.24
Dec 31, 2012 0.24
Sep 30, 2012 0.26
Jun 30, 2012 0.23
Mar 31, 2012 0.25
Dec 31, 2011 0.25
Sep 30, 2011 0.32
Jun 30, 2011 0.32
Dec 31, 2010 0.29