Growth Metrics

Federal Signal (FSS) FCF Margin (2010 - 2026)

Federal Signal (FSS) reported FCF Margin of 801.69% for Q1 2026, up 79499.0% year-over-year from N/an in Q1 2025, and up 5248.51% on a QoQ basis from 14.99% in Q4 2025.

Federal Signal (FSS) has 17 years of FCF Margin data on file, last reported at 801.69% in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly FCF Margin rose 79499.0% year-over-year to 801.69% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 16.81% (up 635.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 10.42%, up 17.0% from the prior year.
  • FCF Margin grew to 801.69% in Q1 2026 per FSS's latest filing, from 14.99% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, FCF Margin topped out at 801.69% in Q1 2026 and bottomed at 8.09% in Q1 2022.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Margin is 8.17% (2022), against an average of 54.34%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when FCF Margin sank 1587 bps; it then surged 79499 bps in 2026.
  • Tracing FSS's FCF Margin over 5 years: stood at 8.17% in 2022, then surged by 158 bps to 21.07% in 2023, then retreated by 17 bps to 17.39% in 2024, then declined by 14 bps to 14.99% in 2025, then soared by 5249 bps to 801.69% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest FSS FCF Margin figures stand at 801.69% (Q1 2026), 14.99% (Q4 2025), and 9.75% (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Margin (Qtr)
1 Veralto 20.72 Bn 19.29 Bn 854.00 Mn 11.95%
2 Zurn Elkay Water Solutions 7.83 Bn 7.56 Bn 205.80 Mn 9.86%
3 Federal Signal 6.47 Bn 6.40 Bn 179.40 Mn 801.69%
4 Ceco Environmental 2.82 Bn 2.78 Bn 63.92 Mn -7.62%
5 PureCycle Technologies 2.21 Bn 2.11 Bn - -1,116.69%
6 Euro Tech Holdings 1.36 Bn 1.34 Bn - -
7 Energy Recovery 421.81 Mn 335.66 Mn 2.70 Mn 208.36%
8 CleanCore Solutions 173.22 Mn 156.17 Mn -419,259.00 -25,357.72%
9 Arq 116.43 Mn 111.76 Mn 9.94 Mn -2.33%
10 374Water 42.95 Mn 42.95 Mn -2.43 Mn 311.83%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 801.69%
Dec 31, 2025 14.99%
Sep 30, 2025 9.75%
Jun 30, 2025 9.28%
Mar 31, 2025 6.71%
Dec 31, 2024 17.39%
Sep 30, 2024 12.84%
Jun 30, 2024 5.06%
Mar 31, 2024 5.39%
Dec 31, 2023 21.07%
Sep 30, 2023 9.48%
Jun 30, 2023 5.92%
Mar 31, 2023 0.29%
Dec 31, 2022 8.17%
Sep 30, 2022 1.70%
Jun 30, 2022 2.07%
Mar 31, 2022 -8.09%
Dec 31, 2021 7.23%
Sep 30, 2021 4.22%
Jun 30, 2021 2.48%
Mar 31, 2021 7.78%
Dec 31, 2020 17.37%
Sep 30, 2020 2.36%
Jun 30, 2020 19.62%
Mar 31, 2020 -1.50%
Dec 31, 2019 9.73%
Sep 30, 2019 6.80%
Jun 30, 2019 9.16%
Mar 31, 2019 -4.86%
Dec 31, 2018 6.08%
Sep 30, 2018 11.47%
Jun 30, 2018 8.08%
Mar 31, 2018 2.92%
Dec 31, 2017 7.55%
Sep 30, 2017 1.61%
Jun 30, 2017 13.46%
Mar 31, 2017 7.09%
Dec 31, 2016 3.58%
Sep 30, 2016 5.73%
Jun 30, 2016 5.22%
Mar 31, 2016 -4.28%
Dec 31, 2015 15.24%
Sep 30, 2015 20.81%
Jun 30, 2015 10.32%
Mar 31, 2015 0.31%
Dec 31, 2014 13.06%
Sep 30, 2014 8.77%
Jun 30, 2014 12.72%
Mar 31, 2014 -6.37%
Dec 31, 2013 18.03%
Sep 30, 2013 10.61%
Jun 30, 2013 8.54%
Mar 31, 2013 -8.81%
Dec 31, 2012 21.91%
Sep 30, 2012 -2.97%
Jun 30, 2012 -2.54%
Mar 31, 2012 -0.41%
Dec 31, 2011 -0.62%
Sep 30, 2011 8.88%
Jun 30, 2011 5.35%
Mar 31, 2011 -14.97%
Dec 31, 2010 15.65%
Sep 30, 2010 10.47%