Growth Metrics

Federal Signal (FSS) FCF Margin (2016 - 2025)

Federal Signal (FSS) has disclosed FCF Margin for 16 consecutive years, with 4.19% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly FCF Margin fell 1320.0% to 4.19% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 6.11% through Dec 2025, down 414.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 10.42% for FY2025, 17.0% up from the prior year.
  • FCF Margin for Q4 2025 was 4.19% at Federal Signal, down from 9.75% in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for FCF Margin was 21.07% in Q4 2023, with the low at 8.09% in Q1 2022.
  • Average FCF Margin over 5 years is 6.65%, with a median of 6.31% recorded in 2023.
  • The sharpest move saw FCF Margin plummeted -1714bps in 2021, then surged 1290bps in 2023.
  • Over 5 years, FCF Margin stood at 7.23% in 2021, then increased by 13bps to 8.17% in 2022, then soared by 158bps to 21.07% in 2023, then decreased by -17bps to 17.39% in 2024, then plummeted by -76bps to 4.19% in 2025.
  • According to Business Quant data, FCF Margin over the past three periods came in at 4.19%, 9.75%, and 9.28% for Q4 2025, Q3 2025, and Q2 2025 respectively.