Growth Metrics

Federal Signal (FSS) FCF Payout Ratio (2016 - 2025)

Federal Signal (FSS) has disclosed FCF Payout Ratio for 14 consecutive years, with 0.09 as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, FCF Payout Ratio rose 6.81% to 0.09 in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 0.15, a 2.27% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at 0.15, down 2.27% from a year prior.
  • FCF Payout Ratio was 0.09 for Q4 2025 at Federal Signal, down from 0.16 in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, FCF Payout Ratio ranged from a high of 5.0 in Q1 2023 to a low of 0.21 in Q1 2022.
  • A 5-year average of 0.51 and a median of 0.24 in 2021 define the central range for FCF Payout Ratio.
  • Peak YoY movement for FCF Payout Ratio: plummeted 181.27% in 2022, then soared 2527.27% in 2023.
  • Federal Signal's FCF Payout Ratio stood at 0.25 in 2021, then tumbled by 33.11% to 0.17 in 2022, then plummeted by 61.75% to 0.06 in 2023, then skyrocketed by 37.75% to 0.09 in 2024, then grew by 6.81% to 0.09 in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for FSS's FCF Payout Ratio are 0.09 (Q4 2025), 0.16 (Q3 2025), and 0.16 (Q2 2025).