Federal Signal (FSS) FCF Payout Ratio (2010 - 2026)

Federal Signal (FSS) reported FCF Payout Ratio of 0.1 for Q1 2026, down 64.83% year-over-year from 0.28 in Q1 2025, and up 2.4% quarter-over-quarter from 0.09 in Q4 2025.

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

Federal Signal (FSS) has 15 years of FCF Payout Ratio data on file, last reported at 0.1 in Q1 2026.

  • FCF Payout Ratio for Q1 2026 came in at 0.1, down 64.83% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.12 (down 20.82% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 0.15, down 2.27% from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio rose to 0.1 in Q1 2026 per FSS's latest filing, from 0.09 in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, FCF Payout Ratio peaked at 5.0 in Q1 2023 and troughed at 0.21 in Q1 2022.
  • A 5-year average of 0.51 and a median of 0.17 in 2022 frame the typical range for FCF Payout Ratio.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: FCF Payout Ratio plunged 181.27% in 2022, then soared 2527.27% in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Payout Ratio shows it stood at 0.17 in 2022, then tumbled by 61.75% to 0.06 in 2023, then soared by 37.75% to 0.09 in 2024, then rose by 6.81% to 0.09 in 2025, then advanced by 2.4% to 0.1 in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows FSS's FCF Payout Ratio at 0.1 in Q1 2026, 0.09 in Q4 2025, and 0.17 in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Cover (Qtr)
1 Aduro Clean Technologies 856.39 Bn 856.36 Bn - -
2 Veralto 20.76 Bn 19.33 Bn 854.00 Mn 0.19
3 Zurn Elkay Water Solutions 8.35 Bn 8.08 Bn 205.80 Mn 0.43
4 Federal Signal 7.20 Bn 7.13 Bn 179.40 Mn 0.10
5 Ceco Environmental 3.52 Bn 3.48 Bn 63.92 Mn -0.05
6 PureCycle Technologies 1.57 Bn 1.47 Bn - -
7 Energy Recovery 497.64 Mn 411.49 Mn 2.70 Mn -
8 CleanCore Solutions 210.18 Mn 193.13 Mn -419,259.00 -
9 Arq 118.94 Mn 114.26 Mn 9.94 Mn -
10 374Water 38.06 Mn 38.06 Mn -2.43 Mn -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 0.10
Dec 31, 2025 0.09
Sep 30, 2025 0.17
Jun 30, 2025 0.16
Mar 31, 2025 0.28
Dec 31, 2024 0.09
Sep 30, 2024 0.12
Jun 30, 2024 0.30
Mar 31, 2024 0.32
Dec 31, 2023 0.06
Sep 30, 2023 0.14
Jun 30, 2023 0.23
Mar 31, 2023 5.00
Dec 31, 2022 0.17
Sep 30, 2022 0.93
Jun 30, 2022 0.71
Mar 31, 2022 -0.21
Dec 31, 2021 0.25
Sep 30, 2021 0.44
Jun 30, 2021 0.66