Growth Metrics

Federal Signal (FSS) Return on Sales (2016 - 2025)

Federal Signal (FSS) has disclosed Return on Sales for 16 consecutive years, with 0.03% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Return on Sales fell 8.0% to 0.03% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 0.07% through Dec 2025, down 5.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.11% for FY2025, 0.0% changed from the prior year.
  • Return on Sales for Q4 2025 was 0.03% at Federal Signal, down from 0.12% in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Return on Sales was 0.13% in Q2 2025, with the low at 0.03% in Q4 2025.
  • Average Return on Sales over 5 years is 0.09%, with a median of 0.09% recorded in 2023.
  • The sharpest move saw Return on Sales grew 5bps in 2024, then fell -8bps in 2025.
  • Over 5 years, Return on Sales stood at 0.06% in 2021, then surged by 37bps to 0.09% in 2022, then increased by 17bps to 0.1% in 2023, then increased by 2bps to 0.11% in 2024, then plummeted by -73bps to 0.03% in 2025.
  • According to Business Quant data, Return on Sales over the past three periods came in at 0.03%, 0.12%, and 0.13% for Q4 2025, Q3 2025, and Q2 2025 respectively.