Federal Signal (FSS) Tax Rate (2010 - 2026)
Federal Signal (FSS) reported Tax Rate of 23.64% for Q1 2026, down 168.0% year-over-year from 34.77% in Q1 2025, and up 4.41% quarter-over-quarter from 22.65% in Q4 2025.
Federal Signal (FSS) Tax Rate (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Federal Signal (FSS) has 17 years of Tax Rate data on file, last reported at 23.64% in Q1 2026.
- Tax Rate for Q1 2026 came in at 23.64%, down 168.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 23.68% (up 41.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 24.01%, up 597.0% from the prior year.
- Tax Rate improved to 23.64% in Q1 2026 per FSS's latest filing, from 22.65% in the prior quarter.
- Over five years, Tax Rate peaked at 25.76% in Q3 2024 and troughed at 1.38% in Q1 2024.
- A 5-year average of 21.02% and a median of 23.53% in 2023 frame the typical range for Tax Rate.
- The sharpest annual moves came in 2024 and 2025: Tax Rate slumped 2241 bps in 2024, then soared 2670 bps in 2025.
- A 5-year view of Tax Rate shows it stood at 17.62% in 2022, then advanced by 17 bps to 20.68% in 2023, then slipped by 1 bps to 20.51% in 2024, then advanced by 10 bps to 22.65% in 2025, then climbed by 4 bps to 23.64% in 2026.
- Business Quant data shows FSS's Tax Rate at 23.64% in Q1 2026, 22.65% in Q4 2025, and 24.75% in Q3 2025.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Tax Rate (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aduro Clean Technologies | 856.39 Bn | 856.36 Bn | - | - |
| 2 | Veralto | 20.76 Bn | 19.33 Bn | 854.00 Mn | 20.87 |
| 3 | Zurn Elkay Water Solutions | 8.35 Bn | 8.08 Bn | 205.80 Mn | 23.41 |
| 4 | Federal Signal | 7.20 Bn | 7.13 Bn | 179.40 Mn | 23.64 |
| 5 | Ceco Environmental | 3.52 Bn | 3.48 Bn | 63.92 Mn | 93.38 |
| 6 | PureCycle Technologies | 1.57 Bn | 1.47 Bn | - | - |
| 7 | Energy Recovery | 497.64 Mn | 411.49 Mn | 2.70 Mn | 12.66 |
| 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
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | 23.64% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 23.64% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 22.65% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 22.65% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 24.75% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 24.75% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 23.55% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 23.55% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 25.32% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 25.32% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 20.51% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 20.51% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 25.76% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 25.76% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 21.55% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 21.55% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | -1.38% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | -1.38% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 20.68% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 20.68% |