Growth Metrics

Federal Signal (FSS) Times Interest Earned (2010 - 2026)

Federal Signal (FSS) reported Times Interest Earned of $14.45 for Q1 2026, down 34.02% year-over-year from $21.9 in Q1 2025, and down 16.94% on a QoQ basis from $17.4 in Q4 2025.

Federal Signal (FSS) has 17 years of Times Interest Earned data on file, last reported at $14.45 in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Times Interest Earned fell 34.02% year-over-year to $14.45 in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $20.83 (down 12.51% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $24.18, up 7.4% from the prior year.
  • Times Interest Earned declined to $14.45 in Q1 2026 per FSS's latest filing, from $17.4 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Times Interest Earned topped out at $33.57 in Q3 2025 and bottomed at $8.4 in Q1 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Times Interest Earned is $17.4 (2025), against an average of $18.99.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2023, when Times Interest Earned plunged 61.66%; it then jumped 138.93% in 2024.
  • Tracing FSS's Times Interest Earned over 5 years: stood at $10.59 in 2022, then jumped by 38.56% to $14.67 in 2023, then surged by 54.1% to $22.61 in 2024, then fell by 23.07% to $17.4 in 2025, then fell by 16.94% to $14.45 in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest FSS Times Interest Earned figures stand at $14.45 (Q1 2026), $17.4 (Q4 2025), and $33.57 (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Times Interest Earned (Qtr)
1 Veralto 20.72 Bn 19.29 Bn 854.00 Mn 14.08
2 Zurn Elkay Water Solutions 7.83 Bn 7.56 Bn 205.80 Mn 13.24
3 Federal Signal 6.47 Bn 6.40 Bn 179.40 Mn 14.45
4 Ceco Environmental 2.82 Bn 2.78 Bn 63.92 Mn 0.44
5 PureCycle Technologies 2.21 Bn 2.11 Bn - -2.72
6 Euro Tech Holdings 1.36 Bn 1.34 Bn - -
7 Energy Recovery 421.81 Mn 335.66 Mn 2.70 Mn -
8 CleanCore Solutions 173.22 Mn 156.17 Mn -419,259.00 261.71
9 Arq 116.43 Mn 111.76 Mn 9.94 Mn -1.39
10 374Water 42.95 Mn 42.95 Mn -2.43 Mn -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 14.45
Dec 31, 2025 17.40
Sep 30, 2025 33.57
Jun 30, 2025 27.91
Mar 31, 2025 21.90
Dec 31, 2024 22.61
Sep 30, 2024 25.30
Jun 30, 2024 25.34
Mar 31, 2024 16.97
Dec 31, 2023 14.67
Sep 30, 2023 12.25
Jun 30, 2023 10.61
Mar 31, 2023 8.40
Dec 31, 2022 10.59
Sep 30, 2022 14.63
Jun 30, 2022 24.32
Mar 31, 2022 21.92
Dec 31, 2021 25.08
Sep 30, 2021 31.18
Jun 30, 2021 35.00
Mar 31, 2021 25.27
Dec 31, 2020 28.17
Sep 30, 2020 28.33
Jun 30, 2020 17.39
Mar 31, 2020 21.53
Dec 31, 2019 20.22
Sep 30, 2019 18.38
Jun 30, 2019 23.15
Mar 31, 2019 12.90
Dec 31, 2018 15.90
Sep 30, 2018 13.82
Jun 30, 2018 15.24
Mar 31, 2018 7.84
Dec 31, 2017 7.81
Sep 30, 2017 8.26
Jun 30, 2017 14.46
Mar 31, 2017 19.00
Dec 31, 2016 33.80
Sep 30, 2016 22.50
Jun 30, 2016 35.75
Mar 31, 2016 40.25
Dec 31, 2015 48.60
Sep 30, 2015 42.00
Jun 30, 2015 48.67
Mar 31, 2015 40.83
Dec 31, 2014 33.88
Sep 30, 2014 27.67
Jun 30, 2014 26.56
Mar 31, 2014 12.80
Dec 31, 2013 10.42
Sep 30, 2013 12.53
Jun 30, 2013 1.75
Mar 31, 2013 2.69
Dec 31, 2012 2.28
Sep 30, 2012 2.38
Jun 30, 2012 2.93
Mar 31, 2012 2.02
Dec 31, 2011 2.56
Sep 30, 2011 1.89
Jun 30, 2011 2.65
Mar 31, 2011 -0.29
Dec 31, 2010 3.88
Sep 30, 2010 2.00
Jun 30, 2010 0.78