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Federal Signal Corporation FSS

17 fiscal years on record · USD · FY2025 reported
SEC FILINGS ONLY3 YEARS OF DIVIDEND GROWTH
Revenue · FY2025
$2.2B
▲ 17.1% vs FY2024
Dividend streak
3 yrs
Raised every year since 2023
EPS · FY25
$4.01
Dividend / sh · FY25
$0.56
Payout · FY25
14%
ROE · FY25
19.2%
Net margin · FY25
11.3%
Dividend coverage
7.2×
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Result
USD 2.2B
Revenue, FY2025 · full 17-year series below
Revenue Net income
0.81.62.42.20.22009201220152018202120242025
0.81.62.42.20.22016201920222025

11 cents of every revenue dollar became profit this year.

Per share
USD 4.01
Diluted EPS, FY2025
EPS Dividend
2460.564.012009201220152018202120242025
2460.564.012016201920222025

Earnings covered the dividend 7.2 times — the rest stayed in the company.

Profitability
19.2%
Return on equity, FY2025
ROE
2040608019.2%2009201220152018202120242025
2040608019.2%2016201920222025
Operating margin15.6%
Net margin11.3%
Return on assets11.9%

Each USD of equity produced 19 cents of profit this year.

Returned to shareholders
USD 73.8M
returned in FY2025 · dividends + net buybacks
Dividends paidUSD 34.1M
Net buybacksUSD 39.7M
Share of profit29.9%
Consecutive raises3 years

USD 34.1M in dividends and USD 39.7M in buybacks — 30% of the year's profit went back to shareholders.

Growth
+14.0% a year
revenue, compounded over five years
CAGR
3 yrs
5 yrs
10 yrs
15 yrs
Revenue
+15.0%
+14.0%
+11.0%
+8.6%
Net income
+27.0%
+20.7%
+14.5%
EPS, diluted
+26.7%
+20.8%
+14.9%
Dividend / share
+15.9%
+11.8%
+8.4%
+5.8%
Returned to shareholders
+24.9%
+17.4%
+10.9%
+12.1%

Compound annual rates per period — left blank where the series crosses a loss.

Share base
0.06B
Shares outstanding, FY2025
0.060.062009201220152018202120242025
0.060.062016201920222025
Change, 5 years+0.7%
Change, 10 years−2.1%

The share count grew 1% in five years — the same company, cut into more, smaller slices.

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Balance sheet
USD 2.4B
total assets, end of FY2025
Total assetsUSD 2.4B
EquityUSD 1.4B
CashUSD 63.7M
Gross debtUSD 564.6M
Net debtUSD 500.9M
Current ratio3.02×

Net debt stands at 36% of equity.

History
17 fiscal years
Every figure from documents filed with the SEC · USD
Metric
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
Revenue $B
2.2
1.9
1.7
1.4
1.2
1.1
1.2
1.1
0.9
0.7
0.8
0.8
0.7
0.8
0.7
0.6
0.8
Operating income $B
0.3
0.3
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
EBITDA $B
0.4
0.3
0.3
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.1
Income tax $B
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
−0.1
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.0
Net income $B
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.0
0.1
0.1
0.2
−0.0
−0.0
−0.2
0.0
EPS, diluted $
4.01
3.50
2.56
1.97
1.63
1.56
1.76
1.54
1.02
0.71
1.00
1.00
2.53
−0.44
−0.23
−3.05
0.47
Dividend / sh $
0.56
0.48
0.39
0.36
0.36
0.32
0.32
0.31
0.28
0.28
0.25
0.09
0.00
0.00
·
0.24
0.24
Payout %
14
14
15
18
22
20
18
20
27
39
25
9
0
−0
−26
−8
51
ROE %
19.2
19.8
16.9
14.6
13.5
14.3
18.5
19.0
14.5
11.0
16.3
17.6
64.3
−17.1
−7.2
−63.9
7.0
Shares out B
0.06
0.06
0.06
0.06
0.06
0.06
0.06
0.06
0.06
0.06
0.06
0.06
0.06
0.06
0.06
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Slide the table for earlier years · "·" marks figures not disclosed in the filing for that year.

How we verifyAUDITED
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checks passed before publication
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