profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Federal Signal
$115.36+0.26% today
+4.8% in 1 year
1-year low $104.771-year high $133.86
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2020 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $28.54 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Federal Signal sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $1.43 billion in 2022 to $2.18 billion in 2025, with $247 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Federal Signal handed back 38% of the cash it generated last year.
Buybacks $53M$34M
Free cash flow 2025$227M
Bought back its own shares$53M
Paid as dividends$34M
Cash vs. debt$64M vs. $595M
Federal Signal vs. similar companies
Federal Signal grows in the middle of these 5 and is priced in the middle for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Federal Signal | 28.5× · Fair price | ||
 Veralto | 30.6× · Expensive | ||
 Zurn Elkay Water Solutions | 38.2× · Expensive | ||
 CECO Environmental | 63.5× · Very expensive | ||
 Energy Recovery | 16.1× · Fair price |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Federal Signal's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,131 | 1,213 | 1,435 | 1,723 | 1,862 | 2,181 | |
| 294 | 289 | 345 | 450 | 533 | 631 | |
| 131 | 131 | 160 | 225 | 280 | 357 | |
| 175 | 173 | 216 | 283 | 342 | 419 | |
| 96 | 101 | 120 | 157 | 216 | 247 | |
| 1.56 | 1.63 | 1.97 | 2.56 | 3.50 | 4.01 | |
| 26.0% | 23.8% | 24.0% | 26.1% | 28.6% | 28.9% | |
| 11.6% | 10.8% | 11.2% | 13.1% | 15.1% | 16.4% | |
| 8.5% | 8.3% | 8.4% | 9.1% | 11.6% | 11.3% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 1,209 | 1,366 | 1,524 | 1,621 | 1,765 | 2,393 |
| Cash | 82 | 41 | 48 | 61 | 91 | 64 |
| Total debt | 234 | 314 | 388 | 321 | 252 | 595 |
| Total liabilities | 507 | 582 | 663 | 619 | 579 | 1,011 |
| 702 | 784 | 861 | 1,002 | 1,186 | 1,382 | |
| 62 | 62 | 61 | 62 | 62 | 62 | |
| 11.0% | 8.8% | 10.2% | 13.3% | 15.2% | 13.5% | |
| 13.7% | 12.8% | 14.0% | 15.7% | 18.2% | 17.8% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 136 | 102 | 72 | 194 | 231 | 255 | |
| 30 | 37 | 53 | 30 | 41 | 28 | |
| 107 | 64 | 19 | 164 | 191 | 227 | |
| Dividends paid | 19 | 22 | 22 | 24 | 29 | 34 |
| – | – | 22 | 13 | 13 | 53 | |
| 8 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 15 |
Valuation
- 28.5×
- 23.4×
- 1.37
- 4.9×
- 3.2×
- 31.0×
- 18.1×
- 3.2%
- 3.5%
- 0.5%
Profitability
- 28.9%
- 16.4%
- 11.3%
- 19.6%
- 13.8%
- 11.6%
- 20.1%
- 11.0%
- 18.2%
- –
Growth
- +14.0%
- +20.8%
- +19.1%
- +11.8%
- +0.0%
Financial health
- 1.1×
- 0.41
- 23.7%
- 21.7×
- 2.84
- 1.29
- 0.95
How it ranks in Industrials
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 18%of 979
Top 21%of 984
Bottom 34%of 866
Top 21%of 985
Bottom 44%of 987
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $140.00
- Range
- $140.00 – $140.00
- 2 analysts
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 2026 | 1.18 | 0.89 | +32.6% |
| Feb 25, 2026 | 1.16 | 1.08 | +7.4% |
| Oct 30, 2025 | 1.14 | 1.07 | +6.5% |
| Jul 30, 2025 | 1.17 | 1.06 | +10.4% |
| Apr 30, 2025 | 0.76 | 0.73 | +4.1% |
| Feb 26, 2025 | 0.87 | 0.87 | +0.0% |
| Oct 31, 2024 | 0.88 | 0.84 | +4.8% |
| Jul 25, 2024 | 0.95 | 0.84 | +13.1% |
0.5%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$5a year at today's yield, before tax
+11.8%2020 to 2025
Raised3 yearsin a row, in our data
Paid per share, each year
$0.25 in 2015 → $0.56 in 2025
How safe it looks
13.8% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 15.0%
News
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Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
3/7Passes 3 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
61Pass
Benjamin Graham
53No pass
Philip Fisher
62Pass
Peter Lynch
67Pass
Joel Greenblatt
25No pass
Charlie Munger
50No pass
Terry Smith
46No pass
Questions about Federal Signal
Is Federal Signal a good stock to buy?
A solid business at a fair price. 3 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Federal Signal AI analysis
What does Federal Signal do?
Federal Signal Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, and supplies a suite of products and integrated solutions for municipal, governmental, industrial, and commercial customers in the United States, Canada, Europe, and internationally. It is in Industrial - Pollution & Treatment Controls, based in Downers Grove, IL, United States, with 5,800 employees.
Does Federal Signal pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 0.5% a year, about 14% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out $34.1 million in dividends.
Is Federal Signal stock halal?
Yes. Federal Signal passes our halal screen: its business is permitted and its debt is 8% of its market value, under the 30% limit. How we check
How has Federal Signal stock done over the past year?
Up 4.8% over the past twelve months, to $115.36. It traded between $104.77 and $133.86 and is 13.8% below its high.
Who are Federal Signal's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Veralto, Zurn Elkay Water Solutions, CECO Environmental and Energy Recovery. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Federal Signal's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.