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Federal Signal Corporation (FSS) Gross margin

annual gross margin:

28.28%+2.57%(+10.00%)
December 31, 2024

Summary

  • As of today (September 15, 2025), FSS annual gross profit margin is 28.28%, with the most recent change of +2.57% (+10.00%) on December 31, 2024.
  • During the last 3 years, FSS annual gross margin has risen by +5.38% (+23.49%).
  • FSS annual gross margin is now -31.04% below its all-time high of 41.01%, reached on December 1, 1980.

Performance

1-year change

+10%

3-year change

+23.49%

5-year change

+7%

15-year change

+14.87%

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Highlights

Sector rank

55.51%
FSS annual gross profit margin is higher than 55.51% of companies in Industrials sector

Range

All-time high

41.01%
FSS annual gross profit margin is currently -31.04% below its historical high of 41.01%

3-year low

22.90%
FSS annual gross profit margin is currently +23.49% above its 3-year low

Earnings dates

Last annual earnings report date

Dec 31, 2024
FSS previous annual earnings announcement was published on Dec 31, 2024

Next annual earnings report date

N/A
FSS next annual earnings announcement has not yet been scheduled

OtherFSSprofitability metrics

Annual revenue

$1.86B
FSS annual revenue is $1.86 billion

Annual gross profit

$526.40M
FSS annual gross profit is $526.40 million

annual operating margin

-56.47%
FSS annual operating profit margin is -56.47%

annual net margin

11.62%
FSS annual net profit margin is 11.62%

quarterly gross margin:

29.65%+2.03%(+7.35%)
June 30, 2025

Summary

  • As of today (September 15, 2025), FSS quarterly gross profit margin is 29.65%, with the most recent change of +2.03% (+7.35%) on June 30, 2025.
  • Over the past year, FSS quarterly gross margin has increased by +1.06% (+3.71%).
  • FSS quarterly gross margin is now -31.49% below its all-time high of 43.28%, reached on December 31, 2004.

Performance

3-month change

+7.35%

1-year change

+3.71%

3-year change

+25.53%

5-year change

+13.91%

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Highlights

Sector rank

57.82%
FSS quarterly gross profit margin is higher than 57.82% of companies in Industrials sector

Range

All-time high

43.28%
FSS quarterly gross profit margin is currently -31.49% below its historical high of 43.28%

3-year low

23.53%
FSS quarterly gross profit margin is currently +26.01% above its 3-year low

Earnings dates

Last quarterly earnings report date

Jun 30, 2025
FSS previous earnings announcement was published on Jun 30, 2025

Next quarterly earnings report date

Oct 30, 2025
FSS next earnings announcement is scheduled for Oct 30, 2025

OtherFSSprofitability metrics

Quarterly revenue

$564.60M
FSS quarterly revenue is $564.60 million

quarterly gross profit

$167.40M
FSS quarterly gross profit is $167.40 million

quarterly operating margin

17.39%
FSS quarterly operating profit margin is 17.39%

Quarterly net margin

12.65%
FSS quarterly net profit margin is 12.65%

Gross margin Formula

Gross Margin =  Gross Profit
Revenue ✕ 100%

annual gross margin

28.28%
FSS annual gross profit margin is 28.28%

Annual gross profit

$526.40M
FSS annual gross profit is $526.40 million

Annual revenue

$1.86B
FSS annual revenue is $1.86 billion

FSS Gross margin Trends

PeriodPeriodAnnualAnnualQuarterlyQuarterly
1 y1 year+10.0%+3.7%
3 y3 years+23.5%+25.5%
5 y5 years+7.0%+13.9%

FSS Gross margin Highs & Lows

PeriodPeriodAnnual vs highAnnual vs highAnnual vs lowAnnual vs lowQuarter. vs highQuarter. vs highQuarter. vs lowQuarter. vs low
3 y3-yearat high+23.5%at high+26.0%
5 y5-yearat high+23.5%at high+38.1%
alltimeall time-31.0%+25.8%-31.5%+39.4%

FSS Gross margin History

DateAnnualQuarterly
Jun 2025
-
29.65%(+7.3%)
Mar 2025
-
27.62%(-0.3%)
Dec 2024
28.28%(+10.0%)
27.69%(-3.9%)
Sep 2024
-
28.81%(+0.8%)
Jun 2024
-
28.59%(+8.1%)
Mar 2024
-
26.45%(+0.7%)
Dec 2023
25.71%(+8.9%)
26.27%(+1.4%)
Sep 2023
-
25.92%(+1.1%)
Jun 2023
-
25.63%(+5.1%)
Mar 2023
-
24.38%(+0.7%)
Dec 2022
23.61%(+3.1%)
24.21%(+2.9%)
Sep 2022
-
23.53%(-0.4%)
Jun 2022
-
23.62%(+7.7%)
Mar 2022
-
21.93%(+2.1%)
Dec 2021
22.90%(-11.8%)
21.47%(-11.8%)
Sep 2021
-
24.34%(-0.2%)
Jun 2021
-
24.38%(-1.2%)
Mar 2021
-
24.68%(-4.2%)
Dec 2020
25.96%(-1.8%)
25.75%(-0.8%)
Sep 2020
-
25.95%(-0.3%)
Jun 2020
-
26.03%(-0.4%)
Mar 2020
-
26.14%(+0.8%)
Dec 2019
26.43%(+2.1%)
25.92%(-2.4%)
Sep 2019
-
26.55%(-3.2%)
Jun 2019
-
27.44%(+6.9%)
Mar 2019
-
25.68%(-0.3%)
Dec 2018
25.89%(+5.2%)
25.77%(-1.9%)
Sep 2018
-
26.28%(-5.8%)
Jun 2018
-
27.90%(+9.9%)
Mar 2018
-
25.39%(+2.0%)
Dec 2017
24.62%(-4.8%)
24.88%(+1.3%)
Sep 2017
-
24.57%(-0.1%)
Jun 2017
-
24.60%(+0.3%)
Mar 2017
-
24.52%(-4.9%)
Dec 2016
25.87%(-11.9%)
25.78%(+6.3%)
Sep 2016
-
24.26%(-7.1%)
Jun 2016
-
26.12%(-4.8%)
Mar 2016
-
27.43%(-7.5%)
Dec 2015
29.38%(+15.7%)
29.67%(+2.5%)
Sep 2015
-
28.96%(+1.7%)
Jun 2015
-
28.47%(+6.6%)
Mar 2015
-
26.71%(+2.1%)
Dec 2014
25.40%(+5.4%)
26.17%(-1.7%)
Sep 2014
-
26.63%(+6.1%)
Jun 2014
-
25.11%(+7.4%)
Mar 2014
-
23.38%(-8.3%)
Dec 2013
24.09%(+1.9%)
25.50%(+5.7%)
Sep 2013
-
24.13%(+3.7%)
Jun 2013
-
23.27%(-0.6%)
Mar 2013
-
23.42%(+2.6%)
Dec 2012
23.63%(-3.5%)
22.83%(-7.2%)
Sep 2012
-
24.59%(+2.8%)
Jun 2012
-
23.92%(-3.8%)
Mar 2012
-
24.86%(+0.6%)
Dec 2011
24.49%(-3.0%)
24.72%(+4.3%)
Sep 2011
-
23.70%(-5.9%)
Jun 2011
-
25.18%(+7.9%)
Mar 2011
-
23.34%(-3.6%)
Dec 2010
25.25%(-1.7%)
24.21%(-2.3%)
Sep 2010
-
24.79%(-6.8%)
Jun 2010
-
26.59%(+6.2%)
Mar 2010
-
25.03%(-0.9%)
Dec 2009
25.68%(-2.2%)
25.26%(+0.6%)
Sep 2009
-
25.12%(-5.7%)
Jun 2009
-
26.64%(+7.0%)
Mar 2009
-
24.90%(-1.9%)
Dec 2008
26.27%(+12.2%)
25.37%(-2.4%)
Sep 2008
-
26.00%(-2.6%)
Jun 2008
-
26.70%(+1.7%)
Mar 2008
-
26.26%(+19.5%)
Dec 2007
23.41%(-0.3%)
21.98%(-6.5%)
Sep 2007
-
23.50%(-6.3%)
Jun 2007
-
25.09%(+7.9%)
Mar 2007
-
23.25%(-1.2%)
Dec 2006
23.47%
23.53%(-12.3%)
Sep 2006
-
26.84%(+3.0%)
DateAnnualQuarterly
Jun 2006
-
26.06%(+3.2%)
Mar 2006
-
25.24%(-3.3%)
Dec 2005
22.48%(-3.9%)
26.11%(+5.9%)
Sep 2005
-
24.65%(+1.5%)
Jun 2005
-
24.29%(+3.8%)
Mar 2005
-
23.41%(-45.9%)
Dec 2004
23.40%(-10.4%)
43.28%(+103.5%)
Sep 2004
-
21.27%(-7.8%)
Jun 2004
-
23.06%(-3.9%)
Mar 2004
-
24.00%(-4.7%)
Dec 2003
26.11%(-7.7%)
25.19%(-7.1%)
Sep 2003
-
27.12%(+1.5%)
Jun 2003
-
26.71%(+4.9%)
Mar 2003
-
25.47%(-7.3%)
Dec 2002
28.28%(-2.9%)
27.49%(-2.9%)
Sep 2002
-
28.31%(-2.3%)
Jun 2002
-
28.99%(+1.9%)
Mar 2002
-
28.45%(+4.6%)
Dec 2001
29.12%(-4.5%)
27.20%(-4.4%)
Sep 2001
-
28.46%(-4.7%)
Jun 2001
-
29.87%(-3.6%)
Mar 2001
-
30.98%(-4.0%)
Dec 2000
30.50%(+0.8%)
32.26%(+5.3%)
Sep 2000
-
30.65%(-2.3%)
Jun 2000
-
31.36%(+1.4%)
Mar 2000
-
30.92%(+1.5%)
Dec 1999
30.26%(-1.5%)
30.47%(+0.6%)
Sep 1999
-
30.28%(+1.4%)
Jun 1999
-
29.87%(-1.8%)
Mar 1999
-
30.43%(+2.2%)
Dec 1998
30.73%(-2.3%)
29.77%(-2.9%)
Sep 1998
-
30.67%(-3.6%)
Jun 1998
-
31.82%(+3.5%)
Mar 1998
-
30.73%(-5.8%)
Dec 1997
31.45%(+2.0%)
32.61%(-2.8%)
Sep 1997
-
33.54%(-3.9%)
Jun 1997
-
34.89%(+3.9%)
Mar 1997
-
33.59%(-2.6%)
Dec 1996
30.84%(+1.3%)
34.48%(+5.6%)
Sep 1996
-
32.65%(+1.0%)
Jun 1996
-
32.33%(+1.0%)
Mar 1996
-
32.02%(+0.1%)
Dec 1995
30.43%(-1.7%)
31.98%(-0.6%)
Sep 1995
-
32.18%(-3.7%)
Jun 1995
-
33.40%(+4.7%)
Mar 1995
-
31.91%(-0.6%)
Dec 1994
30.97%(-3.9%)
32.09%(+0.5%)
Sep 1994
-
31.94%(-3.4%)
Jun 1994
-
33.05%(+0.8%)
Mar 1994
-
32.80%(-4.9%)
Dec 1993
32.22%(+1.2%)
34.48%(+1.2%)
Sep 1993
-
34.06%(+2.7%)
Jun 1993
-
33.17%(-1.0%)
Mar 1993
-
33.52%(-3.1%)
Dec 1992
31.84%(-0.7%)
34.58%(+4.3%)
Sep 1992
-
33.14%(-0.9%)
Jun 1992
-
33.43%(+1.9%)
Mar 1992
-
32.80%(-3.0%)
Dec 1991
32.08%(-3.5%)
33.83%(-0.9%)
Sep 1991
-
34.13%(-0.1%)
Jun 1991
-
34.17%(+3.2%)
Mar 1991
-
33.12%(-6.5%)
Dec 1990
33.24%(-3.0%)
35.41%(+1.0%)
Sep 1990
-
35.07%(+0.5%)
Jun 1990
-
34.88%(+0.9%)
Mar 1990
-
34.56%
Dec 1989
34.28%(-0.5%)
-
Dec 1988
34.46%(+0.6%)
-
Dec 1987
34.25%(-2.5%)
-
Dec 1986
35.13%(-0.0%)
-
Dec 1985
35.14%(-0.9%)
-
Dec 1984
35.45%(-3.3%)
-
Dec 1983
36.66%(-5.7%)
-
Dec 1982
38.88%(-4.6%)
-
Dec 1981
40.76%(-0.6%)
-
Dec 1980
41.01%
-

FAQ

  • What is Federal Signal Corporation annual gross profit margin?
  • What is the all time high annual gross margin for Federal Signal Corporation?
  • What is Federal Signal Corporation annual gross margin year-on-year change?
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What is Federal Signal Corporation annual gross profit margin?

The current annual gross margin of FSS is 28.28%

What is the all time high annual gross margin for Federal Signal Corporation?

Federal Signal Corporation all-time high annual gross profit margin is 41.01%

What is Federal Signal Corporation annual gross margin year-on-year change?

Over the past year, FSS annual gross profit margin has changed by +2.57% (+10.00%)

What is Federal Signal Corporation quarterly gross profit margin?

The current quarterly gross margin of FSS is 29.65%

What is the all time high quarterly gross margin for Federal Signal Corporation?

Federal Signal Corporation all-time high quarterly gross profit margin is 43.28%

What is Federal Signal Corporation quarterly gross margin year-on-year change?

Over the past year, FSS quarterly gross profit margin has changed by +1.06% (+3.71%)
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