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How Federal Signal Corporation stacks up
FSS · against 399 other Industrials companies of similar size
Profitability
90/ 100
Near the top of its peers.
Ranked #53 of 400 · scores higher than 86% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score58 peers with a profitability score of 90–100, including FSS · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 90?
Weighted metrics compared with all Industrials companies.Mainly thanks to its return on assets, operating margin and return on invested capital, which are stronger than most Industrials peers.
- a wider operating margin: stronger than 81% of peers. Operating margin: 16.2% vs peer median 7.7%
- a higher return on invested capital: stronger than 81% of peers. Return on invested capital: 16.4% vs peer median 7.1%
- a higher return on assets: stronger than 96% of peers. Return on assets: 11.7% vs peer median 3.1%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = FSS, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | FSS | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 376 reported | 16.4% | 10.3% | 74% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 401 reported | 16.2% | 10.4% | 75% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 380 reported | 11.7% | 4.6% | 92% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 379 reported | 20.6% | 12.2% | 79% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 405 reported | 29.2% | 29.3% | 49% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around FSS| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 32.0B CNY (≈$4.5B) | 100 | 73 | |
| 1 | 69.3B CNY (≈$9.7B) | 100 | 71 | |
| 1 | 1.71T JPY (≈$11.6B) | 100 | 75 | |
| 4 | 26.9B CNY (≈$3.8B) | 99 | 72 | |
| 4 | 7.8B USD | 99 | 82 | |
| 47 | 10.3B USD | 91 | 57 | |
| 47 | 7.3B USD | 91 | 73 | |
| 53 | 3.9B USD | 90 | 71 | |
| 53 | 10.0B USD | 90 | 60 | |
| 53 | 7.2B USD | 90 | 70 | |
| 53 | 122.9B MXN (≈$6.6B) | 90 | 59 | |
| 53 | 25.6B BRL (≈$4.6B) | 90 | 57 | |
| 53 | 8.5B USD | 90 | 66 | |
| 59 | 914.3B JPY (≈$6.2B) | 89 | 79 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score