Federal Signal price to free cash flow FSS

Market value divided by free cash flow over the last twelve months, since 2012.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 20.4×
10-year median: 28.5×
Against its 10-year history: 11th; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range: 11.0× to 386×
Peer median: 6.4×

Federal Signal's price to free cash flow is 20.4× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is below its ten-year median of 28.5×, lower than on 89% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 11.0× in Oct 2016 to 386× in Feb 2023.

The median for 3 carmakers of a similar size is 6.4×.

Price to free cash flow over time

median 28.5×

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

Year	End of year	Low	High
2026 so far	20.4×	20.2×	33.3×
2025	31.4×	22.9×	34.4×
2024	27.9×	24.6×	49.7×
2023	46.0×	38.6×	386×
2022	328×	23.5×	354×
2021	28.2×	17.7×	32.2×
2020	23.5×	17.6×	38.7×
2019	36.1×	14.8×	36.9×
2018	14.8×	14.7×	30.5×
2017	23.3×	22.7×	25.6×
2016	11.0×	8.7×	12.0×
2015	12.2×	12.0×	19.4×
2014	14.1×	10.3×	22.2×
2013	22.6×	22.0×	70.9×
2012	28.9×	22.0×	28.9×

Against its peers

Companies in Auto - Manufacturers nearest Federal Signal's size, closest first, today.

Company	Price to free cash flow
FSSFederal Signal	20.4×
OSKOshkosh	7.0×
FFord Motor	6.4×
GMGeneral Motors	4.6×
Peer median	6.4×

What the price to free cash flow tells you

Market value divided by free cash flow: the cash left after running the business and paying for equipment. Cash is harder to manage than accounting earnings, so many investors trust this more than PE.

Lumpy: a big year of building factories drops cash flow and inflates the ratio without the business getting worse.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of Oct 23, 2026. Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.