FEDERAL SIGNAL CORP /DE/
Business
Federal Signal Corporation designs, manufactures, and supplies vehicles and equipment for municipal, governmental, industrial, and commercial customers. Products include street sweepers, sewer cleaners, vacuum-excavation trucks, waterblasting equipment, refuse collection vehicles, dump truck bodies, and public safety equipment such as lightbars and sirens. The company operates through two reportable segments: Environmental Solutions Group and Safety and Security Systems Group, with 26 manufacturing facilities in five countries.
Summary from 10-K filed 2026-02-25
Financials
Consolidated Statement of Income
| Concept | Trend | FY 2025 2025-12-31 | FY 2024 2024-12-31 | FY 2023 2023-12-31 | FY 2022 2022-12-31 | FY 2021 2021-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net sales | 2,181 | 1,862 | 1,723 | 1,435 | 1,213 | |
| Cost of sales | 1,549 | 1,329 | 1,273 | 1,090 | 925 | |
| Gross profit | 631 | 533 | 450 | 345 | 289 | |
| Selling, engineering, general and administrative expenses | 256 | 234 | 210 | 172 | 149 | |
| Amortization expense | 18 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 11 | |
| Acquisition and integration-related expenses, net | 16 | 3 | 400,000 | −500,000 | −2 | |
| Operating income | 341 | 281 | 225 | 161 | 131 | |
| Interest expense, net | 14 | 13 | 20 | 10 | 5 | |
| Pension settlement charges | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |
| Other expense, net | 2 | 1 | 2 | −400,000 | −2 | |
| Income before income taxes | 325 | 264 | 203 | 151 | 118 | |
| Income tax expense | 78 | 48 | 46 | 31 | 17 | |
| Net income | 247 | 216 | 157 | 120 | 101 | |
| Net earnings per share (usd per share) | 4.06 | 3.55 | 2.59 | 1.99 | 1.65 | |
| Net earnings per share (usd per share) | 4.01 | 3.5 | 2.56 | 1.97 | 1.63 | |
| Basic (shares) | 61 | 61 | 61 | 61 | 61 | |
| Diluted (shares) | 62 | 62 | 62 | 61 | 62 |
Consolidated Balance Sheet
| Concept | Trend | FY 2025 2025-12-31 | FY 2024 2024-12-31 | FY 2023 2023-12-31 | FY 2022 2022-12-31 | FY 2021 2021-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and cash equivalents | 64 | 91 | 61 | 48 | 41 | |
| Accounts receivable, net of allowances for doubtful accounts of $2.8 and $2.6, respectively | 292 | 196 | 186 | 174 | 136 | |
| Inventories | 472 | 331 | 303 | 293 | 229 | |
| Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 26 | 24 | 20 | 17 | 25 | |
| Total current assets | 854 | 643 | 570 | 531 | 431 | |
| Properties and equipment, net | 275 | 219 | 191 | 179 | 142 | |
| Rental equipment, net | 203 | 173 | 135 | 109 | 108 | |
| Operating lease right-of-use assets | 28 | 28 | 21 | 25 | 30 | |
| Goodwill | 620 | 478 | 473 | 453 | 432 | |
| Intangible assets, net | 383 | 200 | 208 | 208 | 206 | |
| Deferred tax assets | 10 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 8 | |
| Deferred charges and other long-term assets | 20 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 9 | |
| Total assets | 2,393 | 1,765 | 1,621 | 1,524 | 1,366 | |
| Current portion of long-term borrowings and finance lease obligations | 500,000 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 600,000 | |
| Accounts payable | 98 | 79 | 67 | 72 | 65 | |
| Customer deposits | 48 | 35 | 27 | 25 | 22 | |
| Compensation and withholding taxes | 52 | 46 | 42 | 31 | 30 | |
| Current operating lease liabilities | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | |
| Contingent consideration | 15 | 4 | — | — | — | |
| Other current liabilities | 61 | 52 | 48 | 43 | 44 | |
| Total current liabilities | 282 | 242 | 196 | 181 | 170 | |
| Long-term borrowings and finance lease obligations | 565 | 204 | 294 | 362 | 282 | |
| Long-term operating lease liabilities | 22 | 22 | 15 | 19 | 22 | |
| Long-term pension and other post-retirement benefit liabilities | 43 | 42 | 44 | 39 | 40 | |
| Deferred tax liabilities | 72 | 58 | 53 | 51 | 53 | |
| Other long-term liabilities | 27 | 11 | 16 | 13 | 14 | |
| Total liabilities | 1,011 | 579 | 619 | 663 | 582 | |
| Common stock, $1 par value per share, 90.0 shares authorized, 70.8 and 70.3 shares issued, respectively | 71 | 70 | 70 | 70 | 69 | |
| Capital in excess of par value | 330 | 310 | 291 | 272 | 257 | |
| Retained earnings | 1,315 | 1,103 | 916 | 782 | 684 | |
| Treasury stock, at cost, 9.9 and 9.2 shares, respectively | −264 | −208 | −194 | −179 | −151 | |
| Accumulated other comprehensive loss | −71 | −89 | −81 | −84 | −74 | |
| Total stockholders equity | 1,382 | 1,186 | 1,002 | 861 | 784 | |
| Total liabilities and stockholders equity | 2,393 | 1,765 | 1,621 | 1,524 | 1,366 |
Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows
| Concept | Trend | FY 2025 2025-12-31 | FY 2024 2024-12-31 | FY 2023 2023-12-31 | FY 2022 2022-12-31 | FY 2021 2021-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Depreciation and amortization | 81 | 65 | 60 | 55 | 50 | |
| Deferred financing costs | 700,000 | 500,000 | 500,000 | 400,000 | 300,000 | |
| Stock-based compensation expense | 15 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 8 | |
| Pension-related expense, net of funding | −500,000 | −4 | −2 | −1 | −4 | |
| Changes in fair value of contingent consideration | 7 | −200,000 | −2 | 0 | −4 | |
| Amortization of interest rate swap settlement gain | 0 | −1 | −2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Payments for acquisition-related activity | −100,000 | 0 | 0 | — | — | |
| Deferred income taxes | 14 | 5 | −300,000 | −4 | −7 | |
| Accounts receivable | −27 | −9 | −6 | −38 | 3 | |
| Inventories | −28 | −24 | 10 | −61 | −24 | |
| Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 400,000 | −1 | −2 | −500,000 | −3 | |
| Rental equipment | −56 | −60 | −45 | −26 | −16 | |
| Accounts payable | 3 | 13 | −9 | 8 | 6 | |
| Customer deposits | −9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| Accrued liabilities | 4 | 7 | 16 | 1 | −6 | |
| Income taxes | −600,000 | −5 | −500,000 | 8 | −12 | |
| Other | 4 | 4 | 5 | −2 | −7 | |
| Net cash provided by operating activities | 255 | 231 | 194 | 72 | 102 | |
| Purchases of properties and equipment | −28 | −41 | −30 | −53 | −37 | |
| Payments for acquisition-related activity, net of cash acquired | −501 | −40 | −55 | −50 | −132 | |
| Other, net | 700,000 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 500,000 | |
| Net cash used for investing activities | −528 | −79 | −84 | −100 | −169 | |
| Increase (decrease) in revolving lines of credit, net | 70 | −77 | −64 | 81 | 71 | |
| Proceeds from issuance of long-term borrowings | 400 | 0 | 0 | — | — | |
| Payments on long-term borrowings | −120 | −4 | −800,000 | 0 | 0 | |
| Payments of debt financing fees | −4 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | |
| Purchases of treasury stock | −40 | −7 | −6 | −16 | −15 | |
| Redemptions of common stock to satisfy withholding taxes related to stock-based compensation | −14 | −6 | −7 | −6 | −11 | |
| Payments for acquisition-related activity | −4 | 0 | −500,000 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cash dividends paid to stockholders | −34 | −29 | −24 | −22 | −22 | |
| Proceeds from stock compensation activity | 4 | 2 | 4 | 200,000 | 4 | |
| Other, net | −13 | −500,000 | −100,000 | 100,000 | −200,000 | |
| Net cash provided by (used for) financing activities | 245 | −121 | −98 | 36 | 26 | |
| Effects of foreign exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents | 1 | −1 | 700,000 | −600,000 | −700,000 | |
| (Decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents | −27 | 30 | 14 | 7 | −41 |
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What is FEDERAL SIGNAL CORP /DE/'s CIK number?
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