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Federal Signal (FRA:FSG) Gross Profit : €435 Mil (TTM As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Federal Signal Gross Profit?

Federal Signal's gross profit for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was €107 Mil. Federal Signal's gross profit for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 was €435 Mil.

Gross Margin % is calculated as gross profit divided by its revenue. Federal Signal's gross profit for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was €107 Mil. Federal Signal's Revenue for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was €391 Mil. Therefore, Federal Signal's Gross Margin % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 27.30%.

Federal Signal had a gross margin of 27.30% for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 => Competition eroding margins

During the past 13 years, the highest Gross Margin % of Federal Signal was 29.38%. The lowest was 23.80%. And the median was 25.94%.


Federal Signal Gross Profit Historical Data

The historical data trend for Federal Signal's Gross Profit can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Federal Signal Gross Profit Chart

Federal Signal Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Gross Profit
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Federal Signal Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
Gross Profit Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 89.48 108.27 110.29 109.49 106.72

Competitive Comparison of Federal Signal's Gross Profit

For the Pollution & Treatment Controls subindustry, Federal Signal's Gross Profit, along with its competitors' market caps and Gross Profit data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Federal Signal's Gross Profit Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Federal Signal's Gross Profit distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Federal Signal's Gross Profit falls into.



Federal Signal Gross Profit Calculation

Gross Profit is the different between the sale prices and the cost of buying or producing the goods.

Federal Signal's Gross Profit for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Gross Profit (A: Dec. 2023 )=Revenue - Cost of Goods Sold
=1579.716 - 1166.883
=413

Federal Signal's Gross Profit for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Gross Profit (Q: Mar. 2024 )=Revenue - Cost of Goods Sold
=390.908 - 284.188
=107

Gross Profit for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was €435 Mil.

Gross Profit is the numerator in the calculation of Gross Margin.

Federal Signal's Gross Margin % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Gross Margin % (Q: Mar. 2024 )=Gross Profit (Q: Mar. 2024 ) / Revenue (Q: Mar. 2024 )
=(Revenue - Cost of Goods Sold) / Revenue
=107 / 390.908
=27.30 %

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

A positive Gross Profit is only the first step for a company to make a net profit. The gross profit needs to be big enough to also cover related labor, equipment, rental, marketing/advertising, research and development and a lot of other costs in selling the products.


Federal Signal  (FRA:FSG) Gross Profit Explanation

Warren Buffett believes that firms with excellent long term economics tend to have consistently higher margins.

Durable competitive advantage creates a high Gross Margin % because of the freedom to price in excess of cost. Companies can be categorized by their Gross Margin %

1. Greater than 40% = Durable competitive advantage
2. Less than 40% = Competition eroding margins
3. Less than 20% = no sustainable competitive advantage
Consistency of Gross Margin is key

Federal Signal had a gross margin of 27.30% for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 => Competition eroding margins


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Federal Signal (FRA:FSG) Business Description

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Address
1415 West 22nd Street, Suite 1100, Oak Brook, IL, USA, 60523
Federal Signal Corp designs and manufactures products and integrated solutions for municipal, governmental, industrial, and airport customers. It operates in the segments of Environmental Solutions Group and the Safety and Security Systems Group. The Environmental solutions group manufactures and supplies street sweeper vehicles, sewer cleaner and vacuum loader trucks, hydro-excavation trucks, high-performance waterblasting equipment, dump truck bodies and trailers. The Safety and Security Systems Group offers comprehensive systems and products such as campus and community alerting, emergency vehicles, first responder interoperable communications, and others. The company generates a majority of its revenue from the Environmental Solutions Group segment.

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