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Federal Signal Corp dividend history

Federal Signal Corp's dividend was $0.560 a share in fiscal 2025, up 16.7% on the year before. That was 13.8% of net income. It has raised its dividend per share every year since fiscal 2022.

Dividends, buybacks and capital spending

FY2026 Q3 TTM
Buybacks (TTM)
$5.1M
Dividends (TTM)
$36M
Returned to shareholders
11%
of free cash flow
Buybacks, last 3 fiscal years
$51.9M
Diluted share count
−0.1%
year over year
Total shareholder yield
0.6%
dividends 0.5% + buybacks 0.1% of market value
Dividend payout ratio
12%
of net income paid out
Sales & admin spending
11.3%
of revenue
Days sales outstanding
43 days
receivables vs revenue

Dividends by fiscal year

US$ millions unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Fiscal year2009Dec 20092010Dec 20102011Dec 20112012Dec 20122013Dec 20132014Dec 20142015Dec 20152016Dec 20162017Dec 20172018Dec 20182019Dec 20192020Dec 20202021Dec 20212022Dec 20222023Dec 20232024Dec 20242025Dec 2025LTMSept 2026
Dividend per share—$0.240———$0.090$0.250$0.280$0.280$0.310$0.320$0.320$0.360$0.360$0.390$0.480$0.560—
Dividend per share growth——————+177.8%+12.0%0.0%+10.7%+3.2%0.0%+12.5%0.0%+8.3%+23.1%+16.7%—
Dividends paid12134006161717191919222224293436
Share buybacks———0010113801114151667405
Dividends ÷ net income50.6%———0.0%8.8%24.6%38.6%27.3%19.9%17.8%20.2%21.9%18.1%15.1%13.5%13.8%12.1%
Dividends ÷ free cash flow24.4%70.0%—0.0%0.0%9.6%17.8%90.9%25.9%23.8%28.5%18.2%34.2%116.0%14.5%15.4%15.0%9.9%

Dividend per share is the amount declared for the fiscal year as stated in the company's filings (including any special dividend), restated for stock splits and checked against the cash dividends paid. Dividends paid and buybacks are cash amounts; the last-twelve-months column can include an extra payment when a quarter-end date moves.

Recent dividend announcements

  • Federal Signal Corporation Declares Dividend of $0.15 per share Source

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Figures from Federal Signal Corp's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 30, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Federal Signal Corp.