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Federal Signal (Federal Signal) Days Sales Outstanding : 40.65 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Federal Signal Days Sales Outstanding?

Federal Signal's average Accounts Receivable for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $200 Mil. Federal Signal's Revenue for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $448 Mil. Hence, Federal Signal's Days Sales Outstanding for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was 40.65.

The historical rank and industry rank for Federal Signal's Days Sales Outstanding or its related term are showing as below:

FSS' s Days Sales Outstanding Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 34.84   Med: 39.6   Max: 42.16
Current: 40.61

During the past 13 years, Federal Signal's highest Days Sales Outstanding was 42.16. The lowest was 34.84. And the median was 39.60.

FSS's Days Sales Outstanding is ranked better than
89.11% of 2958 companies
in the Industrial Products industry
Industry Median: 79.24 vs FSS: 40.61

Federal Signal's Days Sales Outstanding increased from Dec. 2022 (40.07) to Dec. 2023 (40.65).


Federal Signal Days Sales Outstanding Historical Data

The historical data trend for Federal Signal's Days Sales Outstanding 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 Days Sales Outstanding Chart

Federal Signal Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Days Sales Outstanding
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 38.64 42.16 39.56 39.41 38.14

Federal Signal Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Days Sales Outstanding 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 40.07 43.25 39.71 41.57 40.65

Competitive Comparison of Federal Signal's Days Sales Outstanding

For the Pollution & Treatment Controls subindustry, Federal Signal's Days Sales Outstanding, along with its competitors' market caps and Days Sales Outstanding 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 Days Sales Outstanding Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Federal Signal's Days Sales Outstanding falls into.



Federal Signal Days Sales Outstanding Calculation

Days Sales Outstanding measures the average number of days that a company takes to collect revenue after a sale has been made. It is a financial ratio that illustrates how well a company's Accounts Receivable are being managed.

Accounts Receivable can be measured by Days Sales Outstanding.

Federal Signal's Days Sales Outstanding for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Days Sales Outstanding (A: Dec. 2023 )
=Average Accounts Receivable /Revenue*Days in Period
=( (Accounts Receivable (A: Dec. 2022 ) + Accounts Receivable (A: Dec. 2023 )) / count ) / Revenue (A: Dec. 2023 )*Days in Period
=( (173.8 + 186.2) / 2 ) / 1722.7*365
=180 / 1722.7*365
=38.14

Federal Signal's Days Sales Outstanding for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

Days Sales Outstanding (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=Average Accounts Receivable /Revenue*Days in Period
=( (Accounts Receivable (A: Sep. 2023 ) + Accounts Receivable (A: Dec. 2023 )) / count ) / Revenue (A: Dec. 2023 )*Days in Period
=( (213.3 + 186.2) / 2 ) / 448.4*365 / 4
=199.75 / 448.4*365 / 4
=40.65

* 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.


Federal Signal  (NYSE:FSS) Days Sales Outstanding Explanation

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Federal Signal (Federal Signal) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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.
Executives
Mark Weber officer: President-Envir. Products Grp. 1415 W. 22ND STREET, SUITE 1100, OAK BROOK IL 60523
Felix Boeschen officer: VP Strategy/Investor Relations 1415 W. 22ND STREET, SUITE 1100, OAK BROOK IL 60523
Dennis J Martin director 505 WEST FRANKLIN AVENUE, NAPERVILLE IL 60540
Lauren B Elting officer: VP & Corporate Controller 1415 WEST 22ND STREET, SUITE 1100, OAK BROOK IL 60523
Ian A. Hudson officer: V.P. & Corporate Controller 1415 WEST 22ND STREET, SUITE 1100, OAK BROOK IL 60523
Diane Bonina officer: VP, Gen'l Counsel & Secretary 1415 W. 22ND STREET, SUITE 1100, OAK BROOK IL 60523
Shashank Patel director 1 INTERNATIONAL DRIVE, RYE BROOK NY 10573
Svetlana Vinokur officer: VP, Treasurer & Corp. Develop. 1415 WEST 22ND STREET, SUITE 1100, OAK BROOK IL 60523
Jennifer L Sherman officer: VP, General Counsel & Sec. 1415 W. 22ND STREET, SUITE 1100, OAK BROOK IL 60523
William F Owens director C/O KEY ENERGY SERVICES, INC., 1301 MCKINNEY STREET, SUITE 1800, HOUSTON TX 77010
John L Workman director C/O HEALTHSOUTH CORPORATION, ONE HEALTHSOUTH PARKWAY, BIRMINGHAM AL 35243
Richard R Mudge director 1415 WEST 22ND STREET, SUITE 1100, OAK BROOK IL 60523
Lowe Eugene Joseph Iii director 13320 BALLANTYNE CORPORATE PLACE, CHARLOTTE NC 28277
Patrick E. Miller director C/O COMMERICAL VEHICLE GROUP, INC., 7800 WALTON PARKWAY, NEW ALBANY OH 43054
Samuel Miceli officer: Sr. VP - Env. Solutions. Group 1415 WEST 22ND STREET, SUITE 1100, OAK BROOK IL 60523