The quick ratio measures a company's ability to meet its short-term obligations with its most liquid assets. It is calculated as a company's Total Current Assets excludes Total Inventories divides by its Total Current Liabilities. Federal Signal's quick ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 1.36.
Federal Signal has a quick ratio of 1.36. It generally indicates good short-term financial strength.
The historical rank and industry rank for Federal Signal's Quick Ratio or its related term are showing as below:
FSS'
s Quick Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.04 Med: 1.32 Max: 2.04
Current: 1.36
During the past 13 years, Federal Signal's highest Quick Ratio was 2.04. The lowest was 1.04. And the median was 1.32.
FSS's Quick Ratio is ranked worse than 51.51% of 3021
companies
in the Industrial Products industry
Industry Median: 1.39
vs FSS: 1.36
Federal Signal Quick Ratio Historical Data
The historical data trend for Federal Signal's Quick Ratio 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.
Competitive Comparison of Federal Signal's Quick Ratio
For the Pollution & Treatment Controls subindustry, Federal Signal's Quick Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Quick Ratio 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 Quick Ratio Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry
For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Federal Signal's Quick Ratio distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Federal Signal's Quick Ratio falls into.
Federal Signal Quick Ratio Calculation
The quick ratio measures a company's ability to meet its short-term obligations with its most liquid assets. For this reason, the ratio excludes inventories from current assets.
Federal Signal's Quick Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as
* 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) Quick Ratio Explanation
The quick ratio is more conservative than the Current Ratio because it excludes inventories from current assets. The ratio derives its name presumably from the fact that assets such as cash and marketable securities are quick sources of cash. Inventories generally take time to be converted into cash, and if they have to be sold quickly, the company may have to accept a lower price than book value of these inventories. As a result, they are justifiably excluded from assets that are ready sources of immediate cash.
In general, low or decreasing quick ratios generally suggest that a company is over-leveraged, struggling to maintain or grow sales, paying bills too quickly or collecting receivables too slowly. On the other hand, a high or increasing quick ratio generally indicates that a company is experiencing solid top-line growth, quickly converting receivables into cash, and easily able to cover its financial obligations. Such companies often have faster inventory turnover and cash conversion cycles.
The higher the quick ratio, the better the company's liquidity position.
Federal Signal Quick Ratio Related Terms
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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 water blasting 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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