Federal Signal vs GATX
Federal Signal reported revenue of $2.2 billion in fiscal 2025, 1.3 times GATX's $1.7 billion in fiscal 2025. Federal Signal's revenue grew 17.1% in its latest year, and GATX's grew 9.8%.
Side by side
| Federal Signal | GATX | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest fiscal year | FY2025, Dec 31, 2025 | FY2025, Dec 31, 2025 |
| Revenue | $2.2B | $1.7B |
| Revenue growth | 17.1% | 9.8% |
| Revenue growth a year, last 5 years | 14.0% | 7.6% |
| Gross margin | 28.9% | — |
| Operating margin | 15.6% | — |
| Net margin | 11.3% | 19.1% |
| Free cash flow | $227M | — |
| Free cash flow margin | 10.4% | — |
| Return on capital | 16.2% | 4.0% |
| Net debt to EBITDA | 1.2x | 10.6x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $74M | $155M |
| Change in diluted share count | −0.3% | 0.0% |
| Last close | $113.44 | $182.74 |
| P/E at the last close | 23.5× | 17.0× |
| Insider trades, last 12 months | bought $221,540, sold $3.3 million | sold $9.4 million |
| Piotroski F-score | 8 of 9 | — |
Amounts in each company's own currency, US$ unless marked (a foreign company may report in another), each company's latest fiscal year from its 10-K, or 20-F or 40-F for a foreign company. Growth rates compare with the year before; the five-year rate is the average a year. Free cash flow is cash from operations minus capital spending; return on capital is after-tax operating income over the money invested in the business; P/E is the last close over the latest earnings per share. Banks are measured differently (return on equity, efficiency ratio), so some rows apply to one company only.
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Revenue
US$ billions, fiscal years
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Operating margin
Percent of revenue
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Free cash flow
US$ billions. Cash from operations minus capital expenditure.
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Source: the companies' Form 10-K filings, from SEC EDGAR, and the last close. For information only, not investment advice: the figures describe results, not which company is the better investment. The Filing Desk is not affiliated with either company. Full figures on the Federal Signal and GATX pages.