diff --git a/esphome/components/output/float_output.h b/esphome/components/output/float_output.h
index 94509d56a3..85f3bdcf7b 100644
--- a/esphome/components/output/float_output.h
+++ b/esphome/components/output/float_output.h
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include "esphome/core/component.h"
+#include "esphome/core/helpers.h"
 #include "binary_output.h"
 
 namespace esphome {
@@ -9,12 +10,10 @@ namespace output {
 #define LOG_FLOAT_OUTPUT(this) \
   LOG_BINARY_OUTPUT(this) \
   if (this->max_power_ != 1.0f) { \
-    int _mp = static_cast<int>(this->max_power_ * 1000.0f); \
-    ESP_LOGCONFIG(TAG, "  Max Power: %s%d.%d%%", _mp < 0 ? "-" : "", std::abs(_mp / 10), std::abs(_mp % 10)); \
+    ESP_LOGCONFIG(TAG, "  Max Power: %s%d.%d%%", DECIMAL_1(this->max_power_ * 100.0f)); \
   } \
   if (this->min_power_ != 0.0f) { \
-    int _mp = static_cast<int>(this->min_power_ * 1000.0f); \
-    ESP_LOGCONFIG(TAG, "  Min Power: %s%d.%d%%", _mp < 0 ? "-" : "", std::abs(_mp / 10), std::abs(_mp % 10)); \
+    ESP_LOGCONFIG(TAG, "  Min Power: %s%d.%d%%", DECIMAL_1(this->min_power_ * 100.0f)); \
   }
 
 /** Base class for all output components that can output a variable level, like PWM.
diff --git a/esphome/core/component.cpp b/esphome/core/component.cpp
index 98e8c02d07..d1556c086e 100644
--- a/esphome/core/component.cpp
+++ b/esphome/core/component.cpp
@@ -450,9 +450,12 @@ void log_update_interval(const char *tag, PollingComponent *component) {
   if (update_interval == SCHEDULER_DONT_RUN) {
     ESP_LOGCONFIG(tag, "  Update Interval: never");
   } else if (update_interval < 100) {
-    ESP_LOGCONFIG(tag, "  Update Interval: %.3fs", update_interval / 1000.0f);
+    // Use integer math to avoid pulling in _dtoa_r (~3.4KB)
+    // update_interval is in ms, display as X.YYYs
+    ESP_LOGCONFIG(tag, "  Update Interval: %d.%03ds", update_interval / 1000, update_interval % 1000);
   } else {
-    ESP_LOGCONFIG(tag, "  Update Interval: %.1fs", update_interval / 1000.0f);
+    // Display as X.Ys (1 decimal place)
+    ESP_LOGCONFIG(tag, "  Update Interval: %d.%ds", update_interval / 1000, (update_interval % 1000) / 100);
   }
 }
 float Component::get_actual_setup_priority() const {