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lb foster - FSTR

FSTR

Close Chg Chg %
28.14 0.04 0.14%

Closed Market

28.18

+0.04 (0.14%)

Volume: 6.78K

Last Updated:

Dec 24, 2025, 1:00 PM EDT

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Company Overview: lb foster - FSTR

FSTR Key Data

Open

$27.98

 Day Range

27.98 - 28.83

52 Week Range

17.16 - 29.42

 Market Cap

$292.46M

Shares Outstanding

10.39M

 Public Float

9.49M

Beta

1.00

 Rev. Per Employee

N/A

P/E Ratio

63.61

 EPS

$0.47

Yield

0.00%

 Dividend

$0.04

EX-DIVIDEND DATE

Sep 7, 2016

 SHORT INTEREST

N/A

AVERAGE VOLUME

27.89K

  

FSTR Performance

1 Week
 
 -0.62%
 
1 Month
 
 4.45%
 
3 Months
 
 2.32%
 
1 Year
 
 5.46%
 
5 Years
 
 91.57%
 

FSTR Analyst Ratings

  • Sell
  • Under
  • Hold
  • Over
  • Buy
Number of Ratings 2
Full Ratings ➔

About lb foster - FSTR

L.B. Foster Co. engages in providing products and services for the rail industry and solutions to support infrastructure projects. It operates through the following segments: Rail Technologies & Services, Precast and Steel Products & Measurement. The Rail Technologies & Services segment consists of manufacturing and distribution businesses that provide products and services for freight and passenger railroads and industrial companies. The Precast Concrete Products segment involves manufacturing, distribution, and service businesses that provide products and services for the transportation, energy, and general infrastructure markets in North America. The Steel Products and Measurement segment designs, manufactures, and supplies steel bridge products to contractors performing installation and repair work to North American transportation infrastructure network. The company was founded by Lee B. Foster in 1902 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA.

FSTR At a Glance

L.B. Foster Co.
415 Holiday Drive
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15220-2793
Phone 1-412-928-3400 Revenue 530.77M
Industry Trucks/Construction/Farm Machinery Net Income 42.95M
Sector Producer Manufacturing Employees 1,057
Fiscal Year-end 12 / 2025
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FSTR Valuation

P/E Current 63.657
P/E Ratio (with extraordinary items) N/A
P/E Ratio (without extraordinary items) 6.92
Price to Sales Ratio 0.56
Price to Book Ratio 1.595
Price to Cash Flow Ratio 13.13
Enterprise Value to EBITDA 11.597
Enterprise Value to Sales 0.68
Total Debt to Enterprise Value 0.181

FSTR Efficiency

Revenue/Employee 502,142.857
Income Per Employee 40,630.085
Receivables Turnover 6.497
Total Asset Turnover 1.641

FSTR Liquidity

Current Ratio 1.83
Quick Ratio 1.032
Cash Ratio 0.028

FSTR Profitability

Gross Margin 21.372
Operating Margin 3.21
Pretax Margin 2.722
Net Margin 8.091
Return on Assets 13.276
Return on Equity 26.805
Return on Total Capital 17.62
Return on Invested Capital 19.132

FSTR Capital Structure

Total Debt to Total Equity 36.688
Total Debt to Total Capital 26.841
Total Debt to Total Assets 19.555
Long-Term Debt to Equity 34.479
Long-Term Debt to Total Capital 25.225
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Annual Financials for Lb Foster - FSTR

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All values USD millions. 2021 2022 2023 2024 5-year trend
Sales/Revenue
513.62M 497.50M 543.74M 530.76M
Sales Growth
+3.26% -3.14% +9.30% -2.39%
Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) incl D&A
433.15M 414.03M 437.01M 417.33M
COGS excluding D&A
- - - -
-
Depreciation & Amortization Expense
13.89M 14.78M 15.26M 14.08M
Depreciation
8.05M 8.63M 9.95M 9.45M
Amortization of Intangibles
5.84M 6.14M 5.31M 4.63M
COGS Growth
+6.13% -4.42% +5.55% -4.50%
Gross Income
80.47M 83.47M 106.73M 113.43M
Gross Income Growth
-9.87% +3.73% +27.87% +6.28%
Gross Profit Margin
+15.67% +16.78% +19.63% +21.37%
2021 2022 2023 2024 5-year trend
SG&A Expense
76.00M 79.90M 97.65M 96.40M
Research & Development
2.23M 2.22M 2.56M 2.83M
Other SG&A
73.76M 77.68M 95.09M 93.57M
SGA Growth
+3.19% +5.13% +22.22% -1.28%
Other Operating Expense
- - - -
-
Unusual Expense
- 9.83M (241.00K) (38.00K)
EBIT after Unusual Expense
4.47M (6.26M) 9.32M 17.07M
Non Operating Income/Expense
2.12M 689.00K (1.64M) 3.67M
Non-Operating Interest Income
- - - -
-
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
- - - -
-
Interest Expense
2.00M 3.43M 6.73M 6.30M
Interest Expense Growth
-42.45% +71.47% +96.56% -6.47%
Gross Interest Expense
2.00M 3.43M 6.73M 6.30M
Interest Capitalized
- - - -
-
Pretax Income
4.59M (9.00M) 944.00K 14.45M
Pretax Income Growth
-67.17% -295.99% +110.49% +1,430.19%
Pretax Margin
+0.89% -1.81% +0.17% +2.72%
Income Tax
1.12M 36.68M (355.00K) (28.40M)
Income Tax - Current - Domestic
(237.00K) 127.00K 37.00K 2.00K
Income Tax - Current - Foreign
1.22M 769.00K 1.46M 745.00K
Income Tax - Deferred - Domestic
- 775.00K 37.29M (29.13M)
Income Tax - Deferred - Foreign
(636.00K) (1.50M) (1.85M) (13.00K)
Income Tax Credits
- - - -
-
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
- - - -
-
Other After Tax Income (Expense)
- - - -
-
Consolidated Net Income
3.47M (45.68M) 1.30M 42.84M
Minority Interest Expense
(83.00K) (113.00K) (165.00K) (103.00K)
Net Income
3.55M (45.56M) 1.46M 42.95M
Net Income Growth
-86.24% -1,382.05% +103.21% +2,833.47%
Net Margin Growth
+0.69% -9.16% +0.27% +8.09%
Extraordinaries & Discontinued Operations
- - - 72.00K
-
Discontinued Operations
- - - 72.00K
-
Net Income After Extraordinaries
3.63M (45.56M) 1.46M 42.95M
Preferred Dividends
- - - -
-
Net Income Available to Common
3.63M (45.56M) 1.46M 42.95M
EPS (Basic)
0.3413 -4.2504 0.1356 4.0058
EPS (Basic) Growth
-79.58% -1,345.36% +103.19% +2,854.13%
Basic Shares Outstanding
10.62M 10.72M 10.80M 10.72M
EPS (Diluted)
0.3372 -4.2504 0.1332 3.8872
EPS (Diluted) Growth
-79.57% -1,360.50% +103.13% +2,818.32%
Diluted Shares Outstanding
10.75M 10.72M 10.99M 11.05M
EBITDA
18.36M 18.35M 24.34M 31.12M
EBITDA Growth
-37.16% -0.04% +32.66% +27.82%
EBITDA Margin
+3.57% +3.69% +4.48% +5.86%

Snapshot

Average Recommendation OVERWEIGHT Average Target Price 28.667
Number of Ratings 2 Current Quarters Estimate 0.657
FY Report Date 12 / 2025 Current Year's Estimate 1.123
Last Quarter’s Earnings 0.40 Median PE on CY Estimate N/A
Year Ago Earnings 3.89 Next Fiscal Year Estimate 1.81
Median PE on Next FY Estimate N/A

Earnings Per Share

This Quarter Next Quarter This Fiscal Next Fiscal
# of Estimates 3 2 3 3
Mean Estimate 0.66 -0.06 1.12 1.81
High Estimates 0.67 -0.04 1.15 1.90
Low Estimate 0.64 -0.07 1.10 1.75
Coefficient of Variance 2.33 -38.57 2.24 4.39

Analysts Recommendations

Current 1 Month Ago 3 Months Ago
BUY 1 1 1
OVERWEIGHT 0 0 0
HOLD 1 1 1
UNDERWEIGHT 0 0 0
SELL 0 0 0
MEAN Overweight Overweight Overweight

Insider Actions for Lb Foster - FSTR

Date Name Shares Transaction Value
Oct 2, 2025 David J. Meyer Director 11,250 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) Non-derivative transaction at $26.95 per share 303,187.50
Feb 20, 2025 Sean M. Reilly Controller 21,480 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $27.5 per share 590,700.00
Feb 20, 2025 Sara Fay Rolli SVP, Operational Admin 3,998 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $27.5 per share 109,945.00
Feb 20, 2025 Jamie F. O’Neill SVP, Human Resources 8,584 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $27.5 per share 236,060.00
Feb 20, 2025 Jamie F. O’Neill SVP, Human Resources 8,714 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $27.5 per share 239,635.00
Feb 20, 2025 Brian Hunter Friedman SVP, Chief Growth Officer 18,145 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $27.5 per share 498,987.50
Feb 20, 2025 Brian Hunter Friedman SVP, Chief Growth Officer 18,622 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $27.5 per share 512,105.00
Feb 20, 2025 Robert Ness SVP, Precast Concrete Products 21,232 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $27.5 per share 583,880.00
Feb 20, 2025 Robert Ness SVP, Precast Concrete Products 21,715 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $27.5 per share 597,162.50
Feb 20, 2025 Patrick J. Guinee EVP General Counsel & Sec. 66,719 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $27.5 per share 1,834,772.50
Feb 20, 2025 Patrick J. Guinee EVP General Counsel & Sec. 67,694 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $27.5 per share 1,861,585.00
Feb 20, 2025 William M. Thalman EVP & CFO 56,876 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $27.5 per share 1,564,090.00
Feb 20, 2025 Sean M. Reilly Controller 21,849 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $27.5 per share 600,847.50
Feb 20, 2025 Brian H. Kelly EVP and Sr. Advisor to the CEO 73,594 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $27.5 per share 2,023,835.00
Feb 20, 2025 Brian H. Kelly EVP and Sr. Advisor to the CEO 74,484 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $27.5 per share 2,048,310.00
Feb 20, 2025 Gregory W. Lippard SVP -Rail 59,120 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $27.5 per share 1,625,800.00
Feb 20, 2025 Gregory W. Lippard SVP -Rail 59,900 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $27.5 per share 1,647,250.00
Feb 20, 2025 John Francis Kasel President & Chief Exec Officer; Director 164,811 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $27.5 per share 4,532,302.50
Feb 20, 2025 John Francis Kasel President & Chief Exec Officer; Director 166,814 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $27.5 per share 4,587,385.00
Feb 20, 2025 William M. Thalman EVP & CFO 55,849 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $27.5 per share 1,535,847.50

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