lb foster - FSTR

FSTR

Close Chg Chg %
28.00 -0.01 -0.04%

Closed Market

27.99

-0.01 (0.04%)

Volume: 54.19K

Last Updated:

Apr 2, 2026, 4:00 PM EDT

Company Overview: lb foster - FSTR

FSTR Key Data

Open

$27.79

Day Range

27.66 - 28.16

52 Week Range

17.16 - 32.63

Market Cap

$288.50M

Shares Outstanding

10.31M

Public Float

9.42M

Beta

1.01

Rev. Per Employee

N/A

P/E Ratio

40.37

EPS

$0.73

Yield

0.00%

Dividend

$0.04

EX-DIVIDEND DATE

Sep 7, 2016

SHORT INTEREST

N/A

AVERAGE VOLUME

40.56K

 

FSTR Performance

1 Week
 
0.54%
 
1 Month
 
-3.25%
 
3 Months
 
3.74%
 
1 Year
 
50.24%
 
5 Years
 
55.50%
 

FSTR Analyst Ratings

  • Sell
  • Under
  • Hold
  • Over
  • Buy
Number of Ratings 1
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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 540.01M
Industry Trucks/Construction/Farm Machinery Net Income 7.55M
Sector Producer Manufacturing 2025 Sales Growth 1.742%
Fiscal Year-end 12 / 2026 Employees 1,191
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FSTR Valuation

P/E Current 40.366
P/E Ratio (with extraordinary items) N/A
P/E Ratio (without extraordinary items) 38.866
Price to Sales Ratio 0.543
Price to Book Ratio 1.558
Price to Cash Flow Ratio 8.23
Enterprise Value to EBITDA 9.533
Enterprise Value to Sales 0.669
Total Debt to Enterprise Value 0.198

FSTR Efficiency

Revenue/Employee 453,408.06
Income Per Employee 6,335.013
Receivables Turnover 6.211
Total Asset Turnover 1.624

FSTR Liquidity

Current Ratio 1.869
Quick Ratio 1.152
Cash Ratio 0.052

FSTR Profitability

Gross Margin 20.829
Operating Margin 4.707
Pretax Margin 3.225
Net Margin 1.397
Return on Assets 2.269
Return on Equity 4.268
Return on Total Capital 3.059
Return on Invested Capital 3.131

FSTR Capital Structure

Total Debt to Total Equity 40.74
Total Debt to Total Capital 28.947
Total Debt to Total Assets 21.614
Long-Term Debt to Equity 38.151
Long-Term Debt to Total Capital 27.107
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Annual Financials for Lb Foster - FSTR

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All values USD millions. 2022 2023 2024 2025 5-year trend
Sales/Revenue
497.50M 543.74M 530.76M 540.01M
Sales Growth
-3.14% +9.30% -2.39% +1.74%
Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) incl D&A
414.03M 437.01M 417.33M 427.53M
COGS excluding D&A
- - - -
-
Depreciation & Amortization Expense
14.78M 15.26M 14.08M 12.45M
Depreciation
8.63M 9.95M 9.45M 9.14M
Amortization of Intangibles
6.14M 5.31M 4.63M 3.31M
COGS Growth
-4.42% +5.55% -4.50% +2.44%
Gross Income
83.47M 106.73M 113.43M 112.48M
Gross Income Growth
+3.73% +27.87% +6.28% -0.84%
Gross Profit Margin
+16.78% +19.63% +21.37% +20.83%
2022 2023 2024 2025 5-year trend
SG&A Expense
79.90M 97.65M 96.40M 87.06M
Research & Development
2.22M 2.56M 2.83M 3.64M
Other SG&A
77.68M 95.09M 93.57M 83.42M
SGA Growth
+5.13% +22.22% -1.28% -9.69%
Other Operating Expense
- - - -
-
Unusual Expense
9.83M (241.00K) (38.00K) 3.16M
EBIT after Unusual Expense
(6.26M) 9.32M 17.07M 22.26M
Non Operating Income/Expense
689.00K (1.64M) 3.67M 420.00K
Non-Operating Interest Income
- - - -
-
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
- - - -
-
Interest Expense
3.43M 6.73M 6.30M 5.26M
Interest Expense Growth
+71.47% +96.56% -6.47% -16.47%
Gross Interest Expense
3.43M 6.73M 6.30M 5.26M
Interest Capitalized
- - - -
-
Pretax Income
(9.00M) 944.00K 14.45M 17.42M
Pretax Income Growth
-295.99% +110.49% +1,430.19% +20.57%
Pretax Margin
-1.81% +0.17% +2.72% +3.23%
Income Tax
36.68M (355.00K) (28.40M) 10.00M
Income Tax - Current - Domestic
127.00K 37.00K 2.00K 637.00K
Income Tax - Current - Foreign
769.00K 1.46M 745.00K 991.00K
Income Tax - Deferred - Domestic
- 37.29M (29.13M) 8.61M
Income Tax - Deferred - Foreign
(1.50M) (1.85M) (13.00K) (240.00K)
Income Tax Credits
- - - -
-
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
- - - -
-
Other After Tax Income (Expense)
- - - -
-
Consolidated Net Income
(45.68M) 1.30M 42.84M 7.42M
Minority Interest Expense
(113.00K) (165.00K) (103.00K) (126.00K)
Net Income
(45.56M) 1.46M 42.95M 7.54M
Net Income Growth
-1,382.05% +103.21% +2,833.47% -82.43%
Net Margin Growth
-9.16% +0.27% +8.09% +1.40%
Extraordinaries & Discontinued Operations
- - - -
-
Discontinued Operations
- - - -
-
Net Income After Extraordinaries
(45.56M) 1.46M 42.95M 7.54M
Preferred Dividends
- - - -
-
Net Income Available to Common
(45.56M) 1.46M 42.95M 7.54M
EPS (Basic)
-4.2504 0.1356 4.0058 0.7273
EPS (Basic) Growth
-1,345.36% +103.19% +2,854.13% -81.84%
Basic Shares Outstanding
10.72M 10.80M 10.72M 10.37M
EPS (Diluted)
-4.2504 0.1332 3.8872 0.6934
EPS (Diluted) Growth
-1,360.50% +103.13% +2,818.32% -82.16%
Diluted Shares Outstanding
10.72M 10.99M 11.05M 10.88M
EBITDA
18.35M 24.34M 31.12M 37.87M
EBITDA Growth
-0.04% +32.66% +27.82% +21.72%
EBITDA Margin
+3.69% +4.48% +5.86% +7.01%

Snapshot

Average Recommendation HOLD Average Target Price 30.167
Number of Ratings 1 Current Quarters Estimate 0.605
FY Report Date 06 / 2026 Current Year's Estimate 1.545
Last Quarter’s Earnings -0.215 Median PE on CY Estimate N/A
Year Ago Earnings 0.69 Next Fiscal Year Estimate 1.905
Median PE on Next FY Estimate N/A

Earnings Per Share

This Quarter Next Quarter This Fiscal Next Fiscal
# of Estimates 2 2 2 2
Mean Estimate 0.61 0.65 1.55 1.91
High Estimates 0.64 0.65 1.59 2.04
Low Estimate 0.57 0.64 1.50 1.77
Coefficient of Variance 8.18 1.10 4.12 10.02

Analysts Recommendations

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

Insider Actions for Lb Foster - FSTR

Date Name Shares Transaction Value
Apr 2, 2026 David J. Meyer Director 12,640 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) Non-derivative transaction at $27.9 per share 352,656.00
Mar 10, 2026 William M. Thalman EVP & CFO 84,023 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Mar 10, 2026 Sean M. Reilly Controller 33,791 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Mar 10, 2026 Sean M. Reilly Controller 31,738 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Mar 10, 2026 Sean M. Reilly Controller 26,944 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 $31.63 per share 852,238.72
Mar 10, 2026 Sean M. Reilly Controller 27,630 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 $31.63 per share 873,936.90
Mar 10, 2026 Gregory W. Lippard SVP -Rail 75,936 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 $31.12 per share 2,363,128.32
Mar 10, 2026 Gregory W. Lippard SVP -Rail 84,671 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Mar 10, 2026 Gregory W. Lippard SVP -Rail 80,427 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Mar 10, 2026 Gregory W. Lippard SVP -Rail 70,772 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 $31.63 per share 2,238,518.36
Mar 10, 2026 Gregory W. Lippard SVP -Rail 72,112 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 $31.63 per share 2,280,902.56
Mar 10, 2026 John Francis Kasel President & Chief Exec Officer; Director 243,765 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 $31.12 per share 7,585,966.80
Mar 10, 2026 John Francis Kasel President & Chief Exec Officer; Director 280,511 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Mar 10, 2026 John Francis Kasel President & Chief Exec Officer; Director 259,977 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Mar 10, 2026 John Francis Kasel President & Chief Exec Officer; Director 217,250 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 $31.63 per share 6,871,617.50
Mar 10, 2026 John Francis Kasel President & Chief Exec Officer; Director 222,633 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 $31.63 per share 7,041,881.79
Mar 10, 2026 William M. Thalman EVP & CFO 79,932 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 $31.12 per share 2,487,483.84
Mar 10, 2026 William M. Thalman EVP & CFO 91,678 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Mar 10, 2026 William M. Thalman EVP & CFO 85,381 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Mar 10, 2026 William M. Thalman EVP & CFO 80,372 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00

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