Industrials / RailroadsUpdated 2026-05-10 22:07 UTC

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Market cap

442.4M

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Market data

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Sector context

Where the current metrics sit

Percentiles come from the backend screener cohort cache for the ticker's country and sector.

Forward P/E28.3

P25 14.6P50 20.6P75 30.4

Trailing P/E41.5

P25 17.1P50 27.2P75 47.6

ROE6.4

P25 -16.4P50 5.9P75 16.4

ROIC6.1

P25 -10.3P50 5.1P75 12.2

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Indicator catalog

All FSTR market and fundamental indicators

A searchable catalog of the available market, valuation, profitability, growth, balance-sheet, ownership, and analyst metrics for this ticker.

Available fields

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Currency

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Showing 267 of 267 available metrics for this ticker.

Profile and market data

Ticker identity, listing, currency, market cap, and source dates.

Metric	Value
Cik	0000352825
Company name	L.B. Foster Company
Country	United States
Country code	US
Cusip	350060109
Employees	1,191
Employees Change	134%
Employees Change Percent	12.68
Enterprise value	$521.4M
Exchange	NASDAQ
Financial currency	USD
First seen	2026-05-09
Industry	Railroads
Isin	US3500601097
Last refreshed	2026-05-10
Market cap	$442.4M
Market cap category	Small-Cap
Price	$42.3
Price currency	USD
Rev Per Employee	473,015.11x
Sector	Industrials
Sic	5051
Symbol	FSTR
Website	https://www.lbfoster.com

Valuation

Multiples, yields, enterprise-value ratios, and valuation checks.

Metric	Value
Earnings Yield	2.52%
EV Earnings	46.74x
EV Sales Forward	0.91x
EV/EBIT	17.74x
EV/EBITDA	12.62x
EV/FCF	12.87x
EV/Sales	0.93x
FCF yield	9.16%
Forward P/E	28.29x
P/B ratio	2.52x
P/E ratio	41.52x
P/S ratio	0.79x
PE Ratio10 Y	31.2x
PE Ratio3 Y	38.12x
PE Ratio5 Y	38.43x
PEG ratio	0.33x
PS Forward	0.77x

Profitability

Margins, returns on capital, cash conversion, and quality metrics.

Metric	Value
EBIT Margin	5.22%
EBITDA Margin	7.33%
FCF margin	7.19%
Gross margin	21.54%
Gross Profit	$121.3M
Gross Profit Growth	8.06%
Gross Profit Growth Q	27.52%
Gross Profit Growth3 Y	7.52%
Gross Profit Growth5 Y	5.99%
Net Income	$11.2M
Net Income Growth	-69.35%
Net Income Growth Quarters	2%
Net Income Growth Years	0%
Net Income Growth5 Y	6.37%
Pretax Margin	3.83%
Profit Margin	1.98%
Profit Per Employee	$9,366
Profitable Years	3
ROA	5.43
Roa5y	2.41
ROCE	11.27
ROE	6.37
Roe5y	1.04
ROIC	6.05
Roic5y	4.23

Growth

Revenue, earnings, cash-flow, and forward growth indicators.

Metric	Value
Cagr10y	13.54%
Cagr15y	1.04%
Cagr1y	131.28%
Cagr20y	2.89%
Cagr3y	56.84%
Cagr5y	20.3%
Div CAGR10	20.4%
Div CAGR3	11.64%
Div CAGR5	16.36%
EPS Growth	-69.45
EPS Growth Quarters	2
EPS Growth Years	0
EPS Growth5 Y	5.86
FCF Growth	388.87%
FCF Growth5 Y	11.47%
OCF Growth	186.05%
OCF Growth10 Y	-1.3%
OCF Growth3 Y	134.26%
OCF Growth5 Y	10.44%
Revenue Growth	11.73x
Revenue Growth Q	23.88x
Revenue Growth Quarters	4x
Revenue Growth Years	1x
Revenue Growth3 Y	3.09x
Revenue Growth5 Y	2.76x

Financial strength

Debt, cash, solvency, accounting-quality, and balance-sheet signals.

Metric	Value
Asset Turnover	$1.67
Assets	$333.8M
Cash	$4M
Current Assets	$162.2M
Current Liabilities	$73M
Debt	$82.9M
Debt EBITDA	$1.76
Debt Equity	$0.48
Debt FCF	$2.05
Equity	$174.5M
Interest Coverage	6.39
Liabilities	$159.3M
Long Term Assets	$171.6M
Long Term Liabilities	$86.3M
Net Cash	$-79M
Net Cash By Market Cap	$-17.85
Net Debt EBITDA	$1.91
Net Debt Equity	$0.45
Net Debt FCF	$1.95
Tangible Book Value	$130M
Tangible Book Value Per Share	$12.59
WACC	8.93

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Current ratio	2.22
Inventory Turnover	5.88
Net Working Capital	$85.4M
Quick ratio	1.17
Working Capital	$89.3M
Working Capital Turnover	$5.94

Dividends and buybacks

Dividend yield, payout, buybacks, and shareholder-yield indicators.

Metric	Value
Buyback Yield	0.4%
Dividend per share	$0
Dividend Yield	0%
Last Dividend	$0.04

Performance and technicals

Returns, volatility, beta, momentum, RSI, and moving-average context.

Metric	Value
10Y total return	256.03%
1Y total return	131.15%
200-day SMA	27.99
3Y total return	285.95%
50-day SMA	30.48
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50over200
5Y total return	151.94%
All Time High	59.95
All Time High Change	-29.44%
All Time High Date	2007-12-12
All Time Low	1.88
All Time Low Change	2,156%
All Time Low Date	1987-11-11
ATR	1.66
Beta	1.06
Beta1y	1.67
Beta2y	1.43
Ch YTD	56.96
High	42.53
High52	42.53
High52 Date	2026-05-08
High52ch	-0.54%
Low	40.55
Low52	17.88
Low52 Date	2025-05-09
Low52ch	136.58%
Ma50ch	38.79%
Premarket Change Percent	3.42
Premarket Price	$41.74
Premarket Volume	1,454
Price vs 200-day SMA	51.12%
RSI	85.34
RSI Monthly	73.27
RSI Weekly	78.2
Sharpe ratio	2.14x
Sortino ratio	4.62
Total Return	0.4%
Tr YTD	56.96
Tr15y	16.79%
Tr1m	41.95%
Tr1w	37.79%
Tr3m	33.27%

Analyst estimates

Ratings, targets, revisions, and forward estimate fields.

Metric	Value
Analyst Count	1
Analyst Count Top	1
Analyst Price Target Top	$32
Analyst Ratings	Hold
Analyst Ratings Top	Hold
Earnings EPS Estimate	$-0.22
Earnings Revenue Estimate	104,359,600x
Earnings Revenue Estimate Growth	6.72x
Operating Income	$29.4M
Operating Income Growth	103
Operating Income Growth3 Y	57.53
Operating Income Growth5 Y	16.63
Operating margin	5.22
Price target	$32
Price Target Change	$-24.35
Price Target Change Top	$-24.35

Ownership and float

Institutional, insider, float, short-interest, and share-count fields.

Metric	Value
Float	9,649,299%
Float Percent	92.26%
Net Borrowing	-23,486,000
Shares Insiders	7.74%
Shares Institutions	67.67%
Shares Out	10,458,680
Shares Qo Q	-1.64%
Shares Yo Y	-0.4%
Short Float	1.11%
Short Ratio	1.45
Short Shares	1.02

Other indicators

Additional ticker metrics that do not fit the primary research groupings yet.

Metric	Value
Adjusted FCF	$34.4M
Average Volume	152,928.75x
Bv Per Share	16.81
CAPEX	$-10.8M
Ch10y	253.7
Ch15y	13.56
Ch1m	41.95
Ch1w	37.79
Ch1y	131.1
Ch20y	71.67
Ch3m	33.27
Ch3y	285.9
Ch5y	151.9
Ch6m	56.09
Change	4.81%
Change From Open	3.7
Close	40.36
Days Gap	1.07
Depreciation Amortization	11,922,000
Dollar Volume	5,685,162.3
Earnings Date	2026-05-04
Earnings Time	bmo
EBIT	$29.4M
EBITDA	$41.3M
EPS	$1.02
F Score	6
FCF	$40.5M
FCF EV Yield	7.77x
FCF Per Share	$3.87
Financing CF	-39,260,000
Fiscal Year End	December
Founded	1,902
Goodwill	32,733,000
Graham Number	19.63247
Graham Upside	-53.59
Income Tax	$10.5M
Investing CF	-10,758,000
Is Primary Listing	1
Is Spac	No
Last Earnings Date	2026-05-04
Last Report Date	2026-03-31
Last Split Type	Never
Last10k Filing Date	2026-03-05
Lynch Fair Value	$6.49
Lynch Upside	-84.65
Ma150	28.91
Ma150ch	46.3%
Ma20	32.84
Ma20ch	28.82%
Net CF	1,379,000
Next Earnings Date	2026-08-10
Open	40.79
Optionable	Yes
P FCF Ratio	10.92
P OCF Ratio	8.62
Position In Range	88.38
Post Close	42.3
Postmarket Change Percent	-0.09
Postmarket Price	$42.26
Ppne	104,528,000
Pre Close	40.36
Price Date	2026-05-08
Price EBITDA	$10.71
Ptbv Ratio	3.4
Relative Volume	0.88x
Revenue	563,361,000x
SBC By Revenue	1.08x
Share Based Comp	6,104,000
Tax By Revenue	1.87x
Tax Rate	48.89%
Tr20y	76.67%
Tr6m	56.09%
Us State	Pennsylvania
Volume	134,401
Z Score	4.04

Fast facts

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Forward P/E

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Next action

Research pending

Final action steps are kept in the recommendation tab.

Income

Does FSTR pay a dividend?

Capital-return profile for this ticker.

Performance

FSTR stock returns vs the market

Total return (incl. dividends) compared to S&P 500.

Ownership

Who owns FSTR?

Insider, institutional, and short-interest positioning.

Institutional ownership

+67.7%

Float: +92.3% of shares outstanding

Insider ownership

+7.7%

Stake held by company insiders. Higher generally signals alignment.

Negative means the company is buying back shares.

Technical

FSTR momentum and risk profile

RSI, moving-average stack, beta, and risk-adjusted return.

RSI (14)

85.3

Above 70: short-term overbought

Price vs 200-day MA

+51.1%

50/200-day relationship not available

Beta (5Y)

1.06

Moves roughly with the market

Sharpe ratio

2.14

Risk-adjusted return — higher is better; >1.0 is solid.

Peers

FSTR vs. sector cohort

Currency-neutral comparison: P/E, P/S, ROIC, 5Y revenue CAGR, and 1Y total return. Market-cap column appears only when every peer reports in the same currency.

Ticker	Name	Market cap	P/E	P/S	ROIC	5Y rev CAGR	1Y total return	Rating
ADP	Automatic Data Processing Inc.	85.1B	19.9x	3.9x	55.3%	+8.1%	-28.5%	Hold
BA	The Boeing Company	187.1B	95.1x	2.0x	-13.6%	+10.3%	+27.9%	Sell
CAT	Caterpillar Inc.	413.4B	44.7x	5.8x	16.5%	+10.5%	+183.2%	Sell

Questions

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