L.B. Foster Company (FSTR)

NASDAQ: FSTR · USD

$36.0

+0.16 (+0.5%)· Recorded snapshot

Market cap	378.2M
Revenue (ttm)	558.4M
Net income (ttm)	11.4M
EPS (ttm)	$1.07
Shares out	10.5M
P/E (trailing)	33.8x
P/E (forward)	19.9x
Volume	18,812
Beta	1.14

Market data

Price

Recent price action with selectable time range.

Financial snapshot

Revenue (ttm): 558.4M
Net income (ttm): 11.4M
EPS (ttm): $1.07
P/E (trailing): 33.8x
P/E (forward): 19.9x
Market cap: 378.2M

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Calendar

Next earnings

Upcoming earnings date and setup when available.

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Sector percentile context

Refreshed 2026-10-28 19:55 UTC

Forward P/E19.9

P25 13.2P50 18.7P75 25.2

Trailing P/E33.8

P25 16.3P50 24.9P75 35.2

ROE6.4

P25 -18.2P50 6.2P75 16.4

ROIC6.4

P25 -10.4P50 5.2P75 12.3

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Profile and market data

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

Metric	Value
Amount currency	USD
CIK code	0000352825
Company name	L.B. Foster Company
Country	United States
Country code	US
CUSIP number	350060109
Earnings date	2026-11-10
Earnings time	bmo
Employees	1,191
Employees change	134
Employees growth	12.68%
Enterprise value	$442.7M
Exchange	NASDAQ
Financial currency	USD
Financial report date	2026-06-30
First seen	2026-05-09
Fiscal year end	December
Founded	1902
In index	RUSSELL2000
Industry	Railroads
Is primary listing	Yes
Is SPAC	No
ISIN number	US3500601097
Last 10-K release date	2026-03-05
Last earnings date	2026-08-10
Last refreshed	2026-10-28
Last stock split type	Never
Market cap	$378.2M
Market cap category	Small-Cap
Next earnings date	2026-11-10
Options	Yes
Price	$35.95
Price currency	USD
Sector	Industrials
SIC code	5051
Stock price date	2026-10-28
Symbol	FSTR
U.S. state	Pennsylvania
Website	https://www.lbfoster.com

Valuation

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

Metric	Value
Adjusted P/E ratio	27.8x
Average P/E ratio (10Y)	31.59x
Average P/E ratio (3Y)	38.43x
Average P/E ratio (5Y)	39.92x
Earnings yield	2.96%
EV/Earnings	38.75x
EV/EBIT	15.17x
EV/EBITDA	10.85x
EV/FCF	9.37x
EV/Sales	0.79x
FCF / EV yield	10.67%
FCF yield	12.5%
Forward EV/Sales	0.76x
Forward P/E	19.92x
Forward P/S	0.65x
Graham number	20.27704
Graham upside	-43.34%
Industry forward P/E	21.96x
Industry P/E	25.28x
Lynch fair value	$5.33
Lynch upside	-85.12%
P/(FCF - SBC) ratio	9.21x
P/(OCF - SBC) ratio	7.16x
P/B ratio	2.09x
P/E ratio	33.75x
P/FCF ratio	8x
P/OCF ratio	6.41x
P/S ratio	0.67x
PEG ratio	0.55x
Price / tangible book value	2.79x
Price/EBITDA ratio	9.26x
Sector forward P/E	25.91x
Sector P/E	40.83x

Profitability

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

Metric	Value
EBIT margin	5.21%
EBITDA margin	7.28%
Effective tax rate	45.5%
FCF margin	8.43%
Gross margin	21.91%
Operating margin	5.21%
Pretax margin	3.72%
Profit margin	2.04%
Profit per employee	$9,557
Profitable quarters	5
Profitable years	3
Revenue per employee	$468,810
ROA	5.31%
ROA (5Y)	2.41%
ROCE	11.52%
ROE	6.38%
ROE (5Y)	1.04%
ROIC	6.38%
ROIC (5Y)	4.23%
SBC / revenue	1.11%
Tax / revenue	1.69%

Growth

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

Metric	Value
EPS growth	-67.88%
EPS growth (Q)	7.41%
EPS growth (QoQ)	107.14%
EPS growth 5Y	1.68%
EPS growth quarters	3
EPS growth years	0
FCF growth	104.48%
FCF growth (Q)	85.01%
FCF growth 5Y	32.24%
Gross profit growth	7.52%
Gross profit growth (Q)	3.04%
Gross profit growth 3Y	4.58%
Gross profit growth 5Y	6.63%
Net income growth	-68.76%
Net income growth (Q)	7.87%
Net income growth (QoQ)	107.47%
Net income growth 5Y	1.54%
Net income growth quarters	3
Net income growth years	0
OCF growth	76.52%
OCF growth (Q)	71.7%
OCF growth 10Y	-0.95%
OCF growth 5Y	27.62%
Operating income growth	53.52%
Operating income growth (Q)	-3.5%
Operating income growth 3Y	35.24%
Operating income growth 5Y	22.16%
Revenue growth	10.13%
Revenue growth (Q)	-3.49%
Revenue growth (QoQ)	14.37%
Revenue growth 10Y	-0.34%
Revenue growth 3Y	1.71%
Revenue growth 5Y	2.05%
Revenue growth years	1

Financial statements

Income-statement and cash-flow amounts, totals and per share.

Metric	Value
Capital expenditures	$-11.7M
Depreciation and amortization	$11.6M
EBIT	$29.1M
EBITDA	$40.6M
EPS	$1.07
FCF per share	$4.48
Financing cash flow	$-45.4M
Free cash flow	$47.1M
Free cash flow minus SBC	$40.9M
Gross profit	$122.3M
Income taxes	$9.4M
Investing cash flow	$-11.7M
Net borrowing	$-32.6M
Net cash flow	$1.6M
Net income	$11.4M
Operating cash flow minus SBC	$52.6M
Operating income	$29.1M
Revenue	$558.4M
Stock-based compensation	$6.2M

Financial strength

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

Metric	Value
Altman Z-Score	4.2
Book value per share	$17.16
Debt / EBITDA	1.49
Debt / equity	0.39
Debt / FCF	1.49
Goodwill	$32.7M
Interest coverage	7.27
Long-term assets	$170.2M
Long-term liabilities	$73.4M
Net cash (debt)	$-64.5M
Net cash / market cap	-17.14%
Net debt / EBITDA	1.59
Net debt / equity	0.36
Net debt / FCF	1.37
Piotroski F-Score	6
Property, plant and equipment	$105.2M
Shareholders' equity	$178.9M
Tangible book value	$135M
Tangible book value per share	$13.01
Total assets	$334.2M
Total cash	$5.8M
Total debt	$70.3M
Total liabilities	$155.2M
WACC	9.33%

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Asset turnover	1.63
Current assets	$164M
Current liabilities	$81.9M
Current ratio	2
Inventory turnover	6.01
Net working capital	$76.5M
Quick ratio	1.05
Working capital	$82.1M
Working capital turnover	5.97

Dividends and buybacks

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

Metric	Value
Buyback yield / dilution	2.56%
Dividend growth (10Y)	20.4%
Dividend growth (3Y)	11.64%
Dividend growth (5Y)	16.36%
Dividend per share	$0.00
Dividend yield	0%
Last dividend	$0.04
Shareholder yield	2.56%

Performance and technicals

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

Metric	Value
10Y price change	180.71%
10Y return CAGR	10.87%
10Y total return	180.71%
150-day SMA	$37.77
15Y price change	29.67%
15Y return CAGR	1.93%
15Y total return	33.12%
1D price change	0.45%
1M price change	-4.48%
1M total return	-4.48%
1W price change	0.9%
1W total return	0.9%
1Y price change	35.67%
1Y return CAGR	35.7%
1Y total return	35.67%
20-day SMA	$35.51
200-day SMA	$35.79
20Y price change	71.57%
20Y return CAGR	2.88%
20Y total return	76.57%
3M price change	-15.41%
3M total return	-15.41%
3Y price change	84.96%
3Y return CAGR	22.75%
3Y total return	84.96%
50-day SMA	$36.68
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50over200
52-week high	$45.81
52-week high date	2026-06-25
52-week low	$23.81
52-week low date	2025-11-03
5Y price change	124.25%
5Y return CAGR	17.53%
5Y total return	124.25%
6M price change	12.51%
6M total return	12.51%
All-time high	$59.95
All-time high date	2007-12-12
All-time low	$1.88
All-time low date	1987-11-11
Average true range (ATR)	$0.93
Average volume	46.9K
Beta (1Y)	0.95
Beta (2Y)	1.35
Beta (5Y)	1.14
Change from 52-week high	-21.52%
Change from 52-week low	50.99%
Change from all-time high	-40.3%
Change from all-time low	1,808.8%
Change from open	0.25%
Day's gap	0.2%
Dollar volume	$676,291
High price	$36.23
Low price	$35.48
Monthly RSI	58.76
Open price	$35.86
Position in 52-week range	62.67%
Previous close	$35.79
Price vs 150-day SMA	-5.23%
Price vs 20-day SMA	0.79%
Price vs 200-day SMA	0.01%
Price vs 50-day SMA	-2.43%
Relative volume	0.4
RSI	48.43
Sharpe ratio	0.89
Sharpe ratio (3Y)	0.62
Sharpe ratio (5Y)	0.48
Sortino ratio	1.84
Sortino ratio (3Y)	1.1
Sortino ratio (5Y)	0.88
Volume	18.8K
Weekly RSI	47.56
YTD price change	32.8%
YTD total return	32.8%

Ownership and float

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

Metric	Value
Float	9.7M
Float percentage	92.51%
Shares change (QoQ)	0.23%
Shares change (YoY)	-2.56%
Shares held by insiders	7.49%
Shares held by institutions	80.18%
Shares outstanding	10.5M
Short % of float	2.98%
Short % of shares	2.76%
Short ratio	7 days

Deeper analysis on FSTR

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Forecast

Base and Bull forecast paths with report-date return framing.

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Valuation

Fair-value bridge, DCF, owner earnings, and peer multiples.

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Sensitivity

Cost-of-equity and terminal-growth stress table.

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Risks

Kill scenarios, soft-pass flags, and downside catalysts.

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Earnings

Next earnings setup and beat / inline / miss thresholds.

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Position sizing

Entry, exit, conviction, and quarterly monitoring rules.

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Financials

Revenue, margins, cash flow, and balance-sheet context.

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Peers

Relative valuation and profitability against the cohort.

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Moat

Economic-profit evidence and competitive advantage risk.

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Industry cycle

Sector phase, capital cycle, and secular tailwinds.

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L.B. Foster Company (FSTR)

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