L.B. Foster Company (FSTR)

Last Closing Price: 18.95 (2025-05-29)

Company Description

L. B. Foster Company is engaged in the manufacture, fabrication and distribution of rail and trackwork, piling, highway products and tubular products. For rail markets, Foster provides a full line of new and usedrail, trackwork and accessories to railroads, mines and industry. Foster also sells and rents steel sheet piling and H-bearing pile for foundation and earth retention requirements for the construction industry. For tubular markets, foster supplies pipe and pipe coatings for pipelines and produces pipe-related products for special markets.

Financials, Fundamental Metrics & Ratios
Revenue (Most Recent Fiscal Year) $530.77M
Net Income (Most Recent Fiscal Year) $42.95M
PE Ratio (Current Year Earnings Estimate) 11.52
PE Ratio (Trailing 12 Months) 32.67
PEG Ratio (Long Term Growth Estimate) --
Price to Sales Ratio (Trailing 12 Months) 0.40
Price to Book Ratio (Most Recent Quarterly Book Value per Share) 1.18
Price to Cash Ratio (Most Recent Annual Cash Flow per Share) 8.72
Pre-Tax Margin (Trailing 12 Months) 1.39%
Net Margin (Trailing 12 Months) 7.22%
Return on Equity (Trailing 12 Months) 3.76%
Return on Assets (Trailing 12 Months) 1.89%
Current Ratio (Most Recent Fiscal Quarter) 2.57
Quick Ratio (Most Recent Fiscal Quarter) 1.29
Debt to Common Equity (Most Recent Fiscal Quarter) 0.48
Inventory Turnover (Trailing 12 Months) 5.12
Book Value per Share (Most Recent Fiscal Quarter) $16.25
Earnings per Share (Most Recent Fiscal Quarter) $-0.20
Earnings per Share (Most Recent Fiscal Year) $0.86
Diluted Earnings per Share (Trailing 12 Months) $3.31
Stock
Exchange NASDAQ
Sector Industrials
Industry Railroads
Common Shares Outstanding 10.56M
Free Float 10.06M
Market Capitalization $200.10M
Average Volume (Last 20 Days) 0.03M
Beta (Past 60 Months) 0.95
Percentage Held By Insiders (Latest Annual Proxy Report) 4.70%
Percentage Held By Institutions (Latest 13F Reports) 80.63%
Annual Dividend (Based on Last Quarter) $0.00
Dividend Yield (Based on Last Quarter) 0.00%