Industrials
L.B. Foster Company(FSTR)
Live Price
Offline$43.09
+3.51% today
1Y Change
+97.66%
Window
Jun 26, 2025 โ Jun 18, 2026
- Market Cap
- $430.00M
- Revenue Growth
- +1.7%
- EPS Growth
- -81.8%
- Dividend Yield
- 0.0%
Coverage: 246 bars ยท Jun 26, 2025 โ Jun 18, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
L.B. Foster Company (FSTR) is a Industrials stock with a market cap of $430.00M and listed on NASDAQ. The stock last traded around $43.09 and up 97.7% across the available one-year price window (Jun 26, 2025 โ Jun 18, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +1.7%, EPS growth of -81.8%, a dividend yield of 0.0%. What stands out right now is revenue +1.7%, EPS -81.8%, free cash flow +96.2% with operating margin 4.6% and ROIC 5.1%. Valuation already assumes a fairly strong business story at P/E 37.6 and price/sales 0.8. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a turnaround or cyclical reset than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines FSTR price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Industrials peers on this page.
Sector Context
How this name stacks up against nearby peers on first-pass metrics.
Revenue Growth
Below sector median
+1.7% vs +6.8% peer median
Operating Margin
Below sector median
+4.6% vs +16.9% peer median
P/E
Near sector median
37.6 vs 36.7 peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
Latest report is on the board
2026 was reported on May 5, 2026, but the surprise data is still limited.
The operating picture looks softer than before
Revenue is at +1.7% and EPS is at -81.8%, with operating margin around 4.6%.
Earnings Reaction Memory
How the stock has tended to move after recent reports.
Across the last 3 reported quarters, the stock averaged -0.9% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 2 of those reports.
View quarter-by-quarter reaction table
| Quarter | EPS ฮ | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 May 5, 2026 | โ | +3.5% | +3.0% | +4.2% |
2026 Mar 3, 2026 | -66.7% | -0.8% | -10.0% | -11.9% |
2025 Nov 3, 2025 | -34.4% | -0.5% | +4.3% | -3.3% |
Benchmark Edge
FSTR vs SPY, QQQ, and Sector ETFs
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
FSTR
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Normalized return
SPY
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S&P 500
Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
FSTR Max Drawdown
-15.38%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
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Trailing 1Y
Calendar-Year Returns
Uses the longest available daily history for FSTR and SPY.
Company Overview
L.B. Foster Company
NASDAQ Global Select
L.B. Foster Company provides engineered and manufactured products and services for the building and infrastructure projects worldwide. The company's Rail, Technologies, and Services segment offers new rail to passenger and short line freight railroads, industrial companies, and rail contractors; used rails; rail accessories, including track spikes and anchors, bolts, angle bars, tie plates, and other products; power rail, direct fixation fasteners, coverboards, and special accessories; and trackwork products, as well as engineers and manufactures insulated rail joints and related accessories. This segment also provides friction management products and application systems, railroad condition monitoring systems and equipment, wheel impact load detection systems, wayside data collection and management systems, track fasteners, and engineered concrete railroad ties; and aftermarket services. Its Precast Concrete Products segment offers a range of specialty precast concrete products, such as sound walls, burial vaults, bridge beams, box culverts, septic tanks, and other custom pre-stressed products for use in transportation and general infrastructure markets. This segment also manufactures precast concrete buildings for use as restrooms, concession stands, and protective storage buildings in national, state, and municipal parks. The company's Steel Products and Measurement segment provides bridge decking, bridge railing, structural steel fabrications, expansion joints, bridge forms, and other products for highway construction and repair. This segment also produces threaded pipe products for industrial water well, irrigation, and oil and gas markets, as well as offers pipe coatings for oil and gas pipelines and utilities, and precision measurement systems for the oil and gas market. The company markets its products directly, as well as through a network of agents. L.B. Foster Company was founded in 1902 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
- Leadership
- John F. Kasel
- IPO Date
- Jun 9, 1981
- Employees
- 1.1k
- Street Address
- 415 Holiday Drive
- Mailing
- Pittsburgh, PA, 15220
- Region
- Pittsburgh, PA, US
- Reporting Currency
- USD
- Investor Line
- 412 928 3400
- Last Updated
- Apr 29, 2026
Key Fundamentals
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Valuation
- P/E
- 37.6
- EV/EBITDA
- 13.4
- Price/Sales
- 0.8
- Price/Book
- 2.4
Growth
- Revenue
- +1.7%
- EPS
- -81.8%
- Free Cash Flow
- +96.2%
Profitability
- Gross Margin
- 21.2%
- Operating Margin
- 4.6%
- Net Margin
- 2.0%
- ROE
- 6.4%
- ROIC
- 5.1%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- 0.48
- Current Ratio
- 2.22
Earnings Reports
Latest News
Official Releases
Company announcements and filings-style updates.
Next Step
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