LB Foster Company

LB Foster Company

FSTR · NASDAQ · Industrials / Railroads

42.30USD-0.83 (-1.92%)

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Market Stats

Previous Close43.13
Open43.51
Day Range42.01 – 43.51
52-Week Range23.81 – 45.81
Volume26.40K
Market Cap394.70M
P/E (TTM)35.40
Forward P/E17.33
EPS1.06
Dividend Yield0.00%
Beta1.15
50-Day Avg39.14
200-Day Avg34.83

About

L.B. Foster Company provides engineered and manufactured products and services for building and supporting infrastructure in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and internationally. It operates in two segments: Rail, Technologies, and Services; and Infrastructure Solutions. The Rail, Technologies, and Services segment offers new rail to passenger and short line freight railroads, industrial companies, and rail contractors, as well as new and used rails; rail accessories, such as track spikes, bolts, angle bars, tie plates, and other products; insulated rail joints and related accessories; fixation fasteners, coverboards, and special accessories; power rail; and trackwork products. This segment also provides friction management products and application systems; mobile and wayside systems; railroad condition monitoring systems and equipment including wheel impact load detection systems, wayside data collection and management systems, and rockfall, flood, earthworks, and bridge strike monitoring; and aftermarket services. The Infrastructure Solutions segment manufactures precast concrete products, including restrooms, concession stands, and other protective storage buildings under the CXT brand for national, state, and municipal parks; and sound walls, bridge beams, and other wet/dry utilities concrete products. This segment also provides steel bridge products; corrosion protection solutions; cuts, threads, and paints pipes; threading services for oil and gas production; fabricated steel and aluminum products; and protective pipeline coating services. L.B. Foster Company was founded in 1902 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Company Details

  • SectorIndustrials
  • IndustryRailroads
  • CEOMr. John F. Kasel
  • Employees1.19K
  • Headquarters415 Holiday Drive, Pittsburgh, PA, United States, 15220-2793, USA
  • Websitehttps://www.lbfoster.com

Leadership

  • Mr. John F. KaselPresident, CEO & Director · b. 1965
  • Mr. William M. ThalmanExecutive VP & COO · b. 1967
  • Mr. Patrick J. Guinee Esq.Executive VP, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary · b. 1970
  • Mr. Gregory W. LippardSenior VP of Special Rail Projects, Technologies & Services · b. 1969
  • Mr. Sean M. Reilly CPASenior VP & CFO · b. 1973
  • Mr. Timothy J. CurranController & Principal Accounting Officer · b. 1980
  • Lisa DuranteInvestor Relations Manager
  • Ms. Jamie F. O'NeillSenior Vice President of Human Resources · b. 1974
  • Mr. Brian Hunter FriedmanSenior VP & Chief Growth Officer · b. 1979
  • Ms. Sara Fay RolliSenior Vice President of Operational Administration · b. 1982

Financials

Income Statement

Currency: USD1987-12-311988-12-311989-12-311990-12-311991-12-311992-12-311993-12-311994-12-311995-12-311996-12-311997-12-311998-12-311999-12-312000-12-312001-12-312002-12-312003-12-312004-12-312005-12-312006-12-312007-12-312008-12-312009-12-312010-12-312011-12-312012-03-152012-12-312013-12-312014-12-312015-12-312016-12-312017-12-312018-12-312019-12-312020-12-312021-12-312022-12-312023-12-312024-12-312025-12-31
Total Revenue211.30M262.10M238.00M242.10M221.00M205.00M212.30M234.30M265.00M243.10M220.30M219.50M241.92M264.61M282.24M257.95M264.27M297.87M353.48M389.79M508.98M512.59M381.96M475.05M590.93M0588.54M597.96M607.19M624.52M483.51M536.38M626.97M616.43M497.41M513.62M497.50M543.74M530.76M540.01M
Growth (%)-+24.04%-9.19%+1.72%-8.72%-7.24%+3.56%+10.36%+13.10%-8.26%-9.38%-0.36%+10.22%+9.38%+6.66%-8.61%+2.45%+12.71%+18.67%+10.27%+30.58%+0.71%-25.48%+24.37%+24.39%-100.00%-+1.60%+1.54%+2.85%-22.58%+10.93%+16.89%-1.68%-19.31%+3.26%-3.14%+9.30%-2.39%+1.74%
Cost of Revenue184.20M228.40M213.60M215.70M193.70M181.20M185.00M206.70M233.00M208.90M188.60M184.10M200.34M221.39M248.69M228.48M232.53M267.25M313.49M338.20M432.60M432.37M322.10M400.47M488.77M0496.27M482.02M485.60M490.87M393.16M433.13M509.81M495.49M402.40M427.32M407.89M431.70M412.70M426.26M
Gross Profit27.10M33.70M24.40M26.40M27.30M23.80M27.30M27.60M32.00M34.20M31.70M35.40M41.58M43.22M33.55M29.47M31.73M30.61M39.99M51.59M76.38M80.22M59.86M74.58M102.15M092.27M115.94M121.59M133.65M90.36M103.25M117.16M120.94M95.01M86.30M89.61M112.04M118.06M113.75M
Gross Margin12.83%12.86%10.25%10.90%12.35%11.61%12.86%11.78%12.08%14.07%14.39%16.13%17.19%16.33%11.89%11.42%12.01%10.28%11.31%13.24%15.01%15.65%15.67%15.70%17.29%-15.68%19.39%20.03%21.40%18.69%19.25%18.69%19.62%19.10%16.80%18.01%20.61%22.24%21.06%
Operating Expense26.10M24.10M21.60M22.60M23.30M22.70M24.20M21.40M25.20M26.00M24.60M28.00M32.25M36.30M29.59M26.48M26.94M27.88M31.07M33.66M37.40M40.97M33.08M42.59M70.68M068.95M74.37M84.51M104.89M95.55M87.51M137.72M87.35M79.37M81.83M96.82M102.94M97.55M91.87M
Operating Income1.00M9.60M2.80M3.80M4.00M1.10M3.10M6.20M6.80M8.20M7.10M7.40M9.33M6.92M3.96M2.99M4.80M2.73M8.92M17.93M38.98M39.25M26.77M32.00M31.47M023.32M41.57M37.08M28.76M-5.20M15.74M-20.56M33.59M15.63M4.47M-7.21M9.11M20.51M21.89M
Operating Margin0.47%3.66%1.18%1.57%1.81%0.54%1.46%2.65%2.57%3.37%3.22%3.37%3.86%2.62%1.40%1.16%1.81%0.92%2.52%4.60%7.66%7.66%7.01%6.74%5.33%-3.96%6.95%6.11%4.61%-1.07%2.93%-3.28%5.45%3.14%0.87%-1.45%1.67%3.86%4.05%
EBITDA2.90M11.20M4.50M5.60M6.10M3.90M5.90M6.20M9.60M11.40M10.40M11.30M13.82M12.31M10.51M8.84M10.00M6.54M12.91M22.83M47.60M54.17M35.49M42.19M35.94M-37.34M51.57M51.90M-19.52M-117.13M37.59M-1.93M44.15M31.32M21.43M9.12M21.73M33.52M34.76M
EBITDA Margin1.37%4.27%1.89%2.31%2.76%1.90%2.78%2.65%3.62%4.69%4.72%5.15%5.71%4.65%3.72%3.43%3.79%2.20%3.65%5.86%9.35%10.57%9.29%8.88%6.08%-6.35%8.62%8.55%-3.13%-24.22%7.01%-0.31%7.16%6.30%4.17%1.83%4.00%6.31%6.44%
Net Income13.30M8.30M1.30M3.00M600.00K400.00K1.60M5.40M4.80M3.90M3.30M4.40M2.50M3.49M637.00K-11.42M3.44M1.48M5.43M13.53M110.69M27.75M15.73M20.49M22.89M22.89M16.19M29.29M25.66M-44.45M-141.66M4.11M-31.17M42.57M7.58M3.63M-45.56M1.46M42.95M7.54M
Net Income Margin6.29%3.17%0.55%1.24%0.27%0.20%0.75%2.30%1.81%1.60%1.50%2.00%1.03%1.32%0.23%-4.43%1.30%0.50%1.54%3.47%21.75%5.41%4.12%4.31%3.87%-2.75%4.90%4.23%-7.12%-29.30%0.77%-4.97%6.91%1.52%0.71%-9.16%0.27%8.09%1.40%
R&D-----------------------300.00K1.90M02.93M3.15M3.10M3.94M3.51M2.24M2.65M2.61M2.64M2.23M2.22M2.56M2.83M-
R&D as % of Total Revenue-----------------------0.06%0.32%-0.50%0.53%0.51%0.63%0.73%0.42%0.42%0.42%0.53%0.43%0.45%0.47%0.53%-
Interest Expense13.90M2.40M2.20M2.60M3.00M2.80M2.40M2.10M2.80M2.40M1.40M1.60M2.98M4.23M3.56M2.59M2.25M1.80M2.47M3.39M4.03M2.00M1.29M1.00M622.00K0542.00K485.00K512.00K4.38M6.55M8.38M6.15M4.91M3.76M2.96M3.34M5.53M4.99M4.89M
Interest Expense % of Total Revenue6.58%0.92%0.92%1.07%1.36%1.37%1.13%0.90%1.06%0.99%0.64%0.73%1.23%1.60%1.26%1.00%0.85%0.60%0.70%0.87%0.79%0.39%0.34%0.21%0.11%-0.09%0.08%0.08%0.70%1.35%1.56%0.98%0.80%0.76%0.58%0.67%1.02%0.94%0.91%

Balance Sheet

Currency: USD1986-12-311987-12-311988-12-311989-12-311990-12-311991-12-311992-12-311993-12-311994-12-311995-12-311996-12-311997-12-311998-12-311999-12-312000-12-312001-12-312002-12-312003-12-312004-12-312005-12-312006-12-312007-12-312008-12-312009-12-312010-12-312011-12-312012-12-312013-12-312014-12-312015-12-312016-12-312017-12-312018-12-312019-12-312020-12-312021-12-312022-12-312023-12-312024-12-312025-12-31
Total Assets475.30M93.00M107.20M102.00M115.60M105.10M105.00M108.70M122.60M124.40M123.40M127.00M119.40M164.73M177.15M160.04M133.98M131.16M134.09M178.29M235.83M330.77M332.12M333.17M378.72M379.89M406.12M413.65M495.12M566.66M393.02M396.56M383.25M405.17M370.39M342.60M365.31M312.40M334.55M330.37M
Total Liabilities461.70M58.20M61.50M54.90M65.30M54.20M53.70M55.80M64.30M61.20M56.20M56.50M45.90M90.08M99.79M82.90M67.97M60.62M60.35M98.30M137.80M116.95M114.56M100.58M122.97M110.08M118.55M97.26M159.23M283.83M259.77M250.08M261.13M235.31M193.56M158.99M227.71M169.57M155.54M155.10M
Total Equity13.60M34.80M45.70M47.10M50.30M50.90M51.30M52.90M58.30M63.20M67.20M70.50M73.50M74.65M77.36M77.14M66.01M70.54M73.74M79.99M98.03M213.83M217.56M232.59M255.75M269.81M287.57M316.40M335.89M282.83M133.25M146.48M122.12M169.86M176.83M183.09M137.18M142.11M178.32M175.28M
Cash15.80M13.80M3.40M2.40M1.40M3.60M2.30M1.20M1.20M1.30M1.20M1.20M900.00K1.56M-4.22M3.65M4.13M280.00K1.60M1.31M121.10M115.07M124.84M74.80M73.73M101.46M64.62M52.02M33.31M30.36M37.68M10.28M14.18M7.56M10.37M2.88M2.56M2.45M4.35M
Total Debt353.40M8.90M23.00M19.90M37.60M29.90M30.60M30.40M37.10M36.10M29.20M36.90M17.20M50.28M50.91M38.57M27.82M21.47M17.98M36.92M58.10M34.25M27.51M18.60M4.80M2.44M62.00K56.00K26.43M168.75M159.56M129.97M74.98M67.16M58.54M43.53M106.04M67.14M61.65M67.02M
Net Debt337.60M-4.90M19.60M17.50M36.20M26.30M28.30M29.20M35.90M34.80M28.00M35.70M16.30M48.72M50.91M34.34M24.16M17.34M17.70M35.32M56.80M-86.85M-87.56M-106.24M-70.00M-71.29M-101.40M-64.57M-25.60M135.44M129.20M92.29M64.70M52.99M50.98M33.16M103.16M64.58M59.20M62.67M

Cash Flow

Currency: USD1986-12-311988-12-311989-12-311990-12-311991-12-311992-12-311993-12-311994-12-311995-12-311996-12-311997-12-311998-12-311999-12-312000-12-312001-12-312002-12-312003-12-312004-12-312005-12-312006-12-312007-12-312008-12-312009-12-312010-12-312011-12-312012-03-152012-12-312013-12-312014-12-312015-12-312016-12-312017-12-312018-12-312019-12-312020-12-312021-12-312022-12-312023-12-312024-12-312025-12-31
Operating Cash Flow----14.90M2.90M3.90M-5.70M5.40M6.80M900.00K19.20M3.30M541.00K22.10M18.21M8.94M-481.00K-3.60M-13.65M-5.12M24.10M25.74M59.48M30.67M30.67M26.47M14.15M66.74M56.17M18.41M39.37M25.96M29.30M16.92M-1.06M-10.58M36.96M22.63M35.62M
Investing Cash Flow-----3.50M-2.60M-4.00M-700.00K-200.00K-100.00K-8.70M2.00M-24.11M-1.66M-5.40M-6.96M-2.54M-1.64M-10.77M-11.55M143.53M2.07M-5.39M-87.59M-21.65M-21.65M3.41M-47.17M-97.75M-205.57M-7.93M-4.69M2.25M-7.68M-8.04M17.82M-56.42M2.49M-6.31M-10.37M
Financing Cash Flow-----9.20M-1.50M-1.10M6.30M-5.10M-6.90M7.80M-21.50M21.47M-423.00K-12.44M-11.85M-5.92M-1.74M15.69M24.91M-18.62M-32.19M-10.58M-21.99M-9.24M-9.24M-3.08M-1.72M22.05M134.29M-12.52M-29.70M-55.30M-18.25M-15.30M-13.90M60.24M-39.30M-16.23M-23.54M
Capital Expenditure00004.40M3.60M1.60M2.80M4.10M2.30M10.30M6.60M5.00M4.08M4.82M4.72M2.59M2.62M15.31M17.01M5.26M4.84M6.11M6.16M11.94M11.94M7.16M9.67M17.06M14.91M7.66M6.15M5.25M8.83M9.18M4.62M7.63M4.51M9.79M10.42M
Free Cash Flow----10.50M-700.00K2.30M-8.50M1.30M4.50M-9.40M12.60M-1.70M-3.54M17.28M13.49M6.34M-3.10M-18.91M-30.66M-10.39M19.26M19.63M53.32M18.73M-19.31M4.48M49.68M41.26M10.74M33.22M20.71M20.47M7.74M-5.68M-18.21M32.44M12.84M25.20M
Dividends Paid------------------------1.02M1.02M1.03M1.24M1.34M1.66M1.24M0--------
FCF to OCF----70.47%-24.14%58.97%149.12%24.07%66.18%-1044.44%65.63%-51.50%-655.08%78.20%74.06%70.98%644.07%524.66%224.57%202.71%79.93%76.27%89.64%61.07%-72.95%31.66%74.44%73.45%58.36%84.38%79.78%69.86%45.74%534.62%172.17%87.79%56.74%70.73%
Dividend Paid to FCF------------------------5.46%-5.33%27.67%2.71%4.01%11.58%0.00%--------

Earnings

Report DateMar 31, 1997Jun 30, 1997Sep 30, 1997Dec 31, 1997Mar 31, 1998Jun 30, 1998Sep 30, 1998Mar 31, 1999Jun 30, 1999Sep 30, 1999Mar 31, 2000Jun 30, 2000Sep 30, 2000Dec 31, 2000Mar 31, 2001Jun 30, 2001Sep 30, 2001Dec 31, 2001Mar 31, 2002Jun 30, 2002Sep 30, 2002Dec 31, 2002Mar 31, 2003Jul 23, 2003Oct 21, 2003Jan 28, 2004Apr 20, 2004Jul 21, 2004Oct 26, 2004Jan 26, 2005Apr 27, 2005Jul 27, 2005Oct 26, 2005Jan 26, 2006Apr 27, 2006Jul 28, 2006Oct 26, 2006Jan 31, 2007Apr 26, 2007Jul 26, 2007Oct 25, 2007Jan 31, 2008Apr 24, 2008Jul 24, 2008Oct 23, 2008Jan 30, 2009Apr 23, 2009Jul 28, 2009Oct 23, 2009Jan 29, 2010Apr 22, 2010Jul 27, 2010Oct 26, 2010Feb 24, 2011May 2, 2011Aug 4, 2011Nov 1, 2011Feb 23, 2012May 1, 2012Aug 8, 2012Nov 1, 2012Feb 8, 2013Apr 30, 2013Aug 6, 2013Nov 5, 2013Feb 27, 2014May 5, 2014Aug 4, 2014Nov 4, 2014Mar 3, 2015May 6, 2015Aug 4, 2015Nov 9, 2015Mar 1, 2016May 3, 2016Aug 9, 2016Nov 7, 2016Mar 2, 2017May 2, 2017Aug 3, 2017Nov 8, 2017Feb 27, 2018May 1, 2018Jul 31, 2018Nov 1, 2018Mar 18, 2019May 9, 2019Jul 30, 2019Oct 29, 2019Feb 25, 2020May 5, 2020Aug 4, 2020Nov 4, 2020Mar 2, 2021May 3, 2021Aug 3, 2021Nov 2, 2021Mar 1, 2022May 10, 2022Aug 9, 2022Nov 8, 2022Mar 6, 2023May 9, 2023Aug 8, 2023Nov 7, 2023Mar 5, 2024May 7, 2024Aug 6, 2024Nov 7, 2024Mar 3, 2025May 6, 2025Aug 11, 2025Nov 3, 2025Mar 3, 2026May 4, 2026Aug 10, 2026Nov 2, 2026
EPS Estimate----------------------------------0.080.210.300.200.150.380.490.400.330.640.640.490.260.380.390.310.260.340.630.600.590.670.740.670.260.900.890.700.400.980.880.610.480.871.020.650.390.970.680.33-0.070.190.14----0.01----0.470.130.510.470.350.37-0.490.230.16-0.030.270.240.19-0.100.130.060.03-0.190.280.260.01-0.160.420.520.120.030.580.620.66-0.180.410.60
EPS Actual0.040.090.120.080.070.190.070.050.120.090.020.080.220.09-0.200.100.110.05-0.030.08-0.29-0.50-0.020.110.30-0.04-0.010.130.13-0.100.060.150.220.080.110.290.320.270.280.630.640.810.360.690.760.550.290.330.600.380.200.580.630.600.330.610.950.600.33-0.311.000.670.480.710.950.710.350.670.880.850.410.52-5.600.19-0.28-0.11-0.58-3.97-0.230.290.310.03-0.200.470.470.210.350.900.290.08-0.180.050.090.20-0.120.270.22-0.03-0.150.180.27-4.09-0.060.410.05-0.040.400.263.27-0.02-0.200.320.400.220.140.48-
Surprise----------------------------------37.50%38.10%6.67%35.00%86.67%65.79%30.61%102.50%9.09%7.81%18.75%12.24%11.54%-13.16%53.85%22.58%-23.08%70.59%0.00%0.00%-44.07%-8.96%28.38%-10.45%26.92%-134.44%12.36%-4.29%20.00%-27.55%7.95%16.39%-27.08%-22.99%-13.73%30.77%5.13%-46.39%-923.53%-42.42%-300.00%-157.89%-514.29%---3200.00%-----55.32%169.23%76.47%-38.30%-77.14%-148.65%110.20%-60.87%25.00%-300.00%0.00%-8.33%-115.79%-50.00%38.46%350.00%-13733.33%68.42%46.43%-80.77%-500.00%350.00%-38.10%528.85%-116.67%-766.67%-44.83%-35.48%-66.50%177.78%17.07%-
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Key Statistics & Ratios

Market Cap394.70M
Enterprise Value457.14M
Trailing P/E35.40
Forward P/E17.33
PEG Ratio0.48
Price / Sales0.71
Price / Book2.22
EPS1.06
Book Value17.16
Revenue (TTM)558.35M
Gross Profit (TTM)122.31M
EBITDA40.64M
Profit Margin2.04%
Operating Margin6.29%
Return on Equity6.38%
Return on Assets5.31%
Shares Outstanding10.52M
Shares Float9.74M
Beta1.15
Dividend Yield0.00%
Dividend Rate0.00
Payout Ratio0.00%

Analyst Ratings

Hold
Based on 1 analystsTarget 44.00
  • Hold
    1

Ownership Breakdown

Institutions
82.43%
Insiders
8.20%
Retail / Other
9.37%

Top Institutional Holders

  • Brandes Investment Partners & Co
    1.43M13.60%
  • Gamco Investors, Inc. Et Al
    885.44K8.42%
  • BlackRock Inc
    702.86K6.68%
  • Dimensional Fund Advisors, Inc.
    677.10K6.44%
  • Vanguard Capital Management, LLC
    384.78K3.66%
  • Renaissance Technologies Corp
    316.38K3.01%
  • Geode Capital Management, LLC
    228.71K2.17%
  • Hillsdale Investment Management Inc.
    218.15K2.07%
  • American Century Companies Inc
    196.12K1.86%
  • State Street Corp
    152.55K1.45%
  • Two Sigma Investments LLC
    144.19K1.37%
  • Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC
    136.10K1.29%
  • Acadian Asset Management LLC
    130.31K1.24%
  • Gabelli Funds LLC
    124.60K1.18%

Top Fund Holders

  • 1290 VT GAMCO Small Company Value IB
    545.00K5.18%
  • Brandes Small Cap Value R6
    416.91K3.96%
  • Vanguard MStar Total Stk Mkt Idx Invest
    297.35K2.83%
  • Avantis US Small Cap Value ETF
    285.68K2.72%
  • iShares Russell 2000 ETF
    254.27K2.42%
  • DFA US Small Cap Value I
    136.82K1.30%

Dividends

20163×
0.04Sep 7, 20160.04Jun 8, 20160.04Mar 9, 2016
20154×
0.04Dec 2, 20150.04Sep 2, 20150.04Jun 10, 20150.04Mar 11, 2015
20144×
0.04Dec 3, 20140.03Sep 3, 20140.03Jun 4, 20140.03Mar 12, 2014
20134×
0.03Dec 4, 20130.03Sep 4, 20130.03Jun 5, 20130.03Mar 13, 2013
20124×
0.03Dec 5, 20120.03Sep 5, 20120.03Jun 6, 20120.03Mar 15, 2012
20114×
0.03Dec 7, 20110.03Sep 7, 20110.03Jun 8, 20110.03Mar 23, 2011
19861×
0.03Jan 7, 1986