FSTR vs. ERII, PRLB, HY, CMCO, GHM, OFLX, PLL, BOOM, EML, and HURC
Should you be buying L.B. Foster stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of L.B. Foster include Energy Recovery (ERII), Proto Labs (PRLB), Hyster-Yale Materials Handling (HY), Columbus McKinnon (CMCO), Graham (GHM), Omega Flex (OFLX), Piedmont Lithium (PLL), DMC Global (BOOM), Eastern (EML), and Hurco Companies (HURC). These companies are all part of the "industrial machinery" industry.
L.B. Foster vs.
Energy Recovery (NASDAQ:ERII) and L.B. Foster (NASDAQ:FSTR) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, profitability, institutional ownership and earnings.
Energy Recovery received 131 more outperform votes than L.B. Foster when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.17% of users gave Energy Recovery an outperform vote while only 56.89% of users gave L.B. Foster an outperform vote.
Energy Recovery has higher earnings, but lower revenue than L.B. Foster. L.B. Foster is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Energy Recovery, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Energy Recovery has a net margin of 14.35% compared to L.B. Foster's net margin of 7.96%. Energy Recovery's return on equity of 8.90% beat L.B. Foster's return on equity.
83.6% of Energy Recovery shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.6% of L.B. Foster shares are held by institutional investors. 4.1% of Energy Recovery shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.2% of L.B. Foster shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Energy Recovery has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, L.B. Foster has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Energy Recovery currently has a consensus price target of $20.75, indicating a potential upside of 40.58%. L.B. Foster has a consensus price target of $25.00, indicating a potential upside of 29.40%. Given Energy Recovery's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Energy Recovery is more favorable than L.B. Foster.
In the previous week, Energy Recovery had 8 more articles in the media than L.B. Foster. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Energy Recovery and 0 mentions for L.B. Foster. Energy Recovery's average media sentiment score of 1.50 beat L.B. Foster's score of 0.00 indicating that Energy Recovery is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Energy Recovery beats L.B. Foster on 16 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:FSTR) was last updated on 4/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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