L.B. Foster (FSTR) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

L.B. Foster Company provides engineered and manufactured products and services for the building and infrastructure projects in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and internationally. It operates through 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 used rails; rail accessories, such as rack spikes, bolts, angle bars, tie plates, and other products; insulated rail joints and related accessories; fixation fasteners, coverboards, and special accessories; and trackwork products. This segment also provides engineered concrete railroad ties, friction management products and application 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 for use as restrooms, concession stands, and protective storage buildings under the CXT brand for national, state, and municipal parks; and manufactures sounds walls, bridge beams, box culverts, septic tanks, and other custom pre-stressed and precast concrete products. This segment also provides steel bridge products; corrosion protection solutions; concrete-reinforced steel grid decking, open steel grid deck, aluminum bridge railing, and stay-in-place steel bridge forms; cuts, threads, and paints pipe; threading services for water well applications; protective pipeline coating services; and turnkey solutions for metering and injection systems for oil and gas markets. L.B. Foster Company was founded in 1902 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $17.51 to $19.00
• 50-Day Range: $18.56 to $28.56
• 52-Week Range: $14.23 to $30.77
• Volume: 98,942 shs
• Average Volume: 55,716 shs
• Market Capitalization: $200.33 million
• P/E Ratio: 4.79
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $25.00
• Consensus Rating: Buy

L.B. Foster Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

L.B. Foster scored higher than 94% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 15th out of 186 stocks in the basic materials sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.5 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

L.B. Foster has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on no buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

L.B. Foster has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 3.1 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 46.55%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for L.B. Foster are expected to grow by 46.55% in the coming year, from $1.16 to $1.70 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of L.B. Foster is 4.79, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 21.03.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of L.B. Foster is 4.79, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Basic Materials sector average P/E ratio of about 73.45.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

L.B. Foster has a P/B Ratio of 1.44. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

1.33% of the float of L.B. Foster has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

L.B. Foster has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.3, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in L.B. Foster has recently increased by 14.30%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

L.B. Foster does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

L.B. Foster does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of L.B. Foster is 4.09%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, L.B. Foster will have a dividend payout ratio of 9.41% next year. This indicates that L.B. Foster will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: 3.2 / 5
• Environmental Score: -2.57

Percentage of Shares Shorted

1.33% of the float of L.B. Foster has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

L.B. Foster has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.3, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in L.B. Foster has recently increased by 14.30%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.7 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.94

News Sentiment

L.B. Foster has a news sentiment score of 0.94. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.57 average news sentiment score of Basic Materials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 18 news articles for L.B. Foster this week, compared to 2 articles on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, L.B. Foster insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 6.20% of the stock of L.B. Foster is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

80.63% of the stock of L.B. Foster is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

FSTR Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have FSTR shares performed this year?

L.B. Foster's stock was trading at $26.90 at the start of the year. Since then, FSTR stock has decreased by 30.7% and is now trading at $18.63.
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How were L.B. Foster's earnings last quarter?

L.B. Foster (NASDAQ:FSTR) released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, November, 7th. The basic materials company reported $0.54 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.49 by $0.05. The basic materials company earned $137.47 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $144.56 million. L.B. Foster had a net margin of 7.96% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 6.01%.

Is L.B. Foster doing a stock buyback?

L.B. Foster's Board of Directors approved a stock buyback plan on Tuesday, March 4th 2025, which permits the company to repurchase $40,000,000 in shares, according to EventVestor. This means that the company could buy up to 16.4% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are generally an indication that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

How do I buy shares of L.B. Foster?

Shares of FSTR stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

What other stocks do shareholders of L.B. Foster own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that L.B. Foster investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Broadcom (AVGO), Meta Platforms (META), Arista Networks (ANET), Jabil (JBL), Adobe (ADBE) and e.l.f. Beauty (ELF).

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 11/07/2024
• Today: 4/04/2025
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 5/06/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Basic Materials
• Industry: Metals service centers & offices
• Sub-Industry: Industrial Machinery
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:FSTR
• CIK: 352825
• Web: www.lbfoster.com
• Phone: (412) 928-3400
• Fax: 412-928-7891
• Employees: 990
• Year Founded: 1902

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: $25.00
• High Stock Price Target: $25.00
• Low Stock Price Target: $25.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +34.2%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 2 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): $3.91
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 4.79
• Forward P/E Ratio: 16.06
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $1.46 million
• Net Margins: 7.96%
• Pretax Margin: 2.47%
• Return on Equity: 6.01%
• Return on Assets: 2.82%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.37
• Current Ratio: 2.27
• Quick Ratio: 1.30

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $530.77 million
• Price / Sales: 0.38
• Cash Flow: $1.12 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 16.70
• Book Value: $12.90 per share
• Price / Book: 1.44

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 10,753,000
• Free Float: 10,159,000
• Market Cap: $200.33 million
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.99