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FSTR NASDAQ US

L.B. Foster Company - Common Stock

Industrials · Machinery Website · IPO Jun 1981
$27.99
▼ $-0.01 (-0.04%)
Vol 54K
9
Quality Score
ok
Deep Check
1/5 fail
Mkt Cap
$280.1M
P/E
57.3
ROE
2.8%
Margin
1.0%
D/E
33.59
Beta
1.03
52W
$17–$29

Wall Street Consensus

8 analysts · Apr 2026
3
Strong Buy
3
Buy
2
Hold
0
Sell
0
Strong Sell
75.0%
Buy Rating

Price Chart

Earnings

Beat rate: 0.0%
Quarter EPS Est EPS Act Surprise
Dec 2025 $0.67 $0.22 $-0.45
Sep 2025 $0.62 $0.40 $-0.22
Jun 2025 $0.52 $0.27 $-0.25
Mar 2025 $0.04 $-0.20 $-0.24

Quarterly Revenue & Earnings

Quarter 2024-0… 2024-1… 2025-0… 2025-0… 2025-0… 2025-1…
Revenue $128.2M $97.8M $143.6M $138.3M $160.4M
Net Income -$242K -$2.1M $2.9M $4.4M $2.4M

Fundamentals Trend

Metric 2025-06-30 2025-09-02 2025-10-02 2025-11-03 2025-12-03 2026-01-02
ROE (TTM) 20.7% 20.7% 20.7% 20.7% 2.8% 2.8%
P/E (TTM) 6.34 6.64 7.84 7.97 55.38 57.31
Net Margin 2.0% 7.2% 7.2% 7.2% 1.0% 1.0%
Gross Margin 21.5% 22.2% 22.2% 22.2% 21.8% 21.8%
D/E Ratio 46.79 46.79 46.79 46.79 33.59 33.59
Current Ratio 2.53 2.53 2.53 2.53 2.21 2.21

Key Ratios

ROA (TTM)
1.4%
P/S (TTM)
0.55
P/B
1.6
EPS (TTM)
$0.44
CF/Share
$-2.42
Rev Growth 3Y
+1.1%
52W High
$29.42
52W Low
$17.16
$17.16 52-Week Range $29.42

Financial Health

Free Cash Flow
$19.8M
Net Debt
$62.7M
Cash
$4.3M
Total Debt
$67.0M
As of Dec 31, 2025

How does FSTR compare to Machinery peers?

Peer group: Micro-cap Machinery (All) · 57 companies

FSTR valuation vs Machinery peers

P/E ratio
57.3
135% above peers (24.4)
vs Peers
vs Industry
Pricier
P/S ratio
0.6
58% below peers (1.3)
vs Peers
vs Industry
Pricier
P/B ratio
1.6
8% below peers (1.8)
vs Peers
vs Industry
Fair value
Div yield
0% below peers (1.3%)
vs Peers
vs Industry
Low yield

FSTR profitability vs Machinery peers

ROE
2.8%
152% above peers (-5.4%)
vs Peers
vs Industry
Below avg
Net margin
1.0%
168% above peers (-1.4%)
vs Peers
vs Industry
Below avg
Gross margin
21.8%
18% below peers (26.5%)
vs Peers
vs Industry
Weak
ROA
1.4%
194% above peers (-1.5%)
vs Peers
vs Industry
Below avg

FSTR financial health vs Machinery peers

D/E ratio
33.6
17% below peers (40.6)
vs Peers
vs Industry
Above avg
Current ratio
2.2
3% above peers (2.2)
vs Peers
vs Industry
In line
Beta
1.0
14% below peers (1.2)
vs Peers
vs Industry
Less volatile

FSTR fundamentals radar

FSTR Peer median Industry

FSTR profitability vs leverage

Bubble size = market cap · X = net margin · Y = D/E ratio

FSTR vs peers: key metrics

Dividends

$0.16
/ year
Sep 07, 2016 $0.0400
Jun 08, 2016 $0.0400
Mar 09, 2016 $0.0400
Dec 02, 2015 $0.0400
Sep 02, 2015 $0.0400
Jun 10, 2015 $0.0400
Mar 11, 2015 $0.0400
Dec 03, 2014 $0.0400