NASDAQ: FSTR
Foster L B Co Stock

$26.15+0.65 (+2.55%)
Updated Jan 14, 2025
FSTR Price
$26.15
Fair Value Price
$2.98
Market Cap
$283.21M
52 Week Low
$14.23
52 Week High
$30.77
P/E
6.57x
P/B
1.56x
P/S
0.41x
PEG
N/A
Dividend Yield
N/A
Revenue
$537.46M
Earnings
$42.76M
Gross Margin
21.9%
Operating Margin
3.44%
Profit Margin
8%
Debt to Equity
0.89
Operating Cash Flow
$20M
Beta
0.96
Next Earnings
Mar 3, 2025
Ex-Dividend
N/A
Next Dividend
N/A

FSTR Overview

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.

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Growth
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Momentum
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Sentiment
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Safety
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Industry: Railroad

Industry Rating
A
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FSTR ($26.15) is overvalued by 778.3% relative to our estimate of its Fair Value price of $2.98 based on Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) modelling
Below Fair Value Valuation
FSTR ($26.15) is not significantly undervalued (778.3%) relative to our estimate of its Fair Value price of $2.98 based on Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) modelling, when including a healthy margin of safety
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Valuation

FSTR fair value

Fair Value of FSTR stock based on Discounted Cash Flow (DCF)

Price
$26.15
Fair Value
$2.98
Overvalued by
778.30%
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FSTR price to earnings (PE)

For valuing profitable companies with steady earnings

Company
6.57x
Industry
21.78x
Market
30.21x
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FSTR price to book (PB)

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Company
1.56x
Industry
4.18x
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FSTR's financial health

Profit margin

Revenue
$137.5M
Net Income
$35.9M
Profit Margin
26.1%
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Assets to liabilities

Assets
$344.5M
Liabilities
$162.1M
Debt to equity
0.89
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Cash flow

Operating
$24.7M
Investing
-$3.1M
Financing
-$22.4M
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FSTR vs Railroad Stocks

TickerZen RatingMarket Cap1d %P/EP/B
FSTRB$283.21M+2.55%6.57x1.56x
RAILB$202.73M+5.20%-2.54x-1.30x
RVSN$27.28M-12.65%-0.41x2.76x
GBXA$2.07B+2.82%11.15x1.47x
TRNC$3.08B+3.45%17.75x2.91x

Foster L B Co Stock FAQ

What is Foster L B Co's quote symbol?

(NASDAQ: FSTR) Foster L B Co trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol FSTR. Foster L B Co stock quotes can also be displayed as NASDAQ: FSTR.

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What is the 52 week high and low for Foster L B Co (NASDAQ: FSTR)?

(NASDAQ: FSTR) Foster L B Co's 52-week high was $30.77, and its 52-week low was $14.23. It is currently -15.01% from its 52-week high and 83.77% from its 52-week low.

How much is Foster L B Co stock worth today?

(NASDAQ: FSTR) Foster L B Co currently has 10,830,095 outstanding shares. With Foster L B Co stock trading at $26.15 per share, the total value of Foster L B Co stock (market capitalization) is $283.21M.

Foster L B Co stock was originally listed at a price of $4.94 in Dec 31, 1997. If you had invested in Foster L B Co stock at $4.94, your return over the last 27 years would have been 429.35%, for an annualized return of 6.37% (not including any dividends or dividend reinvestments).

How much is Foster L B Co's stock price per share?

(NASDAQ: FSTR) Foster L B Co stock price per share is $26.15 today (as of Jan 14, 2025).

What is Foster L B Co's Market Cap?

(NASDAQ: FSTR) Foster L B Co's market cap is $283.21M, as of Jan 16, 2025.

Market cap (market capitalization) is the total market value of a publicly traded company's outstanding shares.

Foster L B Co's market cap is calculated by multiplying FSTR's current stock price of $26.15 by FSTR's total outstanding shares of 10,830,095.
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