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Upturn Advisory Summary
12/12/2025: FSTR (2-star) has a low Upturn Star Rating. Not recommended to BUY.
1 Year Target Price $29
1 Year Target Price $29
| 0 | Strong Buy |
| 0 | Buy |
| 1 | Hold |
| 0 | Sell |
| 0 | Strong Sell |
Analysis of Past Performance
Type Stock | Historic Profit 95.61% | Avg. Invested days 63 | Today’s Advisory WEAK BUY |
Upturn Star Rating ![]() | Upturn Advisory Performance | Stock Returns Performance |
Key Highlights
Company Size Small-Cap Stock | Market Capitalization 282.96M USD | Price to earnings Ratio 59.33 | 1Y Target Price 29 |
Price to earnings Ratio 59.33 | 1Y Target Price 29 | ||
Volume (30-day avg) 1 | Beta 1 | 52 Weeks Range 17.16 - 29.40 | Updated Date 12/12/2025 |
52 Weeks Range 17.16 - 29.40 | Updated Date 12/12/2025 | ||
Dividends yield (FY) - | Basic EPS (TTM) 0.45 |
Analyzing Revenue: Products, Geography and Growth
Revenue by Products
Product revenue - Year on Year
Revenue by Geography
Geography revenue - Year on Year
Earnings Date
Report Date - | When - | Estimate - | Actual - |
Profitability
Profit Margin 0.96% | Operating Margin (TTM) 6% |
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (TTM) 3.67% | Return on Equity (TTM) 2.67% |
Valuation
Trailing PE 59.33 | Forward PE 12.94 | Enterprise Value 358492340 | Price to Sales(TTM) 0.56 |
Enterprise Value 358492340 | Price to Sales(TTM) 0.56 | ||
Enterprise Value to Revenue 0.71 | Enterprise Value to EBITDA 12.35 | Shares Outstanding 10393009 | Shares Floating 8400461 |
Shares Outstanding 10393009 | Shares Floating 8400461 | ||
Percent Insiders 5.75 | Percent Institutions 79.4 |
About LB Foster Company
Exchange NASDAQ | Headquaters Pittsburgh, PA, United States | ||
IPO Launch date 1990-03-26 | President, CEO & Director Mr. John F. Kasel | ||
Sector Industrials | Industry Railroads | Full time employees 1057 | Website https://www.lbfoster.com |
Full time employees 1057 | Website https://www.lbfoster.com | ||
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 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; 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; cuts, threads, and paints pipes; threading services for oil and gas production; and protective pipeline coating services. L.B. Foster Company was founded in 1902 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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