L.B. Foster Company
Rank #185Op. LeverageFSTR · Nasdaq · Industrials
L.B. Foster Company (FSTR) — Rank #185 by gross profitability (GP/assets 0.34) · ROE 4.2% · Piotroski F-Score 6 / 9.
As-of 2026-09-15 · CIK 0000352825 · all metrics point-in-time as of the filing date.
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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 new and 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; power rail; and trackwork products. This segment also provides friction management products and application systems; mobile and wayside 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, including restrooms, concession stands, and other protective storage buildings under the CXT brand for national, state, and municipal parks; and sound walls, bridge beams, and other wet/dry utilities concrete products. This segment also provides steel bridge products; corrosion protection solutions; cuts, threads, and paints pipes; threading services for oil and gas production; fabricated steel and aluminum products; and protective pipeline coating services. L.B.
Foster Company was founded in 1902 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
- Industry
- Railroads
- Sector
- Industrials
- State
- PA
- Filer Category
- Accelerated filerSmaller reporting company
- Fiscal Year End
- December 31
- Website
- lbfoster.com
Financials
Stable
Direction over 5 fiscal years
- Free cash flowdeteriorating
- Gross marginstable
- Gross profitabilitystable
- Net cashdeteriorating
- Operating marginn/a
- Return on equityimproving
- Share count (dilution)deteriorating
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| Fiscal year end | 2020-12-31filed 2021-03-03 | 2019-12-31filed 2020-02-27 | 2018-12-31filed 2019-03-18 | 2017-12-31filed 2018-02-28 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income statement | ||||
| Revenue | 497.4 | 655.1 | 627.0 | 536.4 |
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 2.9% | 35.5% | 29.7% | 10.9% |
| Gross profit | 95.0 | 121.4 | 117.2 | 103.3 |
| Gross margin | 19.1% | 18.5% | 18.7% | 19.2% |
| Net income | 7.6 | 42.6 | (31.2) | 4.1 |
| Net margin | 1.5% | 6.5% | -5.0% | 0.8% |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.71 | $4.00 | -$3.01 | $0.39 |
| EPS growth (YoY) | -82.3% | 232.9% | -871.8% | — |
| Cash flow | ||||
| Operating cash flow | 20.5 | 29.3 | 26.0 | 39.4 |
| Capital expenditures | 9.2 | 8.8 | 5.3 | 6.1 |
| Free cash flow | 11.4 | 20.5 | 20.7 | 33.2 |
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