L.B. Foster Company
General ticker "FSTR" information:
- Sector: Industrials
- Industry: Railroads
- Capitalization: $254.8M (TTM average)
L.B. Foster Company follows the US Stock Market performance with the rate: 70.5%.
Estimated limits based on current volatility of 3.4%: low 29.82$, high 31.90$
Factors to consider:
- Total employees count: 1057 (-0.8%) as of 2024
- US accounted for 85.7% of revenue in the fiscal year ended 2024-12-31
- Top business risk factors: Strategic risks and growth management, ERP implementation risks, Raw material price and availability risks, Labor/talent shortage/retention, Operational and conduct risks
- Current price 15.8% above estimated high
- Earnings for 9 months up through Q3 are below our estimates
Stock Forecast*
* forecast is subjective and experimental, should not be used for any investment decisions
Long term estimates were made for the period from 2024-12-31 to 2026-12-31
- 2024-12-31 to 2025-12-31 estimated range: [16.62$, 25.94$]
- 2025-12-31 to 2026-12-31 estimated range: [16.28$, 25.48$]
Financial Metrics affecting the FSTR estimates:
- Positive: with PPE of 31.4 at the end of fiscal year the price was neutral
- Positive: -4.75 < Operating profit margin, % of 3.84
- Positive: 6.64 < Operating cash flow per share per price, % of 7.82
- Positive: 42.68 < Shareholder equity ratio, % of 53.30 <= 64.29
- Positive: -4.43 < Investing cash flow per share per price, % of -2.18
- Negative: Industry earnings per price (median), % of 3.79 <= 4.49
- Negative: 0.73 < Interest expense per share per price, % of 1.72
- Negative: 0 < Inventory ratio change, % of 0.11
Short-term FSTR quotes
Long-term FSTR plot with estimates
Financial data
| YTD | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Revenue | $497.50MM | $543.74MM | $534.24MM |
| Operating Expenses | $504.70MM | $534.64MM | $513.73MM |
| Operating Income | $-7.21MM | $9.11MM | $20.51MM |
| Non-Operating Income | $-1.79MM | $-8.16MM | $-6.07MM |
| Interest Expense | $3.34MM | $5.53MM | $4.99MM |
| Income(Loss) | $-9.00MM | $0.94MM | $14.45MM |
| Taxes | $36.68MM | $-0.35MM | $-28.40MM |
| Profit(Loss)* | $-45.56MM | $1.46MM | $42.95MM |
| Stockholders Equity | $137.18MM | $142.11MM | $178.32MM |
| Inventory | $75.72MM | $73.11MM | $70.51MM |
| Assets | $365.31MM | $312.40MM | $334.55MM |
| Operating Cash Flow | $-10.58MM | $36.96MM | $22.63MM |
| Capital expenditure | $7.63MM | $4.51MM | $9.79MM |
| Investing Cash Flow | $-56.42MM | $2.49MM | $-6.31MM |
| Financing Cash Flow | $60.24MM | $-39.30MM | $-16.23MM |
| Earnings Per Share** | $-4.25 | $0.14 | $4.01 |
* Profit(Loss) attributable to entity.
** EPS are Split Adjusted, recent splits may be reflected with a delay.