L.B. Foster Company
General ticker "FSTR" information:
- Sector: Industrials
- Industry: Railroads
- Capitalization: $254.8M (TTM average)
L.B. Foster Company follows the US Stock Market performance with the rate: 65.8%.
Estimated limits based on current volatility of 1.1%: low 29.57$, high 30.24$
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
- Price in estimated range
Stock Forecast*
* forecast is subjective and experimental, should not be used for any investment decisions
Long term estimates were made for the period from 2025-12-31 to 2027-12-31
- 2025-12-31 to 2026-12-31 estimated range: [23.89$, 35.47$]
- 2026-12-31 to 2027-12-31 estimated range: [27.21$, 39.53$]
Financial Metrics affecting the FSTR estimates:
- Positive: with PPE of 40.6 at the end of fiscal year the price was neutral
- Positive: -4.72 < Operating profit margin, % of 4.05
- Positive: 6.68 < Operating cash flow per share per price, % of 12.24
- Positive: 1.88 < Return on assets ratio (scaled to [-100,100]) of 2.20
- Positive: Industry operating profit margin (median), % of 16.62 > 9.67
- Negative: Investing cash flow per share per price, % of -3.56 <= -0.65
- Negative: 0.73 < Interest expense per share per price, % of 1.68
- Positive: 42.60 < Shareholder equity ratio, % of 53.05 <= 64.25
Short-term FSTR quotes
Long-term FSTR plot with estimates
Financial data
| YTD | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Revenue | $543.74MM | $534.24MM | $540.01MM |
| Operating Expenses | $534.64MM | $513.73MM | $518.12MM |
| Operating Income | $9.11MM | $20.51MM | $21.89MM |
| Non-Operating Income | $-8.16MM | $-6.07MM | $-4.47MM |
| Interest Expense | $5.53MM | $4.99MM | $4.89MM |
| Income(Loss) | $0.94MM | $14.45MM | $17.42MM |
| Taxes | $-0.35MM | $-28.40MM | $10.00MM |
| Profit(Loss)* | $1.46MM | $42.95MM | $7.54MM |
| Stockholders Equity | $142.11MM | $178.32MM | $175.28MM |
| Inventory | $73.11MM | $70.51MM | $60.22MM |
| Assets | $312.40MM | $334.55MM | $330.37MM |
| Operating Cash Flow | $36.96MM | $22.63MM | $35.62MM |
| Capital expenditure | $4.51MM | $9.79MM | $10.42MM |
| Investing Cash Flow | $2.49MM | $-6.31MM | $-10.37MM |
| Financing Cash Flow | $-39.30MM | $-16.23MM | $-23.54MM |
| Earnings Per Share** | $0.14 | $4.01 | $0.73 |
* Profit(Loss) attributable to entity.
** EPS are Split Adjusted, recent splits may be reflected with a delay.