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L.B. Foster Company

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Industrials · Railroads · United States · Updated May 11, 1:51pm
$40.92
Price
$428.0M
Market Cap
1,057
Employees
1.06
Beta
John F. Kasel
CEO
Business Description

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.

Business History
Price Overview
Last updated: May 11, 2026 1:51pm (just now)
$40.92
-1.38 (-3.26%)
Day Range
$40.05 – $41.75
52-Week Range
$18.18 – $42.53
50-Day MA
$30.48
200-Day MA
$27.99
Volume
67,673.39
Analyst Price Targets
Low $21.00
Consensus $21.00
High $21.00
(1 analysts)
Share Structure
Outstanding 10,458,680.00
Float 9,569,616.00
Free Float 91.5%
High free float — 91.5% of shares trade freely, ~8.5% held by insiders/institutions
Very liquid — most shares trade freely. Low insider ownership can mean less management alignment, but makes large position sizing straightforward.
Small absolute float (9.6M shares) — even with a decent free float %, volume can be thin. Check average daily volume before sizing a position.
Price History (1 Year)
Revenue & Net Income Trend
The directional story — useful even when net income is negative.
Revenue
The top line — total sales before any costs or taxes are subtracted. A measure of how much business the company is doing.
Net Income
The bottom line — profit left after subtracting all expenses, interest, and taxes from revenue. Reflects accounting profitability, but includes non-cash items like depreciation, so it isn't the same as cash earned.
Operating Cash Flow
The real cash generated by the day-to-day business — selling products, paying suppliers, collecting from customers. Calculated from net income by adding back non-cash items and adjusting for timing (unpaid bills, unsold inventory). When OCF consistently lags net income, the reported profit may not be converting to real money.
Period Revenue Net Income Net Margin YoY/QoQ
Key Metrics
API Direct from provider CALC Derived from statements
P/E Ratio (Price per dollar of earnings)
API
Stock Price / EPS (Diluted)
37.41
Stock Price: $40.92
EPS (Diluted): 0.73
P/B Ratio (Price vs net asset value)
API
Stock Price / Book Value Per Share
1.60
Stock Price: $40.92
Total Equity: $175.28M
Shares: 10,882,000
EV/EBITDA (Total value vs operating profit)
API
Enterprise Value / EBITDA
13.38
Market Cap: $427.99M
Total Debt: $42.76M
Cash: $4.35M
EBITDA: $34.76M
Enterprise Value (Takeover price (cap + debt - cash))
API
Market Cap + Total Debt - Cash
$342.3M
Market Cap: $427.99M
Total Debt: $42.76M
Cash: $4.35M
Gross Margin (Revenue left after direct costs)
API
Gross Profit / Revenue
21.1%
Gross Profit: $113.75M
Revenue: $540.01M
Operating Margin (Revenue left after all operations)
API
Operating Income / Revenue
4.1%
Operating Income: $21.89M
Revenue: $540.01M
Net Margin (Revenue left as actual profit)
API
Net Income / Revenue
1.4%
Net Income: $7.55M
Revenue: $540.01M
ROE (Profit from shareholder equity)
API
Net Income / Total Equity
6.4%
Net Income: $7.55M
Total Equity: $175.28M
ROIC (Profit from all invested capital)
API
NOPAT / Invested Capital
5.1%
Operating Income: $21.89M
Tax Rate: 57.4%
Equity: $175.28M
Total Debt: $42.76M
Cash: $4.35M
Current Ratio (Can it pay short-term bills)
API
Current Assets / Current Liabilities
1.87
Current Assets: $156.87M
Current Liabilities: $83.92M
Debt/Equity (Leverage — debt vs equity)
CALC
Total Debt / Total Equity
0.24
Short-Term Debt: $153,000
Long-Term Debt: $42.60M
Total Debt: $42.76M
Total Equity: $175.28M
Rev/Share (Top-line per share)
CALC
Revenue / Shares Outstanding
$49.62
Revenue: $540.01M
Shares: 10,882,000
Book Value/Share (Net assets per share)
CALC
(Total Assets - Total Liabilities) / Shares
$16.11
Total Equity: $175.28M
Shares: 10,882,000
FCF/Share (Real cash generated per share)
CALC
(Operating Cash Flow + CapEx) / Shares
$2.32
Operating CF: $35.62M
CapEx: -$10.42M
Shares: 10,882,000
CapEx is negative (outflow) — added to OCF to get FCF
Div Yield (Annual income from holding)
API
Last Annual Dividend / Stock Price
0.0%
Last Dividend: N/A
Stock Price: $40.92
Payout Ratio (Earnings paid out as dividends)
Dividends Paid / Net Income
—
Dividends Paid: N/A
Net Income: $7.55M
Dividends paid not available in cash flow statement
Industry Benchmarks
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Deep Analysis

Pre-flight intelligence scans the company first, then routes to the right analytical methods.

0 Company Classification — What type of company is this?
1 Industry Landscape — Where is the industry headed?
2 Company Momentum — Where is this company trending?
3 Forward Projection — 1Y & 2Y projected metrics (requires Layer 1 + 2)
4a DCF Valuation — Present value of future cash flows
4b Earnings Power Value — Floor value — worth with zero growth
4c Anchored PE — Industry PE adjusted for growth differential
4d Reverse DCF — What growth is the market pricing in?
4e Revenue-Based DCF — For growth/narrative companies (skip if mature earner)
4f Anchored P/S — Price-to-Sales peer comparison (skip if mature earner)
4g Scenario Analysis — Bull / Base / Bear (skip if mature earner)
4h Dividend Discount Model — For dividend/income stocks only
4i Book Value Analysis — For deep value / turnaround stocks only
4j Insider Activity — Are insiders buying or selling?
4f Cash Flow Quality — How trustworthy is the FCF?
4g Debt Maturity Risk — Can it handle its debt?
4h Macro Environment — Rates, market valuation, volatility
4i Sector Intelligence — How does this company compare within its sector?
4j Revenue Confidence — How reliable is the growth projection?
4k Sensitivity Analysis — How fragile is the fair value estimate?
4l Sector Demand Cycle — Is the sector in a boom, steady state, or contraction?
5 AI Investigation — Adaptive research engine (Claude)
5b Thesis Evaluation — What does the market believe? (narrative/platform stocks only)
6 Valuation Synthesis — Weighted verdict from all methods (requires Layer 4)
Income Statement (Annual)
Metric 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Revenue $513.6M $497.5M $543.7M $530.8M $540.0M
Cost of Revenue $427.3M $407.9M $431.7M $412.7M $426.3M
Gross Profit $86.3M $89.6M $112.0M $118.1M $113.8M
Operating Expenses $81.8M $96.8M $102.9M $97.5M $91.9M
Operating Income $4.5M -$7.2M $9.1M $20.5M $21.9M
Net Income $3.6M -$45.6M $1.5M $42.9M $7.5M
EBITDA $21.4M $9.1M $21.7M $33.5M $34.8M
EPS $0.34 $-4.25 $0.14 $4.01 $0.73
EPS (Diluted) — — — — —
Balance Sheet (Annual)
Metric 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Cash & Equivalents $10.4M $2.9M $2.6M $2.5M $4.3M
Total Current Assets $179.5M $205.7M $167.4M $161.6M $156.9M
Total Assets $342.6M $365.3M $312.4M $334.6M $330.4M
Current Liabilities $86.2M $103.1M $94.5M $88.3M $83.9M
Long-Term Debt $31.2M $91.8M $55.2M $46.8M $42.6M
Total Liabilities $159.0M $227.7M $169.6M $155.5M $155.1M
Total Equity $183.1M $137.2M $142.1M $178.3M $175.3M
Retained Earnings $168.7M $123.2M $124.6M $167.6M $175.1M
Cash Flow (Annual)
Metric 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Operating Cash Flow -$1.1M -$10.6M $37.0M $22.6M $35.6M
Capital Expenditure -$4.6M -$7.6M -$4.5M -$9.8M -$10.4M
Free Cash Flow -$5.7M -$18.2M $32.4M $12.8M $25.2M
Acquisitions (net) $-295,000 -$57.9M -$1.2M $-416,000 $0
Debt Repayment — — — — —
Dividends Paid — — — — —
Stock Buybacks $-732,000 $-410,000 -$2.6M -$8.2M -$16.5M
Net Change in Cash $2.8M -$7.5M $-322,000 $-106,000 $1.9M
Analyst Estimates (Annual)
Metric 2024 2025 2026 2027
Revenue $535.8M
$533.4M – $538.2M
 $537.5M
$535.4M – $541.5M
 $553.2M
$548.7M – $557.6M
 $571.8M
$557.4M – $586.2M
EBITDA $57.6M
$57.4M – $57.9M
 $57.8M
$57.6M – $58.2M
 $59.5M
$59.0M – $60.0M
 $61.5M
$60.0M – $63.1M
Net Income $45.8M
$44.1M – $47.6M
 $12.3M
$12.0M – $12.6M
 $18.6M
$18.4M – $19.5M
 $21.5M
$19.5M – $23.6M
EPS — — — —
Growth Trends (YoY %)
Metric 2022 2023 2024 2025
Revenue Growth -3.1% +9.3% -2.4% +1.7%
Gross Profit Growth +3.8% +25.0% +5.4% -3.7%
Operating Income Growth -261.2% +226.4% +125.2% +6.7%
Net Income Growth -1,356.6% +103.2% +2,833.5% -82.4%
EBITDA Growth -57.4% +138.2% +54.2% +3.7%
Insider Trading (Recent)
Date Insider Type Shares Price Value
2026-03-31 English Aron R. S-Sale 1,500.00 $28.02 $42,030
2026-04-01 English Aron R. S-Sale 38,431.00 $28.05 $1.1M
2026-03-31 Meyer David J A-Award 683.00 $27.90 $19,056
2026-03-26 English Aron R. S-Sale 8,968.00 $28.02 $251,291
2026-03-27 English Aron R. S-Sale 862.00 $28.02 $24,153
2026-03-30 English Aron R. S-Sale 1,887.00 $28.01 $52,857
2026-03-23 English Aron R. S-Sale 78,414.00 $28.51 $2.2M
2026-03-24 English Aron R. S-Sale 25,889.00 $28.19 $729,718
2026-03-25 English Aron R. S-Sale 2,716.00 $28.09 $76,282
2026-02-19 REILLY SEAN M A-Award 2,053.00 $0.00 $0
2026-02-19 REILLY SEAN M A-Award 492.00 $0.00 $0
2026-02-19 REILLY SEAN M A-Award 1,315.00 $0.00 $0
2026-02-19 REILLY SEAN M A-Award 2,987.00 $0.00 $0
2026-02-19 REILLY SEAN M F-InKind 4,308.00 $31.13 $134,087
2026-02-14 REILLY SEAN M F-InKind 686.00 $31.63 $21,698
2026-02-19 Ness Robert A-Award 3,422.00 $0.00 $0
2026-02-19 Ness Robert A-Award 764.00 $0.00 $0
2026-02-19 Ness Robert A-Award 1,947.00 $0.00 $0
2026-02-19 Ness Robert F-InKind 5,281.00 $31.13 $164,371
2026-02-19 Ness Robert A-Award 3,585.00 $0.00 $0
Dividend History (Last 20)
Date Dividend Declaration Record Payment
2016-09-07 $0.04 2016-07-29 2016-09-09 2016-09-23
2016-06-08 $0.04 2016-05-26 2016-06-10 2016-06-24
2016-03-09 $0.04 2016-02-25 2016-03-11 2016-03-25
2015-12-02 $0.04 2015-11-02 2015-12-04 2015-12-18
2015-09-02 $0.04 2015-08-04 2015-09-04 2015-09-18
2015-06-10 $0.04 2015-06-01 2015-06-12 2015-06-26
2015-03-11 $0.04 2015-02-23 2015-03-13 2015-03-27
2014-12-03 $0.04 2014-11-03 2014-12-05 2014-12-19
2014-09-03 $0.03 2014-08-01 2014-09-05 2014-09-19
2014-06-04 $0.03 2014-05-23 2014-06-06 2014-06-20
2014-03-12 $0.03 2014-02-27 2014-03-14 2014-03-28
2013-12-04 $0.03 2013-11-06 2013-12-06 2013-12-20
2013-09-04 $0.03 2013-08-01 2013-09-06 2013-09-20
2013-06-05 $0.03 2013-05-24 2013-06-07 2013-06-21
2013-03-13 $0.03 2013-02-28 2013-03-15 2013-03-29
2012-12-05 $0.03 2012-10-31 2012-12-07 2012-12-21
2012-09-05 $0.03 2012-07-30 2012-09-07 2012-09-21
2012-06-06 $0.03 2012-05-25 2012-06-08 2012-06-22
2012-03-15 $0.03 2012-03-07 2012-03-19 2012-03-30
2011-12-07 $0.03 2011-10-26 2011-12-09 2011-12-23
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