FSTR - LB Foster Co Stock Price, Fair Value and News

29.59USD+0.92 (+3.21%)Delayed

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USD29.59+0.92

Delayed

3.21%

FSTR Stock Price

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FSTR Valuation

Market Cap

324.4M

Price/Earnings (Trailing)

40.29

Price/Sales (Trailing)

0.59

EV/EBITDA

16.94

Price/Free Cashflow

157.94

FSTR Price/Sales (Trailing)

FSTR Profitability

Operating Margin

20.95%

EBT Margin

1.51%

Return on Equity

5.54%

Return on Assets

2.47%

Free Cashflow Yield

0.63%

FSTR Fundamentals

FSTR Revenue

Revenue (TTM)

552.6M

Rev. Growth (Yr)

7.65%

Rev. Growth (Qtr)

-7.83%

FSTR Earnings

Earnings (TTM)

8.1M

Earnings Growth (Yr)

306.13%

Earnings Growth (Qtr)

1.1K%

Breaking Down FSTR Revenue

Last 7 days

-0.4%

Last 30 days

19.4%

Last 90 days

23.3%

Trailing 12 Months

135.8%

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FSTR Financial Health

Current Ratio

2.17

Debt/Equity

0.54

Debt/Cashflow

0.11

FSTR Investor Care

Buy Backs (1Y)

1.10%

Diluted EPS (TTM)

0.73

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Net sales

Year	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
2024	552.6M	0	0	0
2023	514.2M	530.7M	546.0M	543.7M
2022	496.3M	473.3M	473.3M	497.5M
2021	491.6M	504.5M	516.2M	513.6M
2020	598.8M	549.6M	523.2M	497.4M
2019	644.1M	661.9M	639.6M	616.4M
2018	540.1M	568.2M	603.8M	627.0M
2017	475.9M	484.8M	501.6M	536.4M
2016	612.9M	577.5M	516.1M	483.5M
2015	633.7M	638.3M	646.5M	624.5M
2014	580.1M	597.0M	602.5M	607.2M
2013	603.6M	590.3M	582.2M	598.0M
2012	575.9M	569.5M	581.6M	588.5M
2011	498.7M	548.8M	581.6M	575.3M
2010	0	425.0M	446.0M	467.1M
2009	0	0	0	404.0M

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Tracking the Latest Insider Buys and Sells of LB Foster Co

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Datesorted ascending	Name	Buy/Sell	$ Value	Avg. Price	# Shares	Title
Apr 05, 2024	kelly brian h	acquired	-	-	1,666	evp hr & administration
Apr 05, 2024	lippard gregory w	acquired	-	-	1,666	svp -rail
Apr 05, 2024	thalman william m	acquired	-	-	1,666	evp & cfo
Apr 05, 2024	guinee patrick j.	acquired	-	-	1,666	evp general counsel & sec.
Apr 05, 2024	kasel john f	sold (taxes)	-19,725	27.17	-726	president & chief exec officer
Apr 05, 2024	guinee patrick j.	sold (taxes)	-19,399	27.17	-714	evp general counsel & sec.
Apr 05, 2024	kelly brian h	sold (taxes)	-19,209	27.17	-707	evp hr & administration
Apr 05, 2024	treacy william	acquired	-	-	1,666	evp & chief growth officer
Apr 05, 2024	treacy william	sold (taxes)	-20,133	27.17	-741	evp & chief growth officer
Apr 05, 2024	thalman william m	sold (taxes)	-19,426	27.17	-715	evp & cfo

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Datesorted ascending	Fund Name	Type	% Chg	$ Change	$ Held	% Portfolio
May 16, 2024	COMERICA BANK	reduced	-37.13	-2,791	9,941	-%
May 16, 2024	JANE STREET GROUP, LLC	added	172	2,344,630	3,326,440	-%
May 15, 2024	MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC	added	236	3,458,640	4,546,460	-%
May 15, 2024	Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC	new	-	225,770	225,770	-%
May 15, 2024	Man Group plc	added	38.23	360,191	862,750	-%
May 15, 2024	Cubist Systematic Strategies, LLC	new	-	505,890	505,890	-%
May 15, 2024	RBF Capital, LLC	unchanged	-	537,437	2,758,910	0.15%
May 15, 2024	Parkwood LLC	new	-	3,279,000	3,279,000	0.30%
May 15, 2024	Tower Research Capital LLC (TRC)	sold off	-100	-3,980	-	-%
May 15, 2024	SYSTEMATIC FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT LP	reduced	-30.99	-245,233	1,470,100	0.04%

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Unveiling LB Foster Co's Major ShareHolders

Date Filed	Name of Filer	Percent of Class	No. of Shares	Form Type
Feb 13, 2024	vanguard group inc	5.17%	572,772	SC 13G/A
Feb 09, 2024	dimensional fund advisors lp	6.2%	681,635	SC 13G/A
Jan 26, 2024	22nw fund, lp	11.9%	1,313,121	SC 13D/A
Aug 09, 2023	gamco investors, inc. et al	1.63%	181,098	SC 13D/A
May 19, 2023	22nw fund, lp	11.8%	1,313,121	SC 13D/A
Apr 07, 2023	22nw fund, lp	9.4%	1,023,235	SC 13D/A
Feb 17, 2023	gamco investors, inc. et al	1.36%	148,771	SC 13D/A
Feb 13, 2023	brandes investment partners, lp	6.21%	678,603	SC 13G
Feb 10, 2023	dimensional fund advisors lp	6.2%	682,881	SC 13G/A
Feb 09, 2023	vanguard group inc	5.33%	582,465	SC 13G

Recent SEC filings of LB Foster Co

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Date Filed	Form Type	Document
May 07, 2024	10-Q	Quarterly Report
May 07, 2024	8-K	Current Report
May 03, 2024	8-K	Current Report
Apr 12, 2024	ARS	ARS
Apr 12, 2024	DEF 14A	DEF 14A
Apr 12, 2024	DEFA14A	DEFA14A
Apr 09, 2024	4	Insider Trading
Apr 09, 2024	4	Insider Trading
Apr 09, 2024	4	Insider Trading
Apr 09, 2024	4	Insider Trading

Peers (Alternatives to LB Foster Co)

Name	Mkt Capsorted ascending	Revenue	Price %, 1M	Returns, 1Y	P/E	P/S	Rev 1-Yr	Inc 1-Yr
LARGE-CAP
UNP	149.5B	24.1B	6.88%	23.23%	23.39	6.2	-3.90%	-8.69%
CP	76.6B	13.8B	-2.18%	-0.73%	19.62	5.55	49.42%	4.70%
CSX	65.6B	14.6B	-1.90%	3.46%	18.12	4.48	-3.39%	-15.67%
NSC	52.3B	12.0B	-3.29%	7.07%	36.98	4.35	-7.21%	-53.38%
WAB	29.7B	10.0B	16.44%	72.64%	32.31	2.97	15.66%	40.52%
MID-CAP
TRN	2.5B	3.2B	19.97%	45.34%	20.71	0.81	46.82%	54.79%
SMALL-CAP
GBX	1.6B	3.7B	1.60%	88.35%	14.47	0.43	2.60%	178.84%
FSTR	324.4M	552.6M	19.36%	135.78%	40.29	0.59	7.47%	117.45%
RAIL	69.2M	438.2M	3.64%	28.92%	-3.11	0.16	24.29%	-240.15%
USDP	4.1M	72.3M	-	-92.41%	6.25	0.05	-42.10%	101.10%

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Income Statement (Last 12 Months)

(In Thousands)

(*) denotes actual numbers (not divided by Thousands)
Income Statement (Quarterly)																					(In Thousands)
Description	(%) Q/Q	2024Q1	2023Q4	2023Q3	2023Q2	2023Q1	2022Q4	2022Q3	2022Q2	2022Q1	2021Q4	2021Q3	2021Q2	2021Q1	2020Q4	2020Q3	2020Q2	2020Q1	2019Q4	2019Q3	2019Q2	2019Q1
Revenue	-7.8%	124,320	134,877	145,345	148,034	115,488	137,173	130,015	131,515	98,794	112,965	130,053	154,522	116,080	115,576	118,365	141,563	121,907	141,331	144,848	190,701	139,548
Cost Of Revenue	-7.3%	98,071	105,834	117,121	115,782	92,197	110,399	106,918	108,222	82,347	93,930	107,777	128,361	97,250	93,891	96,304	113,425	98,785	103,307	116,897	163,805	121,307
Gross Profit	-9.6%	26,249	29,043	28,224	32,252	23,291	26,774	23,097	23,293	16,447	19,035	22,276	26,161	18,830	21,685	22,061	28,138	23,122	28,198	27,951	36,629	28,160
S&GA Expenses	-16.5%	22,749	27,247	24,160	24,528	21,423	23,347	22,618	19,394	17,298	18,146	20,056	19,767	18,026	17,371	17,066	18,870	20,337	18,185	21,035	22,855	21,917
EBITDA Margin	41.2%	0.04*	0.03*	0.02*	0.01*	0.01*	0.01*	0.02*	0.03*	0.03*	0.03*	0.04*	0.04*	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Interest Expenses	0.1%	1,125	1,124	1,442	1,574	1,388	1,593	993	384	370	502	722	861	871	470	940	1,089	812	8,941	-1,078	-1,597	-1,355
Income Taxes	212.9%	289	-256	-121	563	-541	36,544	-176	821	-508	-375	676	1,139	-321	-143	-13,742	2,102	-58.00	-27,356	836	1,685	638
Earnings Before Taxes	746.6%	4,694	-726	326	4,056	-2,712	-7,418	-2,281	2,797	-2,094	-728	2,916	3,993	-1,591	2,137	2,836	9,072	-63.00	3,228	4,590	11,249	4,328
EBT Margin	770.4%	0.02*	0.00*	-0.01*	-0.02*	-0.02*	-0.02*	0.00*	0.01*	0.01*	0.01*	0.01*	0.01*	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Net Income	1131.6%	4,436	-430	515	3,531	-2,152	-43,931	-2,077	2,010	-1,566	-334	2,342	2,876	-1,258	2,095	6,830	523	-1,866	26,250	3,064	9,564	3,690
Net Income Margin	441.3%	0.01*	0.00*	-0.08*	-0.08*	-0.09*	-0.09*	0.00*	0.01*	0.01*	0.01*	0.01*	0.02*	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Free Cashflow	-221.3%	-24,156	19,917	17,354	-11,061	6,233	5,186	-6,965	-7,030	-9,400	4,948	-14,972	-1,693	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Balance Sheet

(In Millions)

(*) denotes actual numbers (not divided by Millions)
Balance Sheet																					(In Millions)
Description	(%) Q/Q	2024Q1	2023Q4	2023Q3	2023Q2	2023Q1	2022Q4	2022Q3	2022Q2	2022Q1	2021Q4	2021Q3	2021Q2	2021Q1	2020Q4	2020Q3	2020Q2	2020Q1	2019Q4	2019Q3	2019Q2	2019Q1
Assets	4.2%	326	313	335	352	336	365	413	365	347	343	360	380	374	370	379	397	399	405	396	417	426
Current Assets	8.9%	183	168	190	204	185	206	216	203	187	179	195	210	202	195	203	211	207	217	235	252	259
Cash Equivalents	23.0%	3.00	3.00	3.00	4.00	3.00	3.00	5.00	8.00	6.00	10.00	6.00	4.00	5.00	8.00	9.00	7.00	6.00	14.00	15.00	12.00	9.00
Inventory	16.7%	86.00	73.00	82.00	79.00	85.00	76.00	85.00	73.00	68.00	63.00	109	114	117	79.00	117	114	114	118	129	134	143
Net PPE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	83.00	82.00	83.00	84.00	86.00
Goodwill	-1.8%	32.00	33.00	31.00	31.00	31.00	31.00	33.00	6.00	20.00	20.00	20.00	20.00	20.00	20.00	20.00	19.00	19.00	20.00	19.00	19.00	19.00
Current Liabilities	-11.7%	84.00	95.00	96.00	92.00	89.00	103	105	97.00	90.00	86.00	98.00	112	108	95.00	99.00	113	107	117	121	124	137
Long Term Debt	41.2%	78.00	55.00	72.00	89.00	80.00	92.00	99.00	49.00	36.00	31.00	32.00	37.00	37.00	45.00	49.00	55.00	61.00	55.00	70.00	88.00	90.00
Shareholder's Equity	2.2%	145	142	142	143	137	137	176	181	182	184	182	181	177	177	173	164	163	170	139	136	127
Retained Earnings	3.6%	129	125	125	125	121	123	167	169	167	169	169	167	164	165	163	156	156	158	131	128	119
Additional Paid-In Capital	-2.9%	42.00	43.00	42.00	41.00	41.00	41.00	43.00	42.00	42.00	43.00	44.00	44.00	44.00	45.00	45.00	45.00	44.00	49.00	49.00	48.00	47.00
Shares Outstanding	0.5%	11.00	11.00	11.00	11.00	11.00	11.00	11.00	11.00	11.00	11.00	11.00	11.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Minority Interest	-6.6%	1.00	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Float	-	-	-	-	152	-	-	-	133	-	-	-	185	-	-	-	126	-	-	-	270	-

Cashflow (Last 12 Months)

(In Thousands)

(*) denotes actual numbers (not divided by Thousands)
Cashflow (Quarterly)																					(In Thousands)
Description	(%) Q/Q	2024Q1	2023Q4	2023Q3	2023Q2	2023Q1	2022Q4	2022Q3	2022Q2	2022Q1	2021Q4	2021Q3	2021Q2	2021Q1	2020Q4	2020Q3	2020Q2	2020Q1	2019Q4	2019Q3	2019Q2	2019Q1
Cashflow From Operations	-199.1%	-21,864	22,066	18,643	-10,265	6,932	8,260	-5,454	-5,746	-7,636	6,000	-13,652	-772	7,614	4,348	8,079	13,024	-4,902	15,931	19,740	4,117	-13,546
Share Based Compensation	-27.4%	1,033	1,422	928	945	884	810	387	925	258	145	587	386	827	-706	604	558	680	245	876	1,179	855
Cashflow From Investing	132.4%	1,209	-3,732	-1,918	3,055	4,661	-2,357	-46,733	-6,789	-539	-1,088	21,158	-921	-1,327	-1,631	-2,988	-2,895	-2,805	-2,618	1,294	-1,259	-2,513
Cashflow From Financing	217.2%	21,298	-18,175	-17,558	8,459	-12,022	-8,328	50,092	14,464	4,012	-874	-5,112	528	-8,446	-4,130	-6,472	-9,035	4,360	-14,825	-18,090	32.00	14,674
Buy Backs	-73.2%	385	1,435	216	662	309	5.00	4.00	4.00	397	183	2.00	-	547	5.00	-	3.00	1,657	21.00	9.00	65.00	526

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FSTR Income Statement

2024-03-31

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2024	Mar. 31, 2023
Total net sales	$ 124,320	$ 115,488
Total cost of sales	98,071	92,197
Gross profit	26,249	23,291
Selling and administrative expenses	22,749	21,423
Amortization expense	1,217	1,365
Operating profit	2,283	503
Interest expense - net	1,125	1,388
Other (income) expense - net	(3,536)	1,827
Income (loss) before income taxes	4,694	(2,712)
Income tax expense (benefit)	289	(541)
Net income (loss)	4,405	(2,171)
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interest	(31)	(19)
Net income (loss) attributable to L.B. Foster Company	$ 4,436	$ (2,152)
Per share data attributable to L.B. Foster shareholders:
Basic earnings (loss) per common share (in USD per share)	$ 0.41	$ (0.20)
Diluted earnings (loss) per common share (in USD per share)	$ 0.40	$ (0.20)
Basic weighted average shares outstanding (in shares)	10,762	10,792
Diluted weighted average shares outstanding (in shares)	10,985	10,792
Sales of goods
Total net sales	$ 104,463	$ 98,538
Total cost of sales	81,469	78,065
Sales of services
Total net sales	19,857	16,950
Total cost of sales	$ 16,602	$ 14,132

FSTR Balance Sheet

2024-03-31

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2024	Dec. 31, 2023
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 3,148	$ 2,560
Accounts receivable - net (Note 5)	57,871	53,484
Contract assets - net (Note 3)	24,141	29,489
Inventories - net (Note 6)	85,761	73,496
Other current assets	12,063	8,961
Total current assets	182,984	167,990
Property, plant, and equipment - net	76,133	75,999
Operating lease right-of-use assets - net	14,098	14,905
Other assets:
Goodwill (Note 4)	31,995	32,587
Other intangibles - net (Note 4)	18,198	19,010
Other assets	2,993	2,715
TOTAL ASSETS	326,401	313,206
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	43,368	40,305
Deferred revenue (Note 3)	11,458	12,479
Accrued payroll and employee benefits	5,340	16,978
Current portion of accrued settlement (Note 13)	8,000	8,000
Current maturities of long-term debt (Note 7)	159	102
Other accrued liabilities	15,856	17,442
Total current liabilities	84,181	95,306
Long-term debt (Note 7)	77,926	55,171
Deferred tax liabilities (Note 9)	1,191	1,232
Long-term operating lease liabilities	11,178	11,865
Other long-term liabilities	6,648	6,797
Stockholders’ equity:
Common stock, par value $0.01, authorized 20,000,000 shares; shares issued at March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, 11,115,779; shares outstanding at March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, 10,789,231 and 10,733,935, respectively	111	111
Paid-in capital	41,866	43,111
Retained earnings	129,069	124,633
Treasury stock - at cost, 326,548 and 381,844 common stock shares at March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively	(5,829)	(6,494)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(20,616)	(19,250)
Total L.B. Foster Company stockholders’ equity	144,601	142,111
Noncontrolling interest	676	724
Total stockholders’ equity	145,277	142,835
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY	$ 326,401	$ 313,206

About LB Foster Co

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 precast products, such as sound walls, bridge beams, box culverts, septic tanks, and other custom pre-stressed products, as well as a range of specialty precast concrete 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.

CEO	Mr. John F. Kasel
WEBSITE	lbfoster.com
INDUSTRY	Railroads
EMPLOYEES	1131

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The fair value guage provides a quick view whether FSTR is over valued or under valued. Whether LB Foster Co is cheap or expensive depends on the assumptions which impact LB Foster Co's fair value. We provide several scenarios of inflation and growth to encompass these range of assumptions for FSTR.

What is LB Foster Co's Price to Earnings (PE) and Price to sales (PS) ratio?

As of Fri May 17 2024, FSTR's PE ratio (Price to Earnings) is 40.29 and Price to Sales (PS) ratio is 0.59. The price to earnings and price to sales ratio are two most important valuation metrics for any company. PE ratio tell us the number of years of earnings investors are ready to pay for owning the company. Historically, S&P500 price to earnings ratio has fallen below 12 during periods of gloom and gone past 30 during periods of euphoria. FSTR PE ratio will change depending on the future growth rate expectations of investors.

What is 5 year return on LB Foster Co's stock?

In the past 10 years, LB Foster Co has provided -0.042 (multiply by 100 for percentage) rate of return.