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

24.44USD-0.23 (-0.93%)Market Closed

Market Summary

USD24.44-0.23

Market Closed

-0.93%

FSTR Stock Price

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FSTR Valuation

Market Cap

271.4M

Price/Earnings (Trailing)

185.39

Price/Sales (Trailing)

0.5

EV/EBITDA

19.73

Price/Free Cashflow

8.37

FSTR Price/Sales (Trailing)

FSTR Profitability

Operating Margin

20.75%

EBT Margin

0.17%

Return on Equity

1.03%

Return on Assets

0.47%

Free Cashflow Yield

11.95%

FSTR Fundamentals

FSTR Revenue

Revenue (TTM)

543.7M

Rev. Growth (Yr)

-1.67%

Rev. Growth (Qtr)

-7.2%

FSTR Earnings

Earnings (TTM)

1.5M

Earnings Growth (Yr)

99.02%

Earnings Growth (Qtr)

-183.5%

Breaking Down FSTR Revenue

Last 7 days

1.2%

Last 30 days

-8.7%

Last 90 days

4.0%

Trailing 12 Months

135.0%

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FSTR Financial Health

Current Ratio

1.76

Debt/Equity

0.39

Debt/Cashflow

0.68

FSTR Investor Care

Shares Dilution (1Y)

0.39%

Diluted EPS (TTM)

0.13

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Net sales

Year	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
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

Which funds bought or sold FSTR recently?

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Datesorted ascending	Fund Name	Type	% Chg	$ Change	$ Held	% Portfolio
Apr 24, 2024	Assenagon Asset Management S.A.	added	249	2,098,380	2,727,230	0.01%
Apr 24, 2024	RITHOLTZ WEALTH MANAGEMENT	new	-	242,922	242,922	0.01%
Apr 24, 2024	West Branch Capital LLC	sold off	-100	-7,895	-	-%
Apr 19, 2024	Azarias Capital Management, L.P.	reduced	-21.19	-161,741	7,444,950	3.12%
Apr 11, 2024	Roble, Belko & Company, Inc	unchanged	-	27,000	137,000	0.02%
Apr 08, 2024	Marion Wealth Management	unchanged	-	51,035	261,985	0.08%
Mar 11, 2024	VANGUARD GROUP INC	unchanged	-	1,764,140	12,595,300	-%
Mar 01, 2024	GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC	added	231	790,896	1,068,230	-%
Feb 15, 2024	JANE STREET GROUP, LLC	new	-	981,810	981,810	-%
Feb 15, 2024	State of Wyoming	reduced	-5.21	2,783	29,994	0.01%

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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
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
Apr 09, 2024	4	Insider Trading
Apr 09, 2024	4	Insider Trading
Mar 08, 2024	4/A	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	148.1B	24.1B	1.19%	27.18%	23.17	6.15	-3.90%	-8.69%
CP	76.2B	14.3B	-5.95%	5.98%	17.23	5.34	71.33%	37.89%
CSX	66.4B	14.6B	-5.84%	12.87%	18.33	4.54	-3.39%	-15.67%
NSC	54.2B	12.0B	-2.62%	19.76%	38.34	4.51	-7.21%	-53.38%
WAB	29.0B	10.0B	13.39%	69.08%	31.67	2.91	15.66%	39.36%
MID-CAP
TRN	2.2B	3.0B	-1.02%	17.02%	19.7	0.74	50.88%	67.04%
SMALL-CAP
GBX	1.6B	3.7B	4.27%	100.41%	14.76	0.44	2.60%	178.84%
FSTR	271.4M	543.7M	-8.66%	134.95%	185.39	0.5	9.30%	103.21%
RAIL	65.1M	358.1M	-9.25%	17.67%	-2.93	0.18	-1.83%	-240.15%
USDP	4.4M	72.3M	44.44%	-96.28%	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	2023Q4	2023Q3	2023Q2	2023Q1	2022Q4	2022Q3	2022Q2	2022Q1	2021Q4	2021Q3	2021Q2	2021Q1	2020Q4	2020Q3	2020Q2	2020Q1	2019Q4	2019Q3	2019Q2	2019Q1	2018Q4
Revenue	-7.2%	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	164,531
Cost Of Revenue	-9.6%	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	91,716
Gross Profit	2.9%	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	30,601
S&GA Expenses	12.8%	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	17,257
EBITDA Margin	60.9%	0.03*	0.02*	0.01*	0.01*	0.01*	0.02*	0.03*	0.03*	0.03*	0.04*	0.04*	0.05*	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Interest Expenses	-22.1%	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	10,947
Income Taxes	-111.6%	-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	4,746
Earnings Before Taxes	-322.7%	-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	-35,824
EBT Margin	116.5%	0.00*	-0.01*	-0.02*	-0.02*	-0.02*	0.00*	0.01*	0.01*	0.01*	0.01*	0.01*	0.03*	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Net Income	-183.5%	-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	-41,152
Net Income Margin	103.5%	0.00*	-0.08*	-0.08*	-0.09*	-0.09*	0.00*	0.01*	0.01*	0.01*	0.01*	0.02*	0.02*	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Free Cashflow	14.8%	19,917	17,354	-11,061	6,233	5,186	-6,965	-7,030	-9,400	4,948	-14,972	-1,693	6,287	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Balance Sheet

(In Millions)

(*) denotes actual numbers (not divided by Millions)
Balance Sheet																					(In Millions)
Description	(%) Q/Q	2023Q4	2023Q3	2023Q2	2023Q1	2022Q4	2022Q3	2022Q2	2022Q1	2021Q4	2021Q3	2021Q2	2021Q1	2020Q4	2020Q3	2020Q2	2020Q1	2019Q4	2019Q3	2019Q2	2019Q1	2018Q4
Assets	-6.4%	313	335	352	336	365	413	365	347	343	360	380	374	370	379	397	399	405	396	417	426	383
Current Assets	-11.5%	168	190	204	185	206	216	203	187	179	195	210	202	195	203	211	207	217	235	252	259	227
Cash Equivalents	-13.8%	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	10.00
Inventory	-10.4%	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	125
Net PPE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	83.00	82.00	83.00	84.00	86.00	87.00
Goodwill	5.6%	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	19.00
Current Liabilities	-0.8%	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	124
Long Term Debt	-22.9%	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	74.00
Shareholder's Equity	0.2%	142	142	143	137	137	176	181	182	184	182	181	177	177	173	164	163	170	139	136	127	122
Retained Earnings	-0.3%	125	125	125	121	123	167	169	167	169	169	167	164	165	163	156	156	158	131	128	119	114
Additional Paid-In Capital	3.1%	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	48.00
Shares Outstanding	-0.7%	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	135.8%	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	2023Q4	2023Q3	2023Q2	2023Q1	2022Q4	2022Q3	2022Q2	2022Q1	2021Q4	2021Q3	2021Q2	2021Q1	2020Q4	2020Q3	2020Q2	2020Q1	2019Q4	2019Q3	2019Q2	2019Q1	2018Q4
Cashflow From Operations	18.4%	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	4,111
Share Based Compensation	53.2%	1,422	928	945	884	810	387	925	258	145	587	386	827	-706	604	558	680	245	876	1,179	855	998
Cashflow From Investing	-94.6%	-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	-420
Cashflow From Financing	-3.5%	-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	-1,524
Buy Backs	564.4%	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	-

FSTR Income Statement

2023-12-31

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
Total net sales (Note 4)	$ 543,744	$ 497,497
Total cost of sales	430,934	407,886
Gross profit	112,810	89,611
Selling and administrative expenses	97,358	82,657
Amortization expense (Note 5)	5,314	6,144
Goodwill and long-lived assets impairment charges (Note 5)	0	8,016
Operating income (loss)	10,138	(7,206)
Interest expense - net	5,528	3,340
Other expense (income) - net (Note 19)	3,666	(1,550)
Income (loss) before income taxes	944	(8,996)
Income tax (benefit) expense (Note 14)	(355)	36,681
Net income (loss)	1,299	(45,677)
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interest	(165)	(113)
Net income (loss) attributable to L.B. Foster Company	$ 1,464	$ (45,564)
Basic earnings (loss) per common share (usd per share)	$ 0.14	$ (4.25)
Diluted earnings (loss) per common share (usd per share)	$ 0.13	$ (4.25)
Basic weighted average shares outstanding (in shares)	10,799,000	10,720,000
Diluted weighted average shares outstanding (in shares)	10,995,000	10,720,000
Sales of goods
Total net sales (Note 4)	$ 475,350	$ 436,821
Total cost of sales	367,431	355,106
Sales of services
Total net sales (Note 4)	68,394	60,676
Total cost of sales	$ 63,503	$ 52,780

FSTR Balance Sheet

2023-12-31

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 2,560	$ 2,882
Accounts receivable - net (Note 6)	53,484	82,455
Contract assets (Note 4)	29,489	33,613
Inventories - net (Note 7)	73,496	75,721
Other current assets	8,961	11,061
Total current assets	167,990	205,732
Property, plant, and equipment - net (Note 8)	75,999	85,344
Operating lease right-of-use assets - net (Note 9)	14,905	17,291
Other assets:
Goodwill (Note 5)	32,587	30,733
Other intangibles - net (Note 5)	19,010	23,831
Other assets	2,715	2,379
TOTAL ASSETS	313,206	365,310
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	40,305	48,782
Deferred revenue (Note 4)	12,479	19,452
Accrued payroll and employee benefits	16,978	10,558
Current portion of accrued settlement (Note 18)	8,000	8,000
Current maturities of long-term debt (Note 10)	102	127
Other accrued liabilities	17,442	16,192
Total current liabilities	95,306	103,111
Long-term debt (Note 10)	55,171	91,752
Deferred tax liabilities (Note 14)	1,232	3,109
Long-term portion of accrued settlement (Note 18)	0	8,000
Long-term operating lease liabilities (Note 9)	11,865	14,163
Other long-term liabilities	6,797	7,577
Stockholders’ equity:
Common stock, par value $0.01, authorized 20,000,000 shares; shares issued at December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, 11,115,779; shares outstanding at December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, 10,733,935 and 10,776,827, respectively (Note 11)	111	111
Paid-in capital	43,111	41,303
Retained earnings	124,633	123,169
Treasury stock - at cost, common stock, shares at December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, 381,844 and 338,952, respectively (Note 11)	(6,494)	(6,240)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss (Note 12)	(19,250)	(21,165)
Total L.B. Foster Company stockholders’ equity	142,111	137,178
Noncontrolling interest	724	420
Total stockholders’ equity	142,835	137,598
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY	$ 313,206	$ 365,310

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 Thu Apr 25 2024, FSTR's PE ratio (Price to Earnings) is 185.39 and Price to Sales (PS) ratio is 0.5. 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 -0.062 (multiply by 100 for percentage) rate of return.