LB Foster Company is a railroads business based in the US. LB Foster Company shares (FSTR) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Its last market close was $19.72 – a decrease of 2.04% over the previous week. LB Foster Company employs 1,065 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $545.3 million.
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| Latest market close | $19.72 |
|---|---|
| 52-week range | $14.23 - $30.77 |
| 50-day moving average | $19.20 |
| 200-day moving average | $23.00 |
| Wall St. target price | $26.17 |
| PE ratio | 29.7313 |
| Dividend yield | N/A |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | $0.67 |
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Historical closes compared with the close of $19.99 from 2024-10-18
| 1 week (2024-10-15) | 0.35% |
|---|---|
| 1 month (2024-09-20) | 19.99 |
| 3 months (2024-07-22) | -13.43% |
| 6 months (2024-04-22) | -17.91% |
| 1 year (2023-10-20) | 6.44% |
|---|---|
| 2 years (2022-10-21) | 90.38% |
| 3 years (2021-10-22) | 25.09% |
| 5 years (2019-10-22) | 20.1 |
Valuing LB Foster Company stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of LB Foster Company's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
LB Foster Company's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 30x. In other words, LB Foster Company shares trade at around 30x recent earnings.
That's relatively high compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The high P/E ratio could mean that investors are optimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're over-valued.
LB Foster Company's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $24.7 million.
The EBITDA is a measure of a LB Foster Company's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
| Revenue TTM | $545.3 million |
|---|---|
| Operating margin TTM | 3.2% |
| Gross profit TTM | $90.7 million |
| Return on assets TTM | 1.83% |
| Return on equity TTM | 4.96% |
| Profit margin | 1.35% |
| Book value | $13.64 |
| Market Capitalization | $218.1 million |
TTM: trailing 12 months
We're not expecting LB Foster Company to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.
Over the last 12 months, LB Foster Company's shares have ranged in value from as little as $14.23 up to $30.768. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NASDAQ average) beta is 1, while LB Foster Company's is 0.815. This would suggest that LB Foster Company's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).
L. B. Foster Company provides engineered and manufactured products and services for the building and infrastructure projects in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and internationally. It operates through two segments: Rail, Technologies, and Services; and Infrastructure Solutions. The Rail, Technologies, and Services segment offers new rail to passenger and short line freight railroads, industrial companies, and rail contractors, as well as used rails; rail accessories, such as rack spikes, bolts, angle bars, tie plates, and other products; insulated rail joints and related accessories; fixation fasteners, coverboards, and special accessories; and trackwork products. This segment also provides engineered concrete railroad ties, friction management products and application systems, railroad condition monitoring systems and equipment including wheel impact load detection systems, wayside data collection and management systems, and rockfall, flood, earthworks, and bridge strike monitoring; and aftermarket services. The Infrastructure Solutions segment manufactures precast concrete products for use as restrooms, concession stands, and protective storage buildings under the CXT brand for national, state, and municipal parks; and manufactures sounds walls, bridge beams, box culverts, septic tanks, and other custom pre-stressed and precast concrete products.
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