FOSTER L B CO
FSTRNasdaq
$41.93
↓ -0.9%Jul 17 close · end-of-day
Price
1Y↑ +78.4%
End-of-day closes; the latest point is the live 15-min-delayed price · split & dividend adjusted · chart by TradingView
Key statistics
Market Cap
$443.8M
Enterprise Value
$499.5M
P/E
40.7
P/S
0.8
P/B
2.6
EV/EBITDA
13.2
PEG
—
FCF Yield
9.1%
Dividend Yield
—
Revenue (TTM)
$563.4M
Net Income (TTM)
$11.2M
Free Cash Flow (TTM)
$40.5M
Gross Margin
21.2%
Operating Margin
4.6%
Net Margin
2.0%
ROE
6.4%
ROIC
5.8%
Debt / Equity
0.3
Net Cash
-$55.7M
Return 1Y
+78.6%
Company profile
L.B. Foster Company provides engineered and manufactured products and services for the building and infrastructure projects worldwide. Its Rail, Technologies, and Services segment offers new rail to passenger and short line freight railroads, industrial companies, and rail contractors. Precast Concrete Products segment offers a range of specialty precast concrete products. 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.
- CEO
- John F. Kasel
- Sector
- Wholesale Trade
- Industry
- Wholesale
- Employees
- 990
- Headquarters
- Pennsylvania
- Website
- lbfoster.com
Management & directors
- Curran Timothy JosephController and PAO
- Reilly Sean MSVP and CFO
- Thalman William MEVP & COO
- Friedman Brian HunterSVP, Chief Growth Officer
- Guinee Patrick J.EVP General Counsel & Sec.
- Kasel John FPresident & Chief Exec Officer
- Lippard Gregory WSVP -Rail
- Ness RobertSVP, Precast Concrete Products
- O'Neill Jamie FSVP, Human Resources
- Rolli Sara FaySVP, Operational Admin
- Kelly Brian HEVP and Sr. Advisor to the CEO
Roles derived from SEC Form 4 filings.
Earnings
FSTR Q1 2026 Earnings
Period ends 2026-03-31
MetricActualYoY
Revenue$121.1M↑ +23.9%
Diluted EPS$0.14↓ -170.0%
Actuals from SEC filings; YoY vs the year-ago quarter. Analyst estimates & surprise require a data feed (coming soon).
Financial statements
| Line item | FY2020 | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2024 | FY2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $497.4M | $513.6M | $497.5M | $543.7M | $530.8M | $540.0M |
| Gross profit | $95.0M | $86.3M | $89.6M | $112.0M | $118.1M | $113.8M |
| Operating income | $15.6M | $4.5M | -$7.2M | $9.1M | $20.5M | $21.9M |
| Net income | $7.6M | $3.6M | -$45.6M | $1.5M | $42.9M | $7.5M |
| Diluted EPS | $0.71 | $0.34 | -$4.25 | $0.13 | $3.89 | $0.69 |
| Operating cash flow | — | — | -$10.6M | $37.0M | $22.6M | $35.6M |
| Free cash flow | — | — | -$18.2M | $32.4M | $12.8M | $25.2M |
| Gross margin | 19.1% | 16.8% | 18.0% | 20.6% | 22.2% | 21.1% |
| Operating margin | 3.1% | 0.9% | -1.4% | 1.7% | 3.9% | 4.1% |
| Net margin | 1.5% | 0.7% | -9.2% | 0.3% | 8.1% | 1.4% |
| Line item | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | Q1 '26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $140.8M | $137.5M | $128.2M | $97.8M | $143.6M | $138.3M | $160.4M | $121.1M |
| Gross profit | $30.5M | $32.8M | $28.6M | $20.2M | $30.9M | $31.1M | $31.6M | $25.7M |
| Operating income | $4.6M | $7.3M | $3.1M | -$1.9M | $7.7M | $8.3M | $7.8M | $2.0M |
| Net income | $2.8M | $35.9M | -$242,000.00 | -$2.1M | $2.9M | $4.4M | $2.4M | $1.5M |
| Diluted EPS | $0.26 | $3.27 | -$0.04 | -$0.20 | $0.27 | $0.40 | $0.22 | $0.14 |
| Operating cash flow | -$5.0M | $24.7M | $24.3M | -$26.1M | $10.4M | $29.2M | $22.2M | -$10.4M |
| Free cash flow | -$7.0M | $21.7M | $22.3M | -$28.7M | $7.7M | $26.4M | $19.8M | -$13.4M |
| Gross margin | 21.7% | 23.8% | 22.3% | 20.6% | 21.5% | 22.5% | 19.7% | 21.2% |
| Operating margin | 3.2% | 5.3% | 2.4% | -2.0% | 5.3% | 6.0% | 4.9% | 1.7% |
| Net margin | 2.0% | 26.1% | -0.2% | -2.2% | 2.0% | 3.1% | 1.5% | 1.2% |
Company news
Jul 20, 2026
Jun 16, 2026
Analyst estimates
Coming soonConsensus revenue & EPS estimates and price targets will appear here once a forward-estimates data feed is connected.
Insider transactions
BoughtSoldMonthly insider $ volume · trailing 12 months
| Date | Insider | Type | Shares | Price | Value | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | Meyer David J | Award | 422 | $45.17 | $19,061.74 | filing |
| 2026-06-01 | THALMAN WILLIAM M· EVP & COO | Award | 1,128 | $0.00 | $0.00 | filing |
| 2026-06-01 | REILLY SEAN M· SVP and CFO | Award | 895 | $0.00 | $0.00 | filing |
| 2026-06-01 | Curran Timothy Joseph· Controller and PAO | Award | 295 | $0.00 | $0.00 | filing |
| 2026-05-22 | KASEL JOHN F· President & Chief Exec Officer | Tax withholding | 4,102 | $38.11 | $156,327.22 | filing |
| 2026-05-22 | THALMAN WILLIAM M· EVP & CFO | Tax withholding | 1,178 | $38.11 | $44,893.58 | filing |
| 2026-05-22 | Guinee Patrick J.· EVP General Counsel & Sec. | Tax withholding | 1,077 | $38.11 | $41,044.47 | filing |
| 2026-05-22 | LIPPARD GREGORY W· SVP -Rail | Tax withholding | 905 | $38.11 | $34,489.55 | filing |
| 2026-05-22 | Ness Robert· SVP, Precast Concrete Products | Tax withholding | 683 | $38.11 | $26,029.13 | filing |
| 2026-05-22 | REILLY SEAN M· Controller | Tax withholding | 425 | $38.11 | $16,196.75 | filing |
| 2026-05-22 | Friedman Brian Hunter· SVP, Chief Growth Officer | Tax withholding | 416 | $38.11 | $15,853.76 | filing |
| 2026-05-22 | Rolli Sara Fay· SVP, Operational Admin | Tax withholding | 352 | $38.11 | $13,414.72 | filing |
| 2026-05-22 | O'Neill Jamie F· SVP, Human Resources | Tax withholding | 269 | $38.11 | $10,251.59 | filing |
| 2026-05-22 | OWEN DIANE B | Tax withholding | 96 | $38.11 | $3,658.56 | filing |
| 2026-05-22 | Kunz John E | Tax withholding | 36 | $38.11 | $1,371.96 | filing |
| 2026-05-21 | Thompson Bruce Ernest | Award | 2,363 | $0.00 | $0.00 | filing |
| 2026-05-21 | OWEN DIANE B | Award | 2,363 | $0.00 | $0.00 | filing |
| 2026-05-21 | Kunz John E | Award | 2,363 | $0.00 | $0.00 | filing |
| 2026-05-21 | Meyer David J | Award | 2,363 | $0.00 | $0.00 | filing |
| 2026-05-21 | Betler Raymond T | Award | 2,363 | $0.00 | $0.00 | filing |
| 2026-04-01 | English Aron R. | Sale | 38,431 | $28.05 | $1.1M | filing |
| 2026-03-31 | English Aron R. | Sale | 1,500 | $28.02 | $42,030.00 | filing |
| 2026-03-31 | Meyer David J | Award | 683 | $27.90 | $19,055.70 | filing |
| 2026-03-30 | English Aron R. | Sale | 1,887 | $28.01 | $52,856.95 | filing |
| 2026-03-27 | English Aron R. | Sale | 862 | $28.02 | $24,153.24 | filing |
Showing the latest 25 transactions — full history in the linked SEC filings.
Fundamentals & filings from SEC EDGAR. Prices adjusted for splits & dividends. Not investment advice.