NASDAQ:FSTR - L.B. Foster Stock Price, Forecast & News

L.B. Foster trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "FSTR."

L.B. Foster Co (NASDAQ:FSTR) released its earnings results on Tuesday, October, 29th. The basic materials company reported $0.29 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.47 by $0.18. The basic materials company earned $154.28 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $169.23 million. L.B. Foster had a positive return on equity of 14.16% and a negative net margin of 3.71%. View L.B. Foster's Earnings History.

L.B. Foster is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 25th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for L.B. Foster.

L.B. Foster will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, February 25th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

1 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for L.B. Foster's shares. Their forecasts range from $30.00 to $30.00. On average, they expect L.B. Foster's share price to reach $30.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 70.7% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for L.B. Foster.

1 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for L.B. Foster in the last year. There are currently 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for L.B. Foster.

News stories about FSTR stock have been trending very negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. L.B. Foster earned a coverage optimism score of -3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the basic materials company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term. View News Stories for L.B. Foster.

L.B. Foster saw a increase in short interest during the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 75,400 shares, an increase of 82.6% from the January 15th total of 41,300 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 26,800 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.8 days. Approximately 0.8% of the company's shares are sold short. View L.B. Foster's Current Options Chain.

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L.B. Foster's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Renaissance Technologies LLC (6.80%), Rutabaga Capital Management LLC MA (2.38%), State Street Corp (1.65%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.29%), First Wilshire Securities Management Inc. (1.14%) and Mackay Shields LLC (1.05%). View Institutional Ownership Trends for L.B. Foster.

FSTR stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Morgan Dempsey Capital Management LLC, Mackay Shields LLC, Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc., Russell Investments Group Ltd., Oxford Asset Management LLP, First Trust Advisors LP, Minerva Advisors LLC and Snow Capital Management LP. View Insider Buying and Selling for L.B. Foster.

FSTR stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Rutabaga Capital Management LLC MA, Perritt Capital Management Inc., State Street Corp, First Republic Investment Management Inc., Renaissance Technologies LLC, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, UBS Group AG and Panagora Asset Management Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for L.B. Foster.

Shares of FSTR can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of FSTR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $17.57.

L.B. Foster has a market capitalization of $185.87 million and generates $626.97 million in revenue each year. The basic materials company earns $-31,170,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or $1.17 on an earnings per share basis. L.B. Foster employs 1,480 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About L.B. Foster.

The official website for L.B. Foster is http://www.lbfoster.com/.

L.B. Foster's mailing address is 415 HOLIDAY DR SUITE 100, PITTSBURGH PA, 15220. The basic materials company can be reached via phone at 412-928-3400 or via email at [email protected]