NASDAQ:FSTRL.B. Foster Stock Price, Forecast & News

$12.22

-0.22 (-1.77 %)

(As of 05/29/2020 04:00 PM ET)

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Today's Range

$11.78

Now: $12.22▼

$12.52

50-Day Range

$10.01

MA: $12.70▼

$14.58

52-Week Range

$7.96

Now: $12.22▼

$27.80

Volume24,468 shs

Average Volume38,810 shs

Market Capitalization$130.88 million

P/E Ratio3.52

Dividend YieldN/A

Beta1.67

L.B. Foster Company manufactures and distributes products and services for the transportation and energy infrastructure worldwide. Its Rail Products 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, bolts, angle bars, and other products; power rail, direct fixation fasteners, coverboards, and other accessories; and trackwork products, as well as engineers and fabricates 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, rail anchors and spikes, wayside data collection and management systems, epoxy and nylon-encapsulated insulated rail joints, and track fasteners; and aftermarket services and engineered concrete railroad ties. The company's Construction Products segment sells and rents steel sheet piling, H-bearing pile, and other piling products; and bridge decking, bridge railing, structural steel fabrications, expansion joints, bridge forms, and other products for highway construction and repair. It also produces precast concrete buildings and various specialty precast concrete products; and fabricated steel and aluminum products. Its Tubular and Energy Services segment provides pipe coatings for natural gas pipelines and utilities; solutions for metering and injection systems for the oil and gas market; upstream test and inspection services; and precision measurement systems, and inspection and tubular integrity management services for the oil and gas market, as well as threaded pipe products for the oil and gas, industrial water well, and irrigation markets. 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.

Beat the Market (BTM) Rank^™

3.5 Analyst's Opinion

Consensus Rating
L.B. Foster has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on 1 buy rating, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.
Price Target Upside/Downside
According to analysts' consensus price target of $20.00, L.B. Foster has a potential upside of 63.7% from its current price of $12.22.
Amount of Analyst Coverage
L.B. Foster has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

2.2 Community Rank

Outperform Votes
L.B. Foster has received 197 “outperform” votes. (Add your “outperform” vote.)
Underperform Votes
L.B. Foster has received 253 “underperform” votes. (Add your “underperform” vote.)
Community Sentiment
L.B. Foster has received 56.22% “underperform” votes from our community.

MarketBeat's community ratings are surveys of what our community members think about L.B. Foster and other stocks. Vote “Outperform” if you believe FSTR will outperform the S&P 500 over the long term. Vote “Underperform” if you believe FSTR will underperform the S&P 500 over the long term. You may vote once every thirty days.

0.0 Dividend Strength

Dividend Yield
L.B. Foster does not currently pay a dividend.
Dividend Growth
L.B. Foster does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

4.0 Company Ownership

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling
In the past three months, L.B. Foster insiders have bought more of their company's stock than they have sold. Specifically, they have bought $7,196.00 in company stock and sold $0.00 in company stock.
Percentage Held by Insiders
Only 6.20% of the stock of L.B. Foster is held by insiders.
Percentage Held by Institutions
70.93% of the stock of L.B. Foster is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

1.9 Earnings and Valuation

Earnings Growth
Earnings for L.B. Foster are expected to decrease by -100.00% in the coming year, from $0.67 to $0.00 per share.
Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market
The P/E ratio of L.B. Foster is 3.52, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 15.21.
Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector
The P/E ratio of L.B. Foster is 3.52, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Basic Materials sector average P/E ratio of about 22.29.
Price to Book Value per Share Ratio
L.B. Foster has a P/B Ratio of 0.81. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Overall Beat the Market Rank^™

2.32 out of 5 stars

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Stock Exchange NASDAQ

Industry Metals service centers & offices

Sub-IndustryIndustrial Machinery

SectorBasic Materials

Current SymbolNASDAQ:FSTR

Previous Symbol

CUSIP35006010

CIK352825

Webwww.lbfoster.com

Phone412-928-3400

Debt

Debt-to-Equity Ratio0.47

Current Ratio1.93

Quick Ratio0.87

Price-To-Earnings

Trailing P/E Ratio3.52

Forward P/E Ratio18.24

P/E GrowthN/A

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales$655.06 million

Price / Sales0.20

Cash Flow$3.29 per share

Price / Cash Flow3.71

Book Value$15.18 per share

Price / Book0.81

Profitability

EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year)$1.62

Net Income$42.57 million

Net Margins5.84%

Return on Equity7.67%

Return on Assets2.88%

Miscellaneous

Employees1,330

Outstanding Shares10,710,000

Market Cap$130.88 million

Next Earnings Date8/4/2020 (Estimated)

OptionableOptionable

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L.B. Foster (NASDAQ:FSTR) Frequently Asked Questions

How has L.B. Foster's stock been impacted by COVID-19 (Coronavirus)?

L.B. Foster's stock was trading at $12.61 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, FSTR stock has decreased by 3.1% and is now trading at $12.22. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

Do Wall Street analysts recommend investors buy shares of 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.

When is L.B. Foster's next earnings date?

L.B. Foster is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, August 4th 2020. View our earnings forecast for L.B. Foster.

How were L.B. Foster's earnings last quarter?

L.B. Foster Co (NASDAQ:FSTR) issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, May, 5th. The basic materials company reported ($0.18) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.34 by $0.52. The basic materials company earned $128.78 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $148.59 million. L.B. Foster had a net margin of 5.84% and a return on equity of 7.67%. View L.B. Foster's earnings history.

What price target have analysts set for FSTR?

1 brokers have issued 1-year price objectives for L.B. Foster's shares. Their forecasts range from $20.00 to $20.00. On average, they expect L.B. Foster's share price to reach $20.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 63.7% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for L.B. Foster.

Has L.B. Foster been receiving favorable news coverage?

Press coverage about FSTR stock has trended negative this week, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. L.B. Foster earned a daily sentiment score of -2.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the basic materials company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days. View the latest news aboutL.B. Foster.

Are investors shorting L.B. Foster?

L.B. Foster saw a increase in short interest during the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 94,300 shares, an increase of 22.5% from the April 15th total of 77,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 39,100 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.4 days. Currently, 1.0% of the company's stock are short sold. View L.B. Foster's Current Options Chain.

Who are some of L.B. Foster's key competitors?

Some companies that are related to L.B. Foster include Illinois Tool Works (ITW), Parker-Hannifin (PH), Stanley Black & Decker (SWK), Dover (DOV), IDEX (IEX), Xylem (XYL), Ingersoll-Rand (IR), Nordson (NDSN), Graco (GGG), Snap-on (SNA), Pentair (PNR), Donaldson (DCI), Gardner Denver (GDI), ITT (ITT) and Lincoln Electric (LECO). View all competitors.

What other stocks do shareholders of L.B. Foster own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other L.B. Foster investors own include salesforce.com (CRM), 1-800-Flowers.Com (FLWS), Primo Water (PRMW), Solaredge Technologies (SEDG), AT&T (T), American Airlines Group (AAL), BlackBerry (BB), Cyberark Software (CYBR), Diageo (DEO) and Methanex (MEOH).

Who are L.B. Foster's key executives?

L.B. Foster's management team includes the following people:

Mr. Robert P. Bauer, Pres, CEO & Director (Age 61)
Mr. James P. Maloney, Sr. VP, CFO & Treasurer (Age 51)
Mr. Patrick J. Guinee, Sr. VP, Gen. Counsel & Corp. Sec. (Age 49)
Mr. John F. Kasel, Sr. VP of Rail & Construction (Age 54)
Mr. Todd M. James, Controller & Chief Accounting Officer (Age 36)

What is L.B. Foster's stock symbol?

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

Who are L.B. Foster's major shareholders?

L.B. Foster's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (6.65%), First Wilshire Securities Management Inc. (1.34%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.31%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (0.92%), Mackay Shields LLC (0.85%) and Minerva Advisors LLC (0.80%). Company insiders that own L.B. Foster stock include Legion Partners Asset Manageme and Robert P Bauer. View institutional ownership trends for L.B. Foster.

Which institutional investors are selling L.B. Foster stock?

FSTR stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Mackay Shields LLC, Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Wells Fargo & Company MN, Russell Investments Group Ltd., UBS Group AG, BlackRock Inc., and Nuveen Asset Management LLC. View insider buying and selling activity for L.B. Foster.

Which institutional investors are buying L.B. Foster stock?

FSTR stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Sontag Advisory LLC, First Midwest Bank Trust Division, First Wilshire Securities Management Inc., Geode Capital Management LLC, Two Sigma Advisers LP, and Citigroup Inc.. View insider buying and selling activity for L.B. Foster.

How do I buy shares of 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.

What is L.B. Foster's stock price today?

One share of FSTR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $12.22.

How big of a company is L.B. Foster?

L.B. Foster has a market capitalization of $130.88 million and generates $655.06 million in revenue each year. The basic materials company earns $42.57 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.62 on an earnings per share basis. L.B. Foster employs 1,330 workers across the globe.

What is L.B. Foster's official website?

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

How can I contact L.B. Foster?

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]

This page was last updated on 6/1/2020 by MarketBeat.com Staff