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) issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, October, 29th. The basic materials company reported $0.29 EPS for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.47 by $0.18. The basic materials company earned $154.28 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $169.23 million. L.B. Foster had a negative net margin of 3.71% and a positive return on equity of 14.16%. View L.B. Foster's Earnings History.

L.B. Foster is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, March 16th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for L.B. Foster.

1 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for L.B. Foster's stock. Their forecasts range from $30.00 to $30.00. On average, they anticipate L.B. Foster's share price to reach $30.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 52.7% 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 trended somewhat positive recently, InfoTrie reports. The research firm rates the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. 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 1.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the basic materials company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for L.B. Foster.

L.B. Foster saw a decline in short interest during the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 41,300 shares, a decline of 32.4% from the December 15th total of 61,100 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 25,600 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.6 days. Currently, 0.4% of the shares of the company are sold short. View L.B. Foster's Current Options Chain.

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L.B. Foster's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Strs Ohio (0.24%) and Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.16%). View Institutional Ownership Trends for L.B. Foster.

FSTR stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Wedge Capital Management L L P NC and Strs Ohio. 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 $19.65.

L.B. Foster has a market capitalization of $207.88 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]