profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
L.B. Foster
$42.30-1.92% today
+58.1% in 1 year
1-year low $26.041-year high $45.17
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2022 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $58.98 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What L.B. Foster sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $497 million in 2022 to $540 million in 2025, with $7.55 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
L.B. Foster handed back 69% of the cash it generated last year.
Buybacks $17M
Free cash flow 2025$25M
Bought back its own shares$17M
Paid as dividends–
Cash vs. debt$4M vs. $67M
L.B. Foster vs. similar companies
L.B. Foster grows in the middle of these 5 and is the most expensive for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| L.B. Foster | 59.0× · Expensive | ||
 Union Pacific | 25.2× · Fair price | ||
 CSX | 33.2× · Expensive | ||
 Canadian Pacific Kansas City | 28.2× · Fair price | ||
 Canadian National Railway | 23.1× · Fair price |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads L.B. Foster's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 497 | 544 | 531 | 540 | |
| 90 | 112 | 118 | 114 | |
| 1 | 9 | 17 | 22 | |
| 9 | 22 | 34 | 35 | |
| -46 | 1 | 43 | 8 | |
| -4.25 | 0.13 | 3.89 | 0.69 | |
| 18.0% | 20.6% | 22.2% | 21.1% | |
| 0.2% | 1.7% | 3.2% | 4.1% | |
| -9.2% | 0.3% | 8.1% | 1.4% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 365 | 312 | 335 | 330 |
| Cash | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| Total debt | 106 | 67 | 62 | 67 |
| Total liabilities | 228 | 170 | 156 | 154 |
| 137 | 142 | 178 | 175 | |
| 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | |
| -1.8% | 2.4% | 6.4% | 7.3% | |
| -33.2% | 1.0% | 24.1% | 4.3% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -11 | 37 | 23 | 36 | |
| 8 | 5 | 10 | 10 | |
| -18 | 32 | 13 | 25 | |
| Dividends paid | – | – | – | – |
| 0 | 3 | 8 | 17 | |
| 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
Valuation
- 59.0×
- 25.8×
- –
- 2.2×
- 0.8×
- 17.7×
- 14.6×
- 5.7%
- 1.7%
- 0.0%
Profitability
- 21.1%
- 4.1%
- 1.4%
- 6.7%
- 5.1%
- 0.9%
- 6.4%
- 3.3%
- 9.9%
- –
Growth
- +2.8%
- –
- +96.2%
- –
- −0.6%
Financial health
- 2.1×
- 0.48
- 24.8%
- 5.6×
- 2.22
- 1.28
- 1.69
How it ranks in Industrials
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Bottom 28%of 979
Bottom 20%of 984
Bottom 9%of 866
Bottom 25%of 985
Top 33%of 987
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $21.00
- Range
- $21.00 – $21.00
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 2026 | 0.14 | -0.22 | +163.6% |
| Mar 3, 2026 | 0.22 | 0.66 | −66.7% |
| Nov 3, 2025 | 0.40 | 0.61 | −34.4% |
| Aug 11, 2025 | 0.27 | 0.52 | −48.1% |
| May 6, 2025 | -0.20 | 0.01 | −2,100.0% |
| Mar 4, 2025 | -0.02 | 0.29 | −106.9% |
| Nov 7, 2024 | 0.54 | 0.49 | +10.2% |
| Aug 6, 2024 | 0.26 | 0.47 | −44.7% |
News
L.B. Foster (FSTR): Buy, Sell, or Hold Post Q2 Earnings?Yahoo Finance · Oct 5, 2026Xi says China will take lead to foster AI, tech cooperation among BRICS countriesCNBC · Sep 13, 2026Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
0/7Passes 0 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
32No pass
Benjamin Graham
32No pass
Philip Fisher
19No pass
Peter Lynch
36No pass
Joel Greenblatt
13No pass
Charlie Munger
22No pass
Terry Smith
20No pass
Questions about L.B. Foster
Is L.B. Foster a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers, but the price is high. 0 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the L.B. Foster AI analysis
What does L.B. Foster do?
L.B. Foster Company provides engineered and manufactured products and services for the building and infrastructure projects worldwide. It is in Railroads.
Does L.B. Foster pay a dividend?
No. L.B. Foster does not pay a dividend at the moment; in 2025 it returned $17.3 million to shareholders by buying back its own shares.
Is L.B. Foster stock halal?
Yes. L.B. Foster passes our halal screen: its business is permitted and its debt is 15% of its market value, under the 30% limit. How we check
How has L.B. Foster stock done over the past year?
Up 58.1% over the past twelve months, to $42.30. It traded between $26.04 and $45.17 and is 6.4% below its high.
Who are L.B. Foster's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Union Pacific, CSX, Canadian Pacific Kansas City and Canadian National Railway. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with L.B. Foster's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.