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    LB Foster Company

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    Last price US$38.73
    Market cap US$439.5m
    12M price change 64.53%
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    LB Foster Company Overview

    Industry: Railroads

    Sector: Industrials

    L.B. Foster Company provides engineered and manufactured products and services for the building and infrastructure projects worldwide. The company's Rail, Technologies, 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 and anchors, bolts, angle bars, tie plates, and other products; power rail, direct fixation fasteners, coverboards, and special accessories; and trackwork products, as well as engineers and manufactures 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 systems, wayside data collection and management systems, track fasteners, and engineered concrete railroad ties; and aftermarket services. Its Precast Concrete Products segment offers precast products, such as sound walls, bridge beams, box culverts, septic tanks, and other custom pre-stressed products, as well as a range of specialty precast concrete products for use in transportation and general infrastructure markets. This segment also manufactures precast concrete buildings for use as restrooms, concession stands, and protective storage buildings in national, state, and municipal parks. The company's 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. This segment also produces threaded pipe products for industrial water well, irrigation, and oil and gas markets, as well as offers pipe coatings for oil and gas pipelines and utilities, and precision measurement systems for the oil and gas market. 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. L.B. Foster Company provides engineered and manufactured products and services for the building and infrastructure projects worldwide. The company's Rail, Technologies, and Services segment offers new rail to passenger and short line freight railroads, industrial companies, and rail contractors; use Read More

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    Reported Results

    What the company reported, with filing details kept small.

    Filed Aug 10, 2026

    Quarterly result summary

    Net sales was $138.6M (-3% YoY). Operating income was $6.2M (-20% YoY). Net income was $3.1M (+10% YoY).

    Net sales $138.6M -3% YoY
    Operating income $6.2M -20% YoY
    Net income $3.1M +10% YoY

    What changed

    • Net sales -3% YoY to $138.6M.
    • Operating income -20% YoY to $6.2M.
    • Net income +10% YoY to $3.1M.

    Guidance / outlook

    The Company expects the variability of these items to have a potentially unpredictable, and a potentially significant, impact on our future GAAP financial results.

    Earnings release Open filing

    Source: SEC EDGAR company-filed earnings materials. Dates are shown only for verification; review the source filing before relying on extracted report details.

    Other recent earnings materials
    SEC filing 8-K Aug 10, 2026 SEC filing 10-Q Aug 10, 2026 SEC filing 10-Q May 04, 2026 SEC filing 8-K May 04, 2026 Earnings release Earnings release May 04, 2026 SEC filing 10-K Mar 05, 2026 Earnings release Earnings release Mar 03, 2026 SEC filing 8-K Mar 03, 2026 SEC filing 8-K Nov 03, 2025 SEC filing 10-Q Nov 03, 2025 Earnings release Earnings release Nov 03, 2025

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    Earnings Per Share

    Score 2.00/5
    LB Foster Company earns a low score, as its Earnings Per Share (EPS) has not shown continuous growth over the last six years. Notable counterparts in the sector with high scores includes TREX CO INC Honeywell International Inc Snap-On Inc
    In Railroads industry , Union Pacific Corporation , Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp , Norfolk Southern Corporation are companies with high ratings.

    Return on Equity

    Score 0.72/5
    LB Foster Company exhibits a lower score in the Return on Equity (ROE) section, falling below the sector median value and indicating a comparatively weaker performance in this metric. The top companies in the same sector include TREX CO INC Honeywell International Inc Snap-On Inc
    LB Foster Co... FSTR US$439.5m
    TREX CO INC TREX US$5.2b
    Honeywell In... HON US$144.6b
    Snap-On Inc SNA US$21.0b

    Net Margin

    Score 1.92/5
    LB Foster Company olds a low score as its net margin consistently trails below the sector median value and doesn't exhibit continuous growth over the last six years; notable companies in the sector with commendable scores include TREX CO INC Honeywell International Inc Snap-On Inc
    LB Foster Co... FSTR US$439.5m
    TREX CO INC TREX US$5.2b
    Honeywell In... HON US$144.6b
    Snap-On Inc SNA US$21.0b

    Share Buyback

    In Railroads industry , Union Pacific Corporation , Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp , Norfolk Southern Corporation are companies with high ratings.

    Leverage

    Score 3.82/5
    LB Foster Company attains a commendable score in the category due to its lower leverage ratio over the past six years in comparison to the sector median value. Additionally, other notable companies in the same sector, such as TREX CO INC Honeywell International Inc Snap-On Inc , also exhibit high scores.
    LB Foster Co... FSTR US$439.5m
    TREX CO INC TREX US$5.2b
    Honeywell In... HON US$144.6b
    Snap-On Inc SNA US$21.0b

    Financial Statements

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    LB Foster Company

    US$38.73

    US$34.14

    -11.9% vs price

    US$439.5m

    -5.72%

    64.53%