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FSTR NASDAQ

L.B. Foster Company
1W: +0.9% 1M: -4.8% 3M: -11.2% YTD: +32.6% 1Y: +31.3% 3Y: +90.6% 5Y: +111.5%
$35.79
+0.56 (+1.59%)
 
Weekly Expected Move ±3.5%
$33 $34 $35 $36 $38
NASDAQ · Industrials · Railroads · Tech Score Neutral · Power 46 · $376.5M mcap · 10M float · 0.693% daily turnover · Short 62% of daily vol
Credit Risk of going bust: lower than 73% of companies Debt: 15.7% of company value Bonds: none of note held by US funds details ▾
Of US companies ranked in the safest four tenths, about 1 in 3,500 filed for bankruptcy within a year (2020-2025).
If the stock fell to about $0.36 (down 99%), L.B. Foster Company would be worth roughly what it owes.
Total debt $70.3M against a stock market value of $376.5M.
Distance to default 8.06 (Merton model): prices to 2026-10-27, balance sheet 2026-06-30, debt counted $24.1M (short-term plus half of long-term), stock volatility 36.8%; Altman Z'' 5.07. A ranking and a back-test, not a forecast.
US fund filings (SEC N-PORT) show under $25M of this company's bonds, so there is no bond page. Its debt may be bank loans or privately placed. How these are computed.
#8 of 16
Railroads
Industrials · Small Cap · 22 peers
Market Share
0.1%
Top 4 Concentration: 90.2%

Technical Signal Map

6 Bullish
2 Neutral
15 Bearish

Peer Comparison

Symbol Mkt Cap P/E ROE % ROIC % Net Mgn % Rev Grw % Piotroski Signal 1Y Ret %
FSTR L.B. Foster Company $370M 32.8 6.5 5.5 2.2 10.1 7 LEAN BULL 31.3
WJRYY West Japan Railway Company $9.0B 11.6 10.0 5.4 9.2 7.9 6 BULLISH -6.2
FGROY FirstGroup plc $1.6B 10.0 16.9 7.3 2.6 -5.6 8 BULLISH -1.0
ALSMY Alstom S.A. $8.4B 22.8 3.1 3.7 1.0 40.6 7 BULLISH -29.6
ODERF Odakyu Electric Railway Co., Ltd. $3.9B 17.0 13.8 3.5 11.4 35.0 6 LEAN BULL -1.7
TBURF Tobu Railway Co., Ltd. $3.7B 10.2 9.3 3.8 9.1 0.8 6 LEAN BULL 15.2
KTERF Keio Corporation $2.5B 10.4 9.3 4.7 8.3 7.4 5 NEUTRAL -36.0
KELRF Keisei Electric Railway Co., Ltd. $3.0B 13.1 9.4 3.2 17.8 4.5 3 NEUTRAL -21.9
CRYYF China Railway Signal & Communication Corporation Limited $7.4B 14.9 7.4 9.2 12.5 2.8 5 LEAN BEAR 0.0
RUMOF Rumo S.A. $7.0B 23.3 8.8 9.6 13.1 3.4 6 LEAN BEAR 0.0
SRAIF Stadler Rail AG $2.9B 30.5 13.9 11.1 1.7 25.8 7 LEAN BEAR 10.8
CDGLF ComfortDelGro Corporation Limited $2.5B 13.1 8.0 9.6 3.3 8.6 5 LEAN BEAR -12.3
ZHUZF Zhuzhou CRRC Times Electric Co., Ltd. $5.0B 7.4 9.9 9.5 13.4 6.6 6 BEARISH 0.0
GMXTF GMéxico Transportes, S.A.B. de C.V. $5.0B 21.0 11.2 14.2 11.7 3.0 5 BEARISH 2.5
TRN Trinity Industries, Inc. $2.0B 5.9 31.9 4.1 21.1 -18.9 6 BEARISH -6.0
JFBHF Jungfraubahn Holding AG $1.8B 15.5 9.4 -0.1 25.3 -22.1 5 BEARISH 5.3
GBX The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. $1.2B 14.7 4.8 8.5 1.5 -23.9 4 BEARISH -17.8
BTSGY BTS Group Holdings Public Company Limited $1.1B -23.5 -2.3 1.0 -6.5 14.9 5 BEARISH 96.4
GNGYF Guangshen Railway Company Limited $2.3B 14.7 6.4 7.3 8.3 7.1 8 BEARISH -20.3
QRNNF Aurizon Holdings Limited $4.3B 18.1 9.0 6.3 6.3 3.4 7 BEARISH 14.2
GRPOF Grupo Traxión, S.A.B. de C.V. $390M 21.3 2.3 5.6 0.4 30.2 5 BEARISH -19.4
RAIL FreightCar America, Inc. $140M -11.2 52.8 11.7 -26.6 -0.5 5 BEARISH -54.3
VOSSY Vossloh AG $9.5B 32.9 5.3 3.4 4.4 7.3 5 BEARISH -53.9

Profile Radar

Valuation vs Profitability

Performance Comparison

Industry Market Share

FSTR vs Benchmarks

ROIC
FSTR
5.5
Industry
6.6
Gross Margin
FSTR
22.3
Industry
31.9
Op Margin
FSTR
4.4
Industry
13.7
Net Margin
FSTR
2.2
Industry
9.1
Sector
1.7
Revenue Growth
FSTR
10.1
Sector
2.8
P/E Ratio
FSTR
32.8
Sector
23.0
ROE
FSTR
6.5
Sector
3.7
Piotroski F
FSTR
7.0
Sector
5.0

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