L.B. Foster Company (FSTR): Price and Financial Metrics

FSTR POWR Grades

• Value is the dimension where FSTR ranks best; there it ranks ahead of 85.59% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for FSTR is in Value, which has been heading down over the past 179 days.
• FSTR ranks lowest in Momentum; there it ranks in the 34th percentile.

FSTR Stock Summary

• Foster L B Co's stock had its IPO on March 26, 1990, making it an older stock than 84.38% of US equities in our set.
• With a price/sales ratio of 0.33, Foster L B Co has a higher such ratio than merely 6.11% of stocks in our set.
• Over the past twelve months, FSTR has reported earnings growth of -1,646.39%, putting it ahead of merely 1.25% of US stocks in our set.
• If you're looking for stocks that are quantitatively similar to Foster L B Co, a group of peers worth examining would be JW.A, CCRN, OCC, TIG, and WEYS.
• Visit FSTR's SEC page to see the company's official filings. To visit the company's web site, go to www.lbfoster.com.

FSTR Valuation Summary

• FSTR's price/sales ratio is 0.4; this is 87.88% lower than that of the median Industrials stock.
• FSTR's price/earnings ratio has moved down 5.5 over the prior 243 months.
• FSTR's price/sales ratio has moved up 0.3 over the prior 243 months.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for FSTR.

FSTR Growth Metrics

Its year over year net income to common stockholders growth rate is now at -77.87%.
• Its 4 year cash and equivalents growth rate is now at -79.22%.
• Its year over year cash and equivalents growth rate is now at -21.86%.

FSTR's revenue has moved down $141,364,000 over the prior 34 months.

The table below shows FSTR's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date	Revenue	Operating Cash Flow	Net Income to Common Stock
2021-12-31	513.62	-1.063	3.626
2021-09-30	516.231	-3.425	6.055
2021-06-30	504.543	17.359	10.543
2021-03-31	495.787	31.238	8.19
2020-12-31	497.411	16.918	7.582
2020-09-30	542.285	29.294	31.737

FSTR's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.

• FSTR has a Quality Grade of B, ranking ahead of 77.68% of graded US stocks.
• FSTR's asset turnover comes in at 1.391 -- ranking 60th of 105 Wholesale stocks.
• AE, SRLP, and NGL are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with FSTR.

The table below shows FSTR's key quality metrics over time.