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

FSTR POWR Grades

• Sentiment is the dimension where FSTR ranks best; there it ranks ahead of 96.08% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for FSTR is in Growth, which has been heading up over the past 168 days.
• FSTR ranks lowest in Growth; there it ranks in the 30th percentile.

FSTR Stock Summary

• Foster L B Co's stock had its IPO on March 26, 1990, making it an older stock than 84.05% of US equities in our set.
• FSTR's price/sales ratio is 0.31; that's higher than the P/S ratio of merely 5.83% of US stocks.
• In terms of twelve month growth in earnings before interest and taxes, Foster L B Co is reporting a growth rate of -294.27%; that's higher than just 6.78% of US stocks.
• Stocks that are quantitatively similar to FSTR, based on their financial statements, market capitalization, and price volatility, are OCC, HOFT, CATO, DYNT, and TILE.
• 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 5 year price growth rate is now at -3.73%.
• 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%.

Over the past 52 months, FSTR's revenue has gone up $31,459,000.

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
2021-09-30	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
2020-06-30	578.196	44.874	27.971

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.