L.B. Foster Company
L.B. Foster Company
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Overview
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About L.B. Foster Company
- Industry
- Railroads
- Sector
- Industrials
- CEO
- John F. Kasel
- Headquarters
- 415 Holiday Drive, Pittsburgh, PA, US
- Industry
- Railroads
- Sector
- Industrials
- CEO
- John F. Kasel
- Headquarters
- 415 Holiday Drive, Pittsburgh, PA, US
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 a range of specialty precast concrete products, such as sound walls, burial vaults, bridge beams, box culverts, septic tanks, and other custom pre-stressed 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.
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Fair Value
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Financial Ratios
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Valuation, profitability, liquidity and leverage ratios for L.B. Foster Company. Starting points for L.B. Foster Company: P/E 32.5, EPS $1.10, beta 1.14 — an Railroads name. P/E, P/B, EV/EBITDA, margins, return on equity, current ratio and debt coverage, each shown against the company's own history.
Dividend Analysis
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Earnings Analysis
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Reported vs. expected earnings history for L.B. Foster Company. Trailing twelve-month EPS for L.B. Foster Company stands at $1.10. EPS surprises by quarter, revenue against estimates, and the upcoming reporting date.
Financial Statements
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Income statement, balance sheet and cash flow history for L.B. Foster Company. L.B. Foster Company has reported as a listed company since 1981. Annual and quarterly filings with period-over-period comparison, so you can trace how revenue, margins and cash generation have moved.
Comparables
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L.B. Foster Company valued side by side against its closest peers. L.B. Foster Company is measured against Railroads peers within the Industrials sector. Peer-relative multiples and operating metrics, so the valuation is read in the context of its own sector rather than in isolation.
Institutional Ownership
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Which institutions hold L.B. Foster Company, and how their positions are changing. At a $370.6M market value, institutional positions materially move L.B. Foster Company's register. Top holders, position sizes, and quarter-over-quarter accumulation or distribution from regulatory filings. Included with FRC Premium.
Insider Trading
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Buying and selling by L.B. Foster Company executives and directors. Shares of L.B. Foster Company have traded between $17.16 and $29.78 over the past 52 weeks — context for the timing of the transactions below. Insider transactions as disclosed to regulators, with role, size and date — the clearest read on how the people running the company are positioned. Included with FRC Premium.
Senate Trading
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U.S. Senate disclosures naming L.B. Foster Company. L.B. Foster Company is a $370.6M Industrials company. Senators' reported transactions in this security, alongside the fundamentals — a signal most research platforms leave out entirely. Included with FRC Premium.
House Trading
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U.S. House of Representatives disclosures naming L.B. Foster Company. Representatives' reported transactions in this security, shown next to the company's fundamentals. Included with FRC Premium.
News
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