L.B. Foster Company
L.B. Foster Company manufactures and distributes products and services for the transportation and energy infrastructure worldwide. Its Rail Products 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, bolts, angle bars, and other products; power rail, direct fixation fasteners, coverboards, and other accessories; and trackwork products, as well as engineers and fabricates 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, fire protection systems, rail anchors and spikes, wayside data collection and management systems, epoxy and nylon-encapsulated insulated rail joints, and track fasteners; and aftermarket services and engineered concrete railroad ties. The company's Construction Products segment sells and rents steel sheet piling, H-bearing pile, and other piling products; and bridge decking, bridge railing, structural steel fabrications, expansion joints, bridge forms, and other products for highway construction and repair. It also produces precast concrete buildings and various specialty precast concrete products; and fabricated steel and aluminum products. Its Tubular and Energy Services segment provides pipe coatings for natural gas pipelines and utilities; solutions for metering and injection systems for the oil and gas market; upstream test and inspection services; and precision measurement systems, and inspection and tubular integrity management services for the oil and gas market, as well as threaded pipe products for the oil and gas, industrial water well, and irrigation markets. 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. Show More...
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Website http://www.lbfoster.com
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Sector Industrials
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Industry Railroads
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Last Quote 18.89 USD
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Last Updated 30-05-2025
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2010-12 2011-12 2012-12 2013-12 2014-12 2015-12 2016-12 2017-12 2018-12 2019-12 TTM Earnings Per Share USD 1.98 2.22 1.58 2.85 2.48 -4.33 -13.79 0.51 -3.01 4.0 3.47 Dividends USD 0.1 0.1 0.12 0.13 0.16 0.12 Payout Ratio % * 3.3 6.9 4.1 4.6 Shares Mil 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 11.0 11.0 Book Value Per Share * USD 27.03 29.43 28.33 30.28 32.66 27.5 17.14 13.91 14.96 13.31 15.18 Free Cash Flow Per Share * USD 5.15 2.57 1.89 -0.19 4.41 1.32 4.35 2.65 2.88 0.93 Return on Assets % 5.76 6.04 4.12 7.15 5.65 -8.37 -29.52 1.04 -7.99 10.8 8.97 Financial Leverage (Average) 1.48 1.4 1.41 1.31 1.47 2.0 2.95 2.71 3.14 2.39 2.46 Return on Equity % 8.39 8.71 5.81 9.7 7.87 -14.37 -68.09 2.94 -23.21 29.16 25.55 Return on Invested Capital % 8.07 8.67 5.8 9.66 7.56 -10.02 -36.42 3.15 -11.27 21.2 17.15 Interest Coverage 33.64 55.56 44.97 91.96 77.28 -10.55 -21.47 1.96 -3.34 4.53 3.37 Current Ratio 2.47 2.83 3.01 3.28 2.28 2.34 2.42 2.36 1.83 1.86 1.93 Quick Ratio 1.49 1.68 1.75 2.16 1.31 1.22 1.18 1.22 0.78 0.79 0.79 Debt/Equity 0.010 0.08 0.59 1.12 0.88 0.61 0.39 0.47