L.B. Foster Company (NASDAQ:FSTR – Free Report) – Equities research analysts at Sidoti issued their Q1 2028 EPS estimates for L.B. Foster in a research note issued to investors on Wednesday, July 22nd. Sidoti analyst J. Romero anticipates that the basic materials company will post earnings per share of ($0.02) for the quarter. The consensus estimate for L.B. Foster’s current full-year earnings is $1.74 per share. Sidoti also issued estimates for L.B. Foster’s Q2 2028 earnings at $0.82 EPS.
Other equities research analysts also recently issued research reports about the stock. Wall Street Zen raised shares of L.B. Foster from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Monday, June 8th. Weiss Ratings upgraded shares of L.B. Foster from a “hold (c)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a report on Monday, May 11th. Finally, Zacks Research lowered shares of L.B. Foster from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, July 6th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating and three have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, L.B. Foster currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $32.00.
L.B. Foster Stock Performance
NASDAQ:FSTR opened at $42.40 on Thursday. The firm has a market capitalization of $443.50 million, a PE ratio of 41.17, a PEG ratio of 0.68 and a beta of 1.14. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $41.87 and its 200 day moving average is $34.63. L.B. Foster has a fifty-two week low of $21.67 and a fifty-two week high of $45.81. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.34, a quick ratio of 1.28 and a current ratio of 2.22.
L.B. Foster (NASDAQ:FSTR – Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Monday, May 4th. The basic materials company reported $0.14 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of ($0.22) by $0.36. L.B. Foster had a return on equity of 6.36% and a net margin of 1.98%.The firm had revenue of $121.14 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $104.30 million.
Institutional Inflows and Outflows
Hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Brandes Investment Partners LP increased its stake in L.B. Foster by 1.5% in the 4th quarter. Brandes Investment Partners LP now owns 1,360,415 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $36,663,000 after buying an additional 20,371 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC boosted its position in L.B. Foster by 7.4% in the 2nd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 238,041 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $5,207,000 after buying an additional 16,320 shares during the period. State Street Corp grew its stake in L.B. Foster by 2.4% in the 4th quarter. State Street Corp now owns 145,647 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $3,925,000 after acquiring an additional 3,349 shares in the last quarter. Bragg Financial Advisors Inc grew its stake in L.B. Foster by 0.4% in the 4th quarter. Bragg Financial Advisors Inc now owns 113,765 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $3,066,000 after acquiring an additional 416 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Wealthspire Advisors LLC increased its position in shares of L.B. Foster by 593.7% during the fourth quarter. Wealthspire Advisors LLC now owns 68,923 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $1,857,000 after acquiring an additional 58,988 shares during the period. 80.63% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.
L.B. Foster Company Profile
L.B. Foster Company is a diversified infrastructure solutions provider offering products and services to the transportation, energy, and construction markets. Founded in 1902 and headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the company has built a reputation for delivering specialty materials and engineering solutions that support critical infrastructure projects across various industries.
The company’s operations are organized into three primary segments: Rail Products & Services, Construction Products, and Tubular & Energy Products.
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