L.B. Foster Company

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FSTR

Price:

$19.74

Market Cap:

$216.16M

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 ...[Read more]

Industry

Railroads

IPO Date

1981-06-09

Stock Exchange

NASDAQ

Ticker

FSTR

The PE Ratio as of October 2024 (TTM) for L.B. Foster Company (FSTR) is 29.46

According to L.B. Foster Company’s latest financial reports and current stock price. The company's current PE Ratio is 29.46. This represents a change of -5704.17% compared to the average of -0.53 of the last 4 quarters.

L.B. Foster Company (FSTR) Historical PE Ratio (quarterly & annually)

How has FSTR PE Ratio performed in the past?

The mean historical PE Ratio of L.B. Foster Company over the last ten years is 28.92. The current 29.46 PE Ratio has changed 10.09% with respect to the historical average. Over the past ten years (40 quarters), FSTR's PE Ratio was at its highest in in the December 2017 quarter at 242.87. The PE Ratio was at its lowest in in the December 2023 quarter at -137.87.

Quarterly (TTM)
Annual

Average

28.92

Median

5.44

Minimum

-5.29

Maximum

162.21

L.B. Foster Company (FSTR) PE Ratio by Quarter and Year

Discovering the peaks and valleys of L.B. Foster Company PE Ratio, unveiling quarterly and yearly fluctuations to gain insights into the company’s financial performance and market dynamics, offering valuable data for investors and analysts alike.

Maximum Annual Increase = 555.77%

Maximum Annual PE Ratio = 162.21

Minimum Annual Increase = -7239.95%

Minimum Annual PE Ratio = -5.29

Quarterly (TTM)
Annual
YearPE RatioChange
2023162.21-7239.95%
2022-2.27-105.64%
202140.28555.77%
20206.1429.61%
20194.74-189.66%
2018-5.29-107.75%
201768.21-7016.80%
2016-0.99-68.71%
2015-3.15-116.28%
201419.3617.83%

L.B. Foster Company (FSTR) Average PE Ratio

How has FSTR PE Ratio performed in the past?

The current PE Ratio of L.B. Foster Company (FSTR) is less than than its 3-year, less than than its 5-year, and greater than its 10-year historical averages

3-year avg

66.74

5-year avg

42.22

10-year avg

28.92

L.B. Foster Company (FSTR) PE Ratio vs. Peers

How is FSTR’s PE Ratio compared to its peers?

L.B. Foster Company’s PE Ratio is greater than Trinity Industries, Inc. (17.21), greater than FreightCar America, Inc. (-125.54), less than Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation (31.64), greater than Norfolk Southern Corporation (28.66), greater than The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. (12.61), greater than CSX Corporation (18.69), greater than Union Pacific Corporation (22.41), greater than Canadian Pacific Railway Limited (22.08), greater than Canadian National Railway Company (16.76),

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