L.B. Foster Company

FSTR

Railroads · Industrials

Price

$41.93

-0.36 (-0.85%)

Market Cap

$438.5M

Exchange

NASDAQ

Winston Score

Winston is serious

Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.

Share count rising — dilution

+1.2% over 4y

The company has issued more shares over this period, which dilutes each existing shareholder’s stake.

Diluted shares outstanding: 10.8M (2021) → 10.9M (2025)

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 track

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+23.9% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady revenue growth

EPS Growth

+175.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Strong earnings growth

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (4%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

8.9%ownership

Insiders own a meaningful stake in the company

Cash Runway

~1 months

$4M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

Cash watch

L.B. Foster Company has less than a year of cash at its current burn rate. Growth investors should watch for potential share dilution from future fundraising — that directly reduces your ownership.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Gross Margin

21.2%

Thin — 21.2% gross margin

Operating Margin

1.7%

Thin — 1.7% operating margin

ROCE

0.9%

Weak — 0.9% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales YoY

+11.7%

Steady sales growth (11.7% YoY)

EPS YoY

-67.8%

Earnings shrinking (-67.8% YoY)

Earnings per share down more than 10%. Either a bad year, or a real decline.

EPS Consistency

6/8 quarters

Earnings grew in most of the last 8 quarters

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion

460%

Turns 460% of profit into real cash

FCF Margin

6.2%

Modest free cash flow (6.2%)

FCF margin between 0% and 10%. Some cash from sales, but not a lot.

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Stability

Debt / Equity

0.34

Conservative — low debt load (0.34)

Interest Cover

5.62x

Adequate interest coverage (5.6x)

Interest coverage between 3 and 8. Profits cover interest several times over.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)

38.5x

Pricey — P/E 38.5

P/E over 35. The market is pricing in heavy, sustained growth.

P/E vs Forward

+13.7

GROWING

Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (38.5 → 24.8)

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.

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