L.B. Foster (FSTR)
Supplies rail products, monitoring systems, precast concrete, and steel infrastructure components.
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Supplies rail products, friction-management and monitoring systems, precast concrete, and steel products through two segments. Sales lean toward rail markets, while infrastructure work is mostly domestic and tied to construction, project funding, and raw-material availability.
Runs two operating segments: Rail, Technologies, and Services, and Infrastructure Solutions. Rail includes rail products, global friction management, and technology services for freight, passenger, transit, and industrial customers.
Infrastructure Solutions supplies precast concrete products, precast buildings, bridge products, protective pipe coatings, water-well threaded products, and related steel products. Rail products and services are marketed across major industrial regions in North America, South America, Europe, and Asia, while infrastructure products are primarily sold in the United States.
Originating in used-rail resale in 1902, the portfolio has expanded through acquisitions in rail technology, precast concrete, protective coatings, and digital rail systems, followed by exits from lower-priority lines. Demand depends on rail traffic, infrastructure-project funding, government budgets, project timing, and input costs for steel, cement, aggregates, electronics, and related materials.
Company facts
Target rangeAs of Sep 22, 2026
Latest analyst notes
No analyst notes in the last 24 months.
EPSReportedEstimate
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Balance sheet, Jun 30, 2026Cash & short-term investments $5.8M · Total debt $70.3M · Total assets $334.2M · Shareholders' equity $178.0M
- Revenue
- $138.6M
- Operating income
- $6.2M
- Net income
- $3.1M
No dividends on record.
| Institutions | ≈ 78.64% | 8.27M shares | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 136 holders · as of Jun 30, 2026 · largest filers plus last quarter's tail | |||
| Insiders | 18.24% | 1.92M shares | |
| 20 holders · as of Aug 26, 2026 | |||
| Other | ≈ 3.12% | 328.1K shares | |
| remainder | |||
10.52M company shares as of Sep 23, 2026 · institutions as of Jun 30, 2026 · holders as of their latest filing
This quarter's institutional total failed a plausibility check; shown: the largest filers plus last quarter's remainder.
Top shareholders13F · 13D/G · Form 4
| Holder | Stake | Shares | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
Brandes Investment Partners, LPInstitution | 13.60% | 1.43M | as of Jun 30, 2026 |
Aron R. EnglishInsider10 percent owner | 9.77% | 1.03M | filed Apr 2, 2026 |
Gamco Investors, Inc. et alInstitution | 8.42% | 885,439 | as of Jun 30, 2026 |
BlackRock, Inc.Institution | 7.07% | 743,232 | as of Jun 30, 2026 |
Dimensional Fund Advisors LPInstitution | 6.44% | 677,098 | as of Jun 30, 2026 |
Insider tradesForm 4
| Date | Insider | Role | Shares | Avg price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 2026 | Aron R. English | 10 percent owner | −38,431 | $28.05 |
| Mar 31, 2026 | Aron R. English | 10 percent owner | −1,500 | $28.02 |
| Mar 30, 2026 | Aron R. English | 10 percent owner | −1,887 | $28.01 |
| Mar 27, 2026 | Aron R. English | 10 percent owner | −862 | $28.02 |
| Mar 26, 2026 | Aron R. English | 10 percent owner | −8,968 | $28.02 |
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- CRH
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- NWPX
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- Nucor
Steel-products scale peer for bridge, piling, and infrastructure steel
Compare
| Company | Price | Change | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L.B. Foster | $37.13 | −1.69% | $395.0M | 36.0 | 20.6 | 0.7 | −3.5% |
| Caterpillar | $805.13 | −0.36% | $372.20B | 34.8 | 28.0 | 5.0 | +24.0% |
| Wabtec | $292.44 | +0.94% | $48.94B | 38.9 | 25.6 | 4.1 | +17.5% |
| CRH | $85.35 | −3.06% | $58.83B | — | — | — | +5.6% |
| NWPX | $101.91 | −1.37% | $995.8M | 20.7 | 20.2 | 1.7 | +19.7% |
| Nucor | $248.61 | +1.20% | $55.95B | 19.6 | 11.7 | 1.5 | +23.0% |
| Median | 27.7 | 22.9 | 2.9 | +19.7% |