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Poor Management Efficiency with a low ROCE of 4.07%
- The company has been able to generate a Return on Capital Employed (avg) of 4.07% signifying low profitability per unit of total capital (equity and debt)
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The company declared negative results in Mar'25 after positive results in Dec'24
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With ROE of 3.08%, it has a expensive valuation with a 1.73 Price to Book Value
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High Institutional Holdings at 89.64%
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Market Beating performance in long term as well as near term
Total Returns (Price + Dividend) 
TimePeriod
Price Return
Dividend Return
Total Return
3 Months
-0.5%
0%
-0.5%
6 Months
4.39%
0%
4.39%
1 Year
33.27%
0%
33.27%
2 Years
7.15%
0%
7.15%
3 Years
141.72%
0%
141.72%
4 Years
78.49%
0%
78.49%
5 Years
63.5%
0%
63.5%
L.B. Foster Co. for the last several years.
Risk Adjusted Returns v/s 
News
No Recent News for the Company
Announcements 
No announcement available
Corporate Actions 
No corporate action available
Quality key factors 
Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
-1.30%
EBIT Growth (5y)
6.62%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
2.90
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
2.56
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
0.47
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
2.30
Tax Ratio
Tax Ratio is Negative%
Dividend Payout Ratio
0
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
89.64%
ROCE (avg)
4.07%
ROE (avg)
7.90%
Valuation key factors
Factor
Value
P/E Ratio
56
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
1.73
EV to EBIT
19.38
EV to EBITDA
11.36
EV to Capital Employed
1.55
EV to Sales
0.70
PEG Ratio
NA
Dividend Yield
NA
ROCE (Latest)
8.02%
ROE (Latest)
3.08%
Technicals key factors
Indicator
Weekly
Monthly
MACD
Mildly Bearish
Bullish
RSI
No Signal
No Signal
Bollinger Bands
Bearish
Mildly Bullish
Moving Averages
Mildly Bullish (Daily)
KST
Mildly Bearish
Bullish
Dow Theory
Mildly Bearish
Mildly Bullish
OBV
Mildly Bearish
No Trend
Shareholding Snapshot : Dec 2025
Shareholding Compare (%holding) 
Majority shareholders
Domestic Funds
Domestic Funds
Held in 33 Schemes (34.44%)
Foreign Institutions
Held by 34 Foreign Institutions (4.19%)
Strategic Entities with highest holding
Highest Public shareholder
Quarterly Results Snapshot (Consolidated) - Dec'25 - QoQ
Dec'25
Sep'25
Change(%)
Net Sales
160.40
138.30
15.98%
Operating Profit (PBDIT) excl Other Income
13.00
11.30
15.04%
Interest
1.40
1.30
7.69%
Exceptional Items
-1.80
0.00
Consolidate Net Profit
2.40
4.30
-44.19%
Operating Profit Margin (Excl OI)
62.50%
60.00%
0.25%
USD in Million.
Net Sales
QoQ Growth in quarter ended Dec 2025 is 15.98% vs -3.69% in Sep 2025
Consolidated Net Profit
QoQ Growth in quarter ended Dec 2025 is -44.19% vs 53.57% in Sep 2025
Annual Results Snapshot (Consolidated) - Dec'25
Dec'25
Dec'24
Change(%)
Net Sales
540.00
530.80
1.73%
Operating Profit (PBDIT) excl Other Income
37.90
31.10
21.86%
Interest
5.30
6.30
-15.87%
Exceptional Items
-3.20
0.00
Consolidate Net Profit
7.40
42.80
-82.71%
Operating Profit Margin (Excl OI)
47.10%
32.10%
1.50%
USD in Million.
Net Sales
YoY Growth in year ended Dec 2025 is 1.73% vs -2.37% in Dec 2024
Consolidated Net Profit
YoY Growth in year ended Dec 2025 is -82.71% vs 3,192.31% in Dec 2024
About L.B. Foster Co. 
L.B. Foster Co.
Automobiles
L.B. Foster Company is a manufacturer, fabricator and distributor of products and services for the rail, construction, energy and utility markets. The Company's segments include Rail Products and Services, Construction Products, and Tubular and Energy Services. Its Rail Products segment provides a range of new and used rail, trackwork and accessories to railroads, mines and industry. The Rail segment designs and produces concrete railroad ties, insulated rail joints, power rail, track fasteners, coverboards and special accessories for mass transit and other rail systems. The Construction Products segment sells and rents steel sheet piling, H-bearing pile and other piling products for foundation and earth retention requirements. The Tubular and Energy Services segment supplies pipe coatings for natural gas pipelines and utilities, blending, injection and metering equipment for the oil and gas market, and produces threaded pipe products for industrial water well and irrigation markets.
Company Coordinates 
Company Details
415 Holiday Dr , PITTSBURGH PA : 15220-2729
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