FSTR — LB Foster Company

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About LB Foster Company

L.B. Foster Company provides engineered and manufactured products and services for building and supporting infrastructure in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and internationally. It operates in two segments: Rail, Technologies, and Services; and Infrastructure Solutions. The Rail, Technologies, and Services segment offers new rail to passenger and short line freight railroads, industrial companies, and rail contractors, as well as n… Read full Trend Edge analysis →

Trend Edge Proprietary Indicators

Key Metrics

Current Price$39.97
Market Cap$398M
Float9.6M
Shares Outstanding10.5M
P/E (Forward)24.04
P/E (TTM)36.97
Price/Sales (TTM)0.71
vs. Analyst Target-8.7% to analyst PT
Profit Margin1.98%
Operating Margin (TTM)1.69%
Revenue (TTM)$563M
Earnings Growth (YoY)-87.80%
Dividend RateNone
Analyst Target Price$36.50 (1 analysts)

Financial History

Annual Revenue & Earnings History

YearRevenueNet IncomeGross ProfitEBITDA
2020 $497M $7.6M $95.0M $31.3M
2021 $514M $3.6M $86.3M $21.4M
2022 $497M -$45.6M $89.6M $9.1M
2023 $544M $1.5M $112M $21.7M
2024 $531M $42.9M $118M $33.5M
2025 $540M $7.5M $114M $34.8M

Recent Quarterly Revenue & Net Income

QuarterRevenueNet Income
Jun 2025 $144M $2.9M
Sep 2025 $138M $4.4M
Dec 2025 $160M $2.4M
Mar 2026 $121M $1.5M

Ownership & Float

Insider Ownership8.0%
Institutional Ownership72.3%
Short Float1.2%
% of All Funds Holding1.22%
Number of Funds Holding100

Current Moving Averages

Trend Edge tracks near-term, medium-term, cyclical, and secular moving averages across weekly and monthly timeframes to identify trend structure at every horizon.

TimeframeSMAValueTrend Context
Weekly10-Week SMA$33.77Near-term / short-term trend
Weekly40-Week SMA$29.44Medium-term trend
Weekly80-Week SMA$26.42Cyclical trend (business cycle)
Weekly200-Week SMA$21.03Secular trend (multi-year)
Monthly10-Month SMA$29.36Near-term monthly trend
Monthly20-Month SMA$26.36Medium-term monthly trend
Monthly40-Month SMA$22.82Secular monthly trend

Volume Shelves — Support & Resistance

Trend Edge identifies volume shelves: price zones where historically elevated trading volume creates structural support or resistance. A volume shelf forms when a disproportionate share of cumulative volume was transacted at a specific price level, making it a high-conviction anchor for future price reactions.

Price LevelTypeVolume RatioAge
$30.60 support 2.30x 0 months ago

Historical Earnings Reactions (115 events)

TimeframeAvg ReturnMedianWin RateBestWorst
Gap 0.01% 0.00% 49.57% 8.19% -11.73%
1 Day -0.02% 0.00% 46.96% 19.87% -32.68%
1 Week 1.47% 1.37% 57.39% 29.73% -32.84%
2 Weeks 1.45% 0.24% 50.43% 36.14% -37.15%
1 Month 1.99% 0.10% 50.00% 42.36% -33.64%

Next earnings: July 23, 2026 (56 days away)

Seasonality & Day-of-Week Patterns

Monthly Seasonality

MonthAvg ReturnWin RateSamples
Jan3.4%53.3%45
Feb2.1%46.7%45
Mar0.3%44.4%45
Apr2.4%48.9%45
May-1.2%47.7%44
Jun3.8%56.8%44
Jul2.7%57.8%45
Aug-1.9%40.0%45
Sep-3.9%35.6%45
Oct1.1%46.7%45
Nov-0.4%46.7%45
Dec3.5%60.0%45

Day-of-Week Tendencies

DayAvg ReturnWin RateSamples
Monday -0.09% 38.1% 2140
Tuesday 0.03% 40.8% 2325
Wednesday 0.13% 40.7% 2322
Thursday 0.13% 41.2% 2279
Friday 0.18% 40.8% 2265

Top Institutional Holders

Institutional holder breakdown coming soon.

Total institutional ownership: 72.3%

Insider Transactions — Smart Summary

Total insider ownership: 8.0%

12-Month Insider Activity Summary

Total Filings11
Net Value-$271,500
Net Shares Change-295,866
% of Float-3.1%
C-Suite Filings1
Clusters Detected0

Key Insiders

NameTitleNet ValueFilingsActivity
English Aron R. -$7.6M 9 9 sell
Kelly Brian H EVP and Sr. Advisor to the CEO -$271,500 1 1 sell

Significant Filings

DateInsiderTitleNet ValuePrice After
2026-03-25 English Aron R. -$3.0M Transaction at $28.42, now +40.6%
2026-04-02 English Aron R. -$1.1M Transaction at $28.05, now +42.5%
2026-03-30 English Aron R. -$328,300.966 Transaction at $28.02, now +42.7%
2026-03-06 English Aron R. -$163,906.512 Transaction at $31.99, now +25.0%
2025-11-10 Kelly Brian H EVP and Sr. Advisor to the CEO -$271,500 Transaction at $27.15, now +47.2%
2025-12-12 English Aron R. -$1.3M Transaction at $26.79, now +49.2%

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AI Consult Analysis

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