LB FOSTER (FSTR)
Industrials · Rail and Infrastructure Services · NASDAQ
L.B. Foster is an infrastructure technology provider delivering critical engineered solutions for the global rail and civil construction sectors.
What LB FOSTER does
L.B. Foster is a global provider of engineered products and services for the rail and infrastructure markets. The company operates in two main segments: Rail, Technologies, and Services, which offers friction management, track monitoring, and rail distribution; and Infrastructure Solutions, which produces precast concrete buildings, bridge components, and protective pipe coatings.
Recent developments
The company reaffirmed its full-year 2026 financial guidance. It is currently executing a strategic shift in its UK business, which included exiting specific product lines within its Tew Engineering unit.
From LB FOSTER's filing of 2026-08-10.
Themes: rail safety and reliability, infrastructure modernization, rail condition monitoring, precast concrete solutions, digital railway technologies
Fundamentals
- Price$35.42 as of 2026-10-08 close
- Market cap$373M as of 2026-08-03 (share count; price 2026-10-08)
- 1-year return+34.1% 2025-10-08 close $26.42 → 2026-10-08 close $35.42
- P/E34.31 as of 2026-10-08
- ROE+4.3% FY2025, SEC XBRL
- Debt / equity0.34 as of 2026-09-03
- Revenue growth (YoY)+11.7% as of 2026-09-03
- Revenue CAGR (3y)-4.0% SEC XBRL
- Beta1.18 as of 2026-09-03
- Last reported earnings2026-08-10 SEC EDGAR Form 8-K (Item 2.02)
How FSTR compares in its sector
- price-to-earnings ratiomiddle range 349 covered Industrials peers, as of 2026-10-08
- return on equitymiddle range 432 covered Industrials peers, as of 2026-09-03
- 3-year revenue CAGRbottom 25% 428 covered Industrials peers
- free cash flow (absolute dollars, latest fiscal year)middle range 417 covered Industrials peers, as of FY2025
Position among covered Industrials companies that report each metric (minimum 5 peers). A relative position within our covered catalog — not a valuation, quality, or investment judgment. A higher percentile is simply a higher value (for P/E, more expensive on earnings — never "better"). Informational only.
Dividend coverage
Not assessed — last reported dividend predates the accounts. The most recent fiscal year in which FSTR reported a dividend payment is FY2016, while its reported financial statements run through FY2025. Coverage is therefore not assessed for the latest year — an FY2016 ratio would not describe FSTR today.
Coverage is derived from reported SEC EDGAR XBRL figures, comparing dividends paid against net income and free cash flow for the SAME fiscal year. It is not shown here because the latest fiscal year with a reported dividend payment (FY2016) is older than the latest year of reported financial statements (FY2025), so any ratio would describe an out-of-date year. Informational only — not financial advice.
How LB FOSTER looks technically
LB FOSTER (FSTR) is trading 1.0% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend. Its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 274 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal. There is no clear trend right now — the price is choppy (ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 18, below the 25 that marks a real trend), though sellers have been pushing harder than buyers lately — pressure, not a trend. Momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 34, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30). MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bearish about 3 trading days ago (its momentum flipped negative). It just made a new 20-day low, its first since 2026-05-01, breaking below its recent trading range. It is 22.7% below its highest point of the past year.
Trend
7
| Distance from the 200-day | it is trading 1.0% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend | +1.0% |
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| 50-day moving average | its average price over the last 50 trading days — a short-term trend line — is $38.04 | $38.04 |
| 200-day moving average | its average price over the last 200 trading days — the long-term trend line — is $35.08 | $35.08 |
| Swing structure | its recent peaks and dips disagree — one of them is rising while the other is not, so there is no clean up or down pattern in the swings | mixed — one of the two is not confirming |
| Last swing turn | its last significant turn was a swing high 16 calendar days ago — the swings before that are what the structure reading is measured on | 16 sessions |
| Since the 50/200 cross | its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 274 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal | 274 sessions |
| Trend strength (14-day ADX) | there is no clear trend right now — the price is choppy (ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 18, below the 25 that marks a real trend), though sellers have been pushing harder than buyers lately — pressure, not a trend | 18.0 |
Momentum
3
| 14-day RSI | momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 34, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30) | 34.2 |
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| Position in its 14-day range | it is trading near the bottom of its 14-day range ($34.79 to $39.40) — its "stochastic" reading is 14 out of 100, where 0 would mean closing exactly at the 14-session low and 100 exactly at the high. This measures WHERE the price sits inside its recent range, which is a different question from the RSI beside it: RSI is a momentum gauge, measuring how FAST the price has been moving, so a stock can drift quietly to the bottom of its range with an ordinary RSI, or fall sharply and still sit in the middle. It has been climbing within that range over the last few sessions. | 13.7 |
| Since the MACD crossed zero | MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bearish about 3 trading days ago (its momentum flipped negative) | 3 sessions |
Range
12
| 52-week high | its highest closing price over the past year (about 252 trading days) was $45.81 | $45.81 |
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| From the 52-week high | it is 22.7% below its 52-week high (its highest price of the past year) | -22.7% |
| Above the 52-week low | it is 45.8% above its 52-week low (its lowest price of the past year) | +45.8% |
| Below the 52-week high | it is 22.7% below its highest point of the past year | 22.7% |
| Since a 20-day breakout | it just made a new 20-day low, its first since 2026-05-01, breaking below its recent trading range | 1 session |
| Since a 55-day breakout | it just made a new 55-day low, its first since 2026-05-01, breaking below its recent trading range | 1 session |
| All-time high | its highest closing price on record is $59.95 (set on 2007-12-12) | $59.95 |
| Given back of the 52-week move | over the past year its closes ranged ($25.58 to $45.17), and it has given back around half of its rise from last year’s low — 50% of it. Chart-watchers call 61.8%-65% given back the "golden pocket" — for this company that is $32.44 to $33.06. It is watched widely enough that orders cluster there, which is the honest reason it matters; it is not a forecast. | 49.8% |
| From the all-time high | it is 40.9% below its all-time high | -40.9% |
| Nearest price level | it is trading 3.2% below a resistance level at $36.54 — a price it turned at four times since 2026-05-21, most recently on 2026-09-08. Since 2024-10-08 it has 13 such levels below the current price and 4 above. Levels like these describe where the price has reversed or paused before; they are not a forecast of where it will go. | +3.2% |
| All-time low | its lowest closing price on record is $7.96 (set on 2020-03-18) | $7.96 |
| Above the all-time low | it is 345.0% above its all-time low | +345.0% |
Volatility
5
| Band width vs its own 6 months | day-to-day price swings are narrower than usual versus its own recent 6-month history (tighter than about 76% of it) | 24th percentile |
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| Typical daily range | in a typical session it travels about $1.13 between its high and its low — about 3.2% of its price. That is its "average true range" over the last 14 sessions, which also counts the distance from the previous close, so a day that opens well away from yesterday counts as the large move it was | $1.13 |
| Bollinger bands (20-day, ±2σ) | most of its recent trading has stayed between about $35.62 and $38.37 — the "Bollinger bands", a range drawn two standard deviations either side of its 20-day average price, which widens when the stock gets more volatile and narrows when it settles | $35.62 – $36.99 – $38.37 |
| Typical daily range (% of price) | its price moves about 3.2% in a typical session — about typical for the companies we cover. This is the average gap between a session's high and low over the last 14 sessions, counting overnight moves, expressed against the current price so it can be compared with companies trading at any price | 3.2% |
| Stretch from the 200-day average | it is trading 0.3 daily ranges above its 200-day average price (1.0% above it in plain percentage terms) — a way of asking how far it has stretched from its own average in units of how far it normally moves in a day, so a calm company and a jumpy one can be compared on the same scale | 0.3 daily ranges above its 200-day average |
Volume
1
| Volume vs its 30-day average | trading volume is about normal versus its 30-day average | 1.16× |
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Analyst
2
| Change in the average price target | analysts' average price target is unchanged from the prior reading | 0.0% |
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| Change in the consensus rating | not available for this company yet | n/a |
Candlestick patterns
2
| Since a hammer | 1 session ago, after a stretch of decline, it sold off hard during the session and then closed back near its high — a "hammer", the long lower wick showing the drop was bought back before the close | 1 session ago |
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| Since a bearish engulfing | 7 sessions ago it opened above the previous session's close and finished below that session's open — a "bearish engulfing" pair, where one down day more than undid the up day before it | 7 sessions ago |
Price gaps
2
| Gap at the open | it opened on 2026-10-08 0.9% below the previous session's close — an overnight gap, the part of the move that happened while the market was shut, and had not traded back through that level by the close | -0.9% |
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| Gap filled | a 3.1% gap up opened on 2026-08-11 has been "filled" 41 sessions ago — price traded back through the level the gap left behind, and it closed again during the very session that opened it | 41 sessions ago |
Price streaks
1
| Closing streak | it has closed lower 4 sessions in a row, a -4.96% move over the run — an unbroken run of down days, which describes what has already happened and says nothing about the next session | 4 sessions down |
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Relative strength
4
| vs market, 1 month | over the past 1 month this stock lagged the market by 7.9 percentage points (the stock lost 6.8% while the market gained 1.0%) | -7.8% |
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| vs market, 3 months | over the past 3 months this stock lagged the market by 20.0 percentage points (the stock lost 16.1% while the market gained 3.8%) | -19.9% |
| vs market, 6 months | over the past 6 months this stock beat the market by 0.1 percentage points (the stock gained 17.6% while the market gained 17.5%) | +0.1% |
| vs market, 12 months | over the past 12 months this stock beat the market by 19.1 percentage points (the stock gained 34.1% while the market gained 15.0%) | +19.1% |
Signal agreement
2
| Bullish technical signals | 4 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bullish state: a "golden cross" — its 50-day average is above its 200-day, trading above its 200-day average, outperforming the market over 6 months, near the bottom of its 14-day range (oversold) — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 4 of 9 |
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| Bearish technical signals | 3 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bearish state: a fresh 20-day low, MACD momentum is negative, trading below the Ichimoku cloud — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 3 of 9 |
Trend (Ichimoku cloud)
1
| Vs the Ichimoku cloud | trading 8.6% below the Ichimoku cloud — a band drawn from where its own highs and lows sat up to 2026-09-01 and projected forward over today's price, the side traders read as an established downtrend, with the band above acting as the level that would have to be cleared. The band itself is moderate, spanning 6.7% of the share price. | -8.6% |
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Volume-weighted price
2
| Vs this year’s average price paid | the price is 4% below the average price paid so far this year, so the typical buyer over that stretch is under water. That average is $36.91 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 190 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | -4.0% |
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| Vs the average paid since it last reported | the price is 6% below the average price paid since it last reported on 2026-08-10 (its 10-Q), so the typical buyer over that stretch is under water. That average is $37.65 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 43 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | -5.9% |
Price levels it has turned at before
FSTR last closed at $35.42 on 2026-10-08. Since 2024-10-08 it has turned at 13 prices below its last close and 4 above; the 3 nearest below and the 3 nearest above are listed, nearest first.
| Level | Side | Distance | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| $36.54 | Resistance | 3.2% above the last close | turned there four times · 2026-05-21 to 2026-09-08 |
| $32.48 | Support | 8.3% below the last close | turned there three times · 2026-02-06 to 2026-04-24 |
| $39.27 | Resistance | 10.9% above the last close | turned there twice · 2026-08-28 to 2026-09-22 |
| $40.01 | Resistance | 12.9% above the last close | turned there three times · 2026-06-12 to 2026-07-30 |
| $29.54 | Support | 16.6% below the last close | turned there three times · 2024-12-11 to 2026-03-23 |
| $28.79 | Support | 18.7% below the last close | turned there four times · 2025-01-21 to 2026-04-22 |
A level is a price this company reversed or paused at more than once — they describe past behaviour, not a forecast of where the price will go.
Wave structure
No Elliott-wave labelling currently fits its swings: the recent highs and lows do not satisfy the three rules a five-wave count has to obey, so there is no count to show rather than a count we are unsure about.
Read from daily closes as of 2026-10-08.
An Elliott-wave count describes the swings already printed and the level that would disprove it. It is not a forecast, a target, or advice.
Screens: Near 200-day moving-average support · Trading above the 200-day moving average · Pulled back from the 12-month high · Broke down to a new 20-day low · MACD just crossed bearish (12/26/9) · trendless / choppy (low ADX) | Learn: moving average · golden cross · adx · rsi · macd · breakout · fifty two week high low
Based on daily closing prices as of 2026-10-08. Describes past price behavior only — informational, not financial advice.
Analyst consensus
- Consensus ratingHold (3.00 mean, 1=Strong Buy…5=Strong Sell) — 2 analysts
- Mean price target$44.00 range $42.00 – $46.00
Analyst estimates, as of 2026-10-09. These are third-party analyst opinions and price targets, aggregated — not a recommendation, prediction, or advice from stocks-llm. Informational only.
Analyst EPS estimate for FSTR
- Consensus EPS estimate$0.6 next reporting period, as of 2026-10-09
- Estimate change, 30 days+$0.195 (+48.1%) from $0.405, on 2026-09-04, 35-day window
- Readings revised upward13% of 8 comparable readings
The consensus estimate for the next reporting period, and how it has moved between readings of that SAME period. A change is measured only between readings estimating one period — when a company reports, the consensus moves to the next quarter and the two numbers are not comparable. Informational only, not a forecast and not advice.
Key risks (from latest filing)
["fluctuations in steel and material costs","dependence on government and infrastructure funding programs","risks associated with international operations and supply chain volatility"]
What changed in the latest 10-Q
AI-assisted comparison of FSTR's 10-Q filed 2026-08-10 against the prior one filed 2026-05-04.
Management's Discussion & Analysis (MD&A)
- Added:
- In the newer filing filed 2026-08-10, the phrase "including but not limited to the exit of certain product lines in the UK-based Tew Engineering business" was added to the risk factor about the Company's ability to timely effectuate its strategy including cost reduction initiatives.
- In the newer filing filed 2026-08-10, a page break with table of contents marker "22\n\nTable of Contents" was added before the paragraph stating forward-looking statements are made as of the date of the report.
- In the newer filing filed 2026-08-10, the heading "Product Line Exits" (plural) replaced "Product Line Exit" (singular) in the older filing filed 2026-05-04.
- Removed:
- In the older filing filed 2026-05-04, the heading "Product Line Exit" (singular) was removed and replaced with "Product Line Exits" (plural) in the newer filing filed 2026-08-10.
- In the older filing filed 2026-05-04, the sentence "For the three months ended March 31, 2025, the product line had net sales of $501 and the Com" appeared after the Bridge Products grid deck discontinuation sentence, but this sentence is not present in the portion of the newer filing provided.
- Reworded:
- The newer filing filed 2026-08-10 changed the section heading from "Product Line Exit" to "Product Line Exits".
- Notes:
- The newer filing excerpt is truncated after "...Bridge Products grid deck product line which was reporte" and the older filing excerpt is truncated after "...net sales of $501 and the Com", so only the visible portions could be compared.
- The older filing uses page number 18 while the newer filing uses page number 22 before the table of contents break, but this may reflect formatting rather than a substantive change.
AI-assisted comparison of two SEC filing sections. It describes wording and theme changes only, makes no materiality, legal, or investment judgement, and is not financial advice. Informational only — not financial advice.
Insider activity (SEC Form 4)
No open-market insider purchases or sales are on record for FSTR — recent Form 4 activity was compensation-related (awards, option exercises, or tax withholding), not open-market buying or selling.
View full insider trading history → View SEC Form 3/4/5 filingsOnly open-market purchases (SEC code P) and sales (code S) are counted here. Option exercises, vesting/awards, gifts, and shares withheld for taxes are excluded — they are compensation or mechanical, not open-market conviction. Sales may be planned and non-discretionary (e.g. a Rule 10b5-1 plan) and are not necessarily bearish; open-market buying is not a recommendation to buy. Informational only — not financial advice.
Institutional ownership (13F)
5 institutional 13F filers reported holding FSTR as of 2026-06-30 (quarter-end position, filed within 45 days).
- Distinct 13F filers 5
- Reported shares held 1,385,369
- Reported value $62,577,127
reported quarterly holdings change (2026-03-31 → 2026-06-30): 1 new, 4 increased, 0 decreased, 0 exited. Change counts cover only managers that filed 13F reports in BOTH quarters, derived between two quarter-end snapshots — not same-day trades; a single manager is never said to have "bought" or "sold".
Institutional holdings are quarter-end long positions reported on SEC Form 13F-HR, filed up to 45 days after the quarter ends — they are delayed, are not real-time trades, exclude short positions and most non-US securities, and are not investment advice. Any increase/decrease is a reported change between two quarterly snapshots, not a same-day purchase or sale. These are quarter-end snapshots from the 13F filings on SEC EDGAR, filed within 45 days — not real-time, and any change is a difference between two quarterly reports, not a same-day trade. Informational only — not financial advice.
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Short interest (FINRA)
FSTR had 297,587 shares of reported short interest as of the 2026-09-15 FINRA settlement date (delayed, bi-monthly; not real-time).
FSTR had 2.83% of its shares outstanding sold short as of the 2026-09-15 FINRA settlement date (percent of FLOAT would be higher — float is not disclosed in the source). FINRA reported 7.9 days to cover at the same settlement.
- Reported short interest (shares) 297,587
- Short interest (% of shares outstanding) 2.83%
- Prior settlement (shares) 280,381
- Reported change 6.14%
- Days to cover (reported) 7.9
Reported to FINRA as of the 2026-09-15 settlement date. Short interest is reported to FINRA and published on a delayed, bi-monthly schedule (as of a settlement date, disseminated roughly eight business days later) — it is NOT real-time, does not cover every venue or all US trading, and is not a short-squeeze prediction or investment advice. Days-to-cover is the value FINRA reports; percent of float is not shown because the source file carries no share-count denominator — where a percent appears it is of shares OUTSTANDING, the larger base, and is therefore a floor on percent of float. Informational only — not financial advice.
Competitors & peers
- Progress Rail (Caterpillar)
- Wabtec (WAB)
- Trinity Industries (TRN)
- Greenbrier (GBX)
- Oldcastle Infrastructure (CRH)
- Valmont Industries (VMI)
AI-enriched competitor set. Linked names are companies covered by stocks-llm; other named peers are shown for reference only.
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Frequently asked questions
What does LB FOSTER (FSTR) do?
L.B. Foster is a global provider of engineered products and services for the rail and infrastructure markets. The company operates in two main segments: Rail, Technologies, and Services, which offers friction management, track monitoring, and rail distribution; and Infrastructure Solutions, which produces precast concrete buildings, bridge components, and protective pipe coatings.
What sector is LB FOSTER (FSTR) in?
LB FOSTER (FSTR) is classified in the Industrials sector. Its industry is Rail and Infrastructure Services. It trades on NASDAQ.
Who are LB FOSTER's (FSTR) competitors?
Notable peers of LB FOSTER (FSTR) include Progress Rail (Caterpillar), Wabtec, Trinity Industries, Greenbrier and Oldcastle Infrastructure. This peer set is informational only — not financial advice.
Is LB FOSTER (FSTR) overbought or oversold right now?
LB FOSTER (FSTR) is currently neither overbought nor oversold — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 34, in the neutral middle (as of 2026-10-08). RSI describes recent price momentum, not a forecast — informational only, not financial advice.
Where does stocks-llm's data on FSTR come from?
Fundamentals come from SEC XBRL company filings for the figures marked with a fiscal year, and market data, as of 2026-09-03 for the rest; prices are market data, as of 2026-09-03; company filings and profile facts come from SEC EDGAR. All figures are delayed daily-close data shown with their as-of date — informational only, not financial advice.
Fundamentals: SEC XBRL company filings for the figures marked with a fiscal year, and market data, as of 2026-09-03 for the rest. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-10-08.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & market data, shown with their as-of date.