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L.B. Foster Company (FSTR)

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51.8Fair

ValueMarkers Composite Index

Top 40%#26,686 of 44,707
Undervalued

66% below intrinsic value ($83)

UndervaluedFair ValueOvervalued
Piotroski
7/9
Strong
Beneish
-2.57
Low Risk
Altman
3.99
Safe
DCF Value
$83
Undervalued
ROIC
3.8%
Low
P/E
40.4
Growth
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L.B. Foster Company (FSTR) — VMCI valuation read

Composite valuation read on FSTR: VMCI 52/100 against a Industrials sector median of 50. The 2-point above-median print is the headline number for L.B. Foster Company, and at the mid-cap tier it reflects how the five pillars combine into a single decision-grade score.

Trailing 30-day insider activity for FSTR: nothing material on SEC EDGAR. With the Form 4 channel quiet, the price-vs-DCF gap and the trailing margin trend carry more weight in the active read.

**Investor frame.** Value, quality, risk in three lines on FSTR: FSTR trades at 21.0x earnings, 17% above the Industrials median of 18.0x; ROIC of 17.0% sits 7.0pp above the Industrials median (10.0%); net debt to EBITDA of 1.9x is the rate-sensitivity line to watch. EV/EBITDA at 14.0x versus 12.0x for Industrials closes the value frame.

FSTR fell 2.8% over the trailing 7 days, with a -1.2% read on a 30-day basis.

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 trackwork products, as well as engineers and manufactures insulated rail joints and related accessories. This segment also provides friction management products and application systems, railroad condition monitoring systems and equipment, wheel impact load detection systems, wayside data collection and management systems, track fasteners, and engineered concrete railroad ties; and aftermarket services. Its Precast Concrete Products segment offers a range of specialty precast concrete products, such as sound walls, burial vaults, bridge beams, box culverts, septic tanks, and other custom pre-stressed products for use in transportation and general infrastructure markets. This segment also manufactures precast concrete buildings for use as restrooms, concession stands, and protective storage buildings in national, state, and municipal parks. The company's Steel Products and Measurement segment provides bridge decking, bridge railing, structural steel fabrications, expansion joints, bridge forms, and other products for highway construction and repair. This segment also produces threaded pipe products for industrial water well, irrigation, and oil and gas markets, as well as offers pipe coatings for oil and gas pipelines and utilities, and precision measurement systems for the oil and gas market. The company markets its products directly, as well as through a network of agents. L.B. Foster Company was founded in 1902 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

CEO: John F. Kasel1,057 employeesUSwww.lbfoster.com

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