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L. B. Foster Company (FSTR)

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FSTR

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L. B. Foster Company Ratios

FSTR's free cash flow for Q3 2025 was $0.22. For the 2025 fiscal year, FSTR's free cash flow was decreased by $ and operating cash flow was $0.00. See a summary of the company’s cash flow.

Ratios	TTM	Dec 24	Dec 23	Dec 22	Dec 21
Liquidity Ratios
Current Ratio	2.21	1.76	2.00	2.08	2.05
Quick Ratio	1.21	0.99	1.26	1.35	0.83
Cash Ratio	0.05	0.03	0.03	0.12	0.08
Solvency Ratio	0.05	0.10	-0.14	0.11	0.20
Operating Cash Flow Ratio	0.54	0.39	-0.10	-0.01	0.18
Short-Term Operating Cash Flow Coverage	225.94	366.43	-83.28	-10.85	142.17
Net Current Asset Value	$ -5.57M	$ -2.21M	$ -21.98M	$ 20.49M	$ 1.75M
Leverage Ratios
Debt-to-Assets Ratio	0.25	0.21	0.29	0.13	0.16
Debt-to-Equity Ratio	0.48	0.47	0.77	0.24	0.33
Debt-to-Capital Ratio	0.33	0.32	0.44	0.19	0.25
Long-Term Debt-to-Capital Ratio	0.33	0.28	0.40	0.15	0.20
Financial Leverage Ratio	1.91	2.20	2.66	1.87	2.09
Debt Service Coverage Ratio	2.66	4.14	-7.92	5.64	10.58
Interest Coverage Ratio	3.76	1.83	0.71	2.55	4.72
Debt to Market Cap	0.30	0.23	0.89	0.21	0.28
Interest Debt Per Share	8.55	6.73	10.20	4.38	5.91
Net Debt to EBITDA	4.08	2.81	11.20	1.81	1.75
Profitability Margins
Gross Profit Margin	21.81%	20.75%	18.01%	16.80%	19.10%
EBIT Margin	1.57%	1.19%	-1.14%	1.47%	3.57%
EBITDA Margin	3.91%	4.22%	1.85%	3.57%	5.87%
Operating Profit Margin	3.63%	1.86%	0.47%	1.47%	3.57%
Pretax Profit Margin	2.19%	0.17%	-1.81%	0.89%	2.81%
Net Profit Margin	0.96%	0.27%	-9.18%	0.71%	5.19%
Continuous Operations Profit Margin	0.09%	0.24%	-9.18%	0.68%	5.19%
Net Income Per EBT	43.74%	155.08%	507.75%	79.00%	184.69%
EBT Per EBIT	60.19%	9.31%	-381.19%	60.83%	78.80%
Return on Assets (ROA)	1.45%	0.47%	-12.50%	1.06%	6.97%
Return on Equity (ROE)	2.78%	1.03%	-33.30%	1.98%	14.60%
Return on Capital Employed (ROCE)	6.98%	4.67%	0.90%	2.94%	6.45%
Return on Invested Capital (ROIC)	3.00%	6.42%	4.57%	2.22%	11.91%
Return on Tangible Assets	1.68%	0.56%	-14.70%	1.24%	8.25%
Earnings Yield	1.76%	0.62%	-44.02%	2.48%	16.28%
Efficiency Ratios
Receivables Turnover	7.88	6.55	4.29	5.58	8.53
Payables Turnover	10.52	10.91	8.36	10.32	7.34
Inventory Turnover	5.71	5.89	5.39	6.80	3.46
Fixed Asset Turnover	4.74	6.01	4.85	7.00	6.36
Asset Turnover	1.52	1.74	1.36	1.50	1.34
Working Capital Turnover Ratio	5.38	6.23	5.08	5.31	4.98
Cash Conversion Cycle	75.56	84.17	109.26	83.77	98.72
Days of Sales Outstanding	46.31	55.70	85.16	65.44	42.78
Days of Inventory Outstanding	63.94	61.92	67.76	53.70	105.63
Days of Payables Outstanding	34.69	33.46	43.65	35.37	49.69
Operating Cycle	110.25	117.62	152.92	119.15	148.41
Cash Flow Ratios
Operating Cash Flow Per Share	3.61	3.46	-0.99	-0.10	1.61
Free Cash Flow Per Share	3.43	3.00	-1.70	-0.53	0.73
CapEx Per Share	0.19	0.46	0.71	0.43	0.87
Free Cash Flow to Operating Cash Flow	0.95	0.87	1.72	5.35	0.46
Dividend Paid and CapEx Coverage Ratio	19.28	7.58	-1.39	-0.23	1.84
Capital Expenditure Coverage Ratio	19.28	7.58	-1.39	-0.23	1.84
Operating Cash Flow Coverage Ratio	0.45	0.56	-0.10	-0.02	0.29
Operating Cash Flow to Sales Ratio	0.07	0.07	-0.02	>-0.01	0.03
Free Cash Flow Yield	12.87%	13.66%	-17.55%	-3.89%	4.88%
Valuation Ratios
Price-to-Earnings (P/E) Ratio	56.97	162.21	-2.27	40.28	6.14
Price-to-Sales (P/S) Ratio	0.55	0.44	0.21	0.28	0.32
Price-to-Book (P/B) Ratio	1.58	1.67	0.76	0.80	0.90
Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) Ratio	7.77	7.32	-5.70	-25.70	20.50
Price-to-Operating Cash Flow Ratio	7.34	6.35	-9.81	-137.41	9.38
Price-to-Earnings Growth (PEG) Ratio	-0.66	-1.57	<0.01	-0.47	-0.15
Price-to-Fair Value	1.58	1.67	0.76	0.80	0.90
Enterprise Value Multiple	18.08	13.17	22.47	9.76	7.18
Enterprise Value	358.89M	302.05M	206.93M	179.22M	209.60M
EV to EBITDA	18.08	13.17	22.47	9.76	7.18
EV to Sales	0.71	0.56	0.42	0.35	0.42
EV to Free Cash Flow	10.03	9.31	-11.36	-31.54	27.08
EV to Operating Cash Flow	9.51	8.08	-19.57	-168.60	12.39
Tangible Book Value Per Share	12.41	8.45	7.75	12.47	11.35
Shareholders’ Equity Per Share	16.74	13.16	12.80	17.24	16.78
Tax and Other Ratios
Effective Tax Rate	0.57	-0.38	-4.08	0.24	-0.85
Revenue Per Share	48.62	50.35	46.41	48.35	47.19
Net Income Per Share	0.47	0.14	-4.26	0.34	2.45
Tax Burden	0.44	1.55	5.08	0.79	1.85
Interest Burden	1.39	0.15	1.59	0.61	0.79
Research & Development to Revenue	0.00	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01
SG&A to Revenue	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Stock-Based Compensation to Revenue	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01
Income Quality	7.91	25.53	0.23	-0.31	0.66

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