FSTRL.B. Foster Company

$39.97+44% 1Y

Valuation

What FSTR's price assumes

L.B. Foster Company trades at 31.0× earnings against 25.6× for the median Railroads name.

31.0

Trailing P/E · Railroads median 25.6 · 1.21× the Railroads median

Price / sales
0.72

Price / sales · today's price, trailing year to Sep 30, 2026

Free cash flow yield
9.9%

Free cash flow yield · Railroads median 3.6%

Growth the price implies
−3.5%

Growth the price implies · The price pays for −3.5% free cash flow growth a year for a decade; the business has delivered +33% a year over the last three.

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Price / booktoday's price, trailing year to Sep 30, 2026
2.26
EV / EBITtoday's price, trailing year to Sep 30, 2026
16.9
EV / salestoday's price, trailing year to Sep 30, 2026
0.75
Industrials median P/E429 names
24.6
Railroads median P/E9 names
25.6
Free cash flow, trailing twelve months
$42M
Market capitalisation10.5 million shares, counted Oct 28, 2026
$420M
3-year revenue growth
+2.5%
3-year free cash flow growth
+33%

Multiples from SEC filings and end-of-day closes; implied growth from a reverse discounted cash flow. Group medians across the names Ryufin tracks.

Against its own past

Its multiples now against their own history, and how much of the price move came from earnings rather than the multiple.