FSTR

L.B. Foster Company
NasdaqGSUSDEQUITY Industrials DELAYED
Last price
36.10
▼ 0.85 (2.30%)
MARKET · —

Price

1D — H — L — Range — Vol —
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Open
37.14
Prev close
36.95
Day high
37.30
Day low
35.94
Volume
61.26K
Market cap
$379.76M
P/E (TTM)
34.06
52W range
23.81 – 45.81

Day trading desk

Current session · delayed
Gap from prior close
+0.51%
Prior close 36.95
VWAP
36.26
-0.44% from price
Relative volume
1.75×
Unusually busy
Session range
3.78%
35.94 – 37.30
Position in range
12%
Near session low
ATR (14D)
1.12
3.11% of price
Prior day high
37.46
PDH
Prior day low
35.77
PDL
Bid / ask spread
—
Quote not published
Session volume
108.53K
Avg 62.14K

VWAP and the session figures are computed from the delayed intraday series on this page, so they lag the live tape and will not match a broker's real-time VWAP exactly. Turn on Prior day H/L/C, Opening range and Volume profile in the chart's Studies menu to see these levels drawn on price.

Trailing performance

Price return · vs SPY
Returnvs SPY
1W
-3.37% -5.3%
1M
-5.05% -6.2%
3M
-14.52% -19.0%
6M
+21.14% +3.0%
YTD
+33.95% +19.7%
1Y
+35.82% +19.4%
3Y
+90.90% +8.7%
5Y
— —

Price return only. Dividends are not reinvested, so total return on a dividend payer will be higher than shown.

Unusual options activity

Account required
Nothing crossed the thresholds in the expiries we scanned.
That is the normal state — most contracts trade well inside their existing open interest.
Free account required

Contracts trading at or above their open interest, ranked by notional and where the print landed.

Free account

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Options chains and analytics, valuation ratios, insider filings, analyst targets and ownership. No card, no trial, nothing to cancel.

Insider net activity

6m · Form 4 rollup
Net shares
0
Net selling
Buy transactions
0
0 shares
Sell transactions
0
—
Net transactions
0
Buys less sells
Sell : buy shares
—
Not enough filings
Insider-held shares
862.09K
Total on file

Insider transactions

Account required
DateInsiderAction SharesValueHeld
Sep 30, 26
MEYER DAVID J
Director
STOCK 528 $19.05K Direct
Aug 24, 26
FRIEDMAN BRIAN HUNTER
Officer
STOCK 1.00K $0 Direct
Jul 31, 26
BOWLIN JASON KYLE
Officer
STOCK 398 $0 Direct
Jun 30, 26
MEYER DAVID J
Director
STOCK 422 $19.06K Direct
Jun 1, 26
CURRAN TIMOTHY JOSEPH
Officer
STOCK 295 $0 Direct
Jun 1, 26
THALMAN WILLIAM M
Chief Operating Officer
STOCK 1.13K $0 Direct
Jun 1, 26
REILLY SEAN M
Chief Financial Officer
STOCK 895 $0 Direct
May 21, 26
THOMPSON BRUCE ERNEST
Director
STOCK 2.36K $0 Direct
May 21, 26
BETLER RAYMOND T
Director
STOCK 2.36K $0 Direct
May 21, 26
MEYER DAVID J
Director
STOCK 2.36K $0 Direct
May 21, 26
OWEN DIANE B
Director
STOCK 2.36K $0 Direct
May 21, 26
KUNZ JOHN E
Director
STOCK 2.36K $0 Direct
Apr 1, 26
ENGLISH ARON R
Beneficial Owner of more than 10% of a Class of Security
SELL 39.93K $1.12M Indirect
Mar 31, 26
MEYER DAVID J
Director
STOCK 683 $19.06K Direct
What this is, and what it is not

These are SEC Form 4 filings — officers, directors and 10% owners reporting their own trades in the company's stock. Filing is due within two business days of the transaction, so this lags reality by days, and the provider adds its own lag on top.

A sale is not automatically bearish. Executives sell on scheduled 10b5-1 plans, to cover tax on vesting equity, and to diversify. Purchases with cash are generally the more informative signal, and they are far rarer.

This does not include congressional or senate trading. That comes from STOCK Act disclosures filed with the Senate eFD system and the House Clerk, which this data source does not carry.

Free account required

Officer and director trades in their own stock, straight from Form 4 filings.

Insider holders

10 reporting
NameRelationShares heldLatest
BETLER RAYMOND T
Director 38.08K Stock Award(Grant)
ENGLISH ARON R
Beneficial Owner of more than 10% of a Class of Security — Sale
FRIEDMAN BRIAN HUNTER
Officer 31.50K Stock Gift
GUINEE PATRICK J
General Counsel 88.45K Stock Award(Grant)
KASEL JOHN F
Chief Executive Officer 257.50K Stock Award(Grant)
KELLY BRIAN H
Officer 79.56K Sale
LIPPARD GREGORY W
Officer 77.53K Stock Award(Grant)
NESS ROBERT
Officer 33.14K Stock Award(Grant)
OWEN DIANE B
Director 78.49K Stock Award(Grant)
THALMAN WILLIAM M
Chief Operating Officer 79.88K Stock Award(Grant)

Fundamentals

TTM · reported
Market cap$379.76M
Enterprise value$445.19M
Revenue (TTM)$558.35M
Gross profit$122.31M
EBITDA$40.64M
Net income$11.38M
EPS (TTM)$1.06
Free cash flow$46.04M
Total cash$5.78M
Total debt$70.32M
Book value / share$17.16
Shares outstanding10.52M
Float9.74M
Short % of float5.00%
Dividend yield0.00%
Beta (5Y)1.14

Valuation & profitability ratios

Account required
Trailing P/E34.06
Forward P/E17.83
PEG ratio0.47
Price / sales—
Price / book2.10
EV / revenue0.80
EV / EBITDA10.96
Gross margin21.91%
Operating margin6.29%
Profit margin2.04%
Return on equity6.38%
Return on assets5.31%
Debt / equity39.31
Current ratio2.00
Free account required

Fourteen ratios including P/E, PEG, EV/EBITDA, margins and return on equity.

Financial statements

As reported · 4 years · 5 quarters
Blank means not reported, not zero
Line item2025202420232022YoY
Total revenue $540.01M$530.76M$543.74M$497.50M +1.7%
Operating revenue $540.01M$530.76M$543.74M$497.50M +1.7%
Cost of revenue $426.26M$412.70M$431.70M$407.89M +3.3%
Gross profit $113.75M$118.06M$112.04M$89.61M -3.7%
Selling, general & admin $88.56M$96.40M$97.62M$82.66M -8.1%
Total operating expense $91.87M$101.03M$102.94M$88.80M -9.1%
Operating income $21.89M$17.04M$9.11M$810.00K +28.5%
Net interest income -$4.89M-$4.99M-$5.53M-$3.34M +2.1%
Pre-tax income $17.42M$14.45M$944.00K-$9.00M +20.6%
Tax provision $10.00M-$28.40M-$355.00K$36.68M +135.2%
Net income $7.54M$42.95M$1.46M-$45.56M -82.4%
Net income to common $7.54M$42.95M$1.46M-$45.56M -82.4%
Basic EPS 0.734.010.14-4.25 -81.8%
Diluted EPS 0.693.890.13-4.25 -82.3%
EBIT $22.30M$19.44M$6.47M-$5.66M +14.8%
EBITDA $34.76M$33.52M$21.73M$9.12M +3.7%
Basic shares 10.37M10.72M10.80M10.72M -3.2%
Diluted shares 10.88M11.05M10.99M10.72M -1.5%

Options analytics

Account required
Put / call volume
0.33
Call-heavy session
Put / call open interest
—
Positioning, not flow
Max pain
50.00
+38.5% from spot
ATM implied vol
0.0%
Nearest strike to spot
Skew (10% OTM)
+99.5%
Puts bid over calls
Call volume
15
Contracts, this expiry
Put volume
5
Contracts, this expiry
Heaviest call OI
30.00
0 contracts
Heaviest put OI
30.00
4 contracts

Max pain is the strike at which the largest dollar value of open contracts expires worthless. It describes current positioning; it is not a forecast and it moves as open interest changes.

Free account required

Put/call ratios, max pain, implied volatility skew and where open interest is concentrated.

Earnings

History & consensus estimates
Reported vs expected · EPS
QuarterEst.ActualSurprise
Jun 2026 0.410.29 -28.4%
Mar 2026 -0.220.14 +165.1%
Dec 2025 0.670.22 -66.9%
Sep 2025 0.620.40 -35.0%
Forward consensus
PeriodEPSAnalystsRevenueGrowth
Current quarter 0.60 2 $152.19M +10.1%
Next quarter 0.59 2 $150.41M -6.2%
Current year 1.62 2 $562.35M +4.1%
Next year 2.03 2 $576.62M +2.5%

Analyst targets & ownership

Account required
Mean target$44.00
High target$46.00
Low target$42.00
Implied upside21.88%
Analyst count2
ConsensusHOLD
Strong buy / Buy0 / 0
Hold1
Sell / Strong sell0 / 0
Held by insiders8.19%
Held by institutions82.26%
Institutions holding186
Free account required

Price targets, consensus spread, insider and institutional ownership.

Moving averages & technicals

Computed from 2Y daily closes
SMA 10
37.00
-2.42% from price
SMA 20
37.21
-2.99% from price
SMA 50
38.27
-5.67% from price
SMA 100
40.04
-9.84% from price
SMA 200
35.21
+2.53% from price
EMA 12
36.96
-2.32% from price
EMA 26
37.40
-3.47% from price
EMA 50
38.09
-5.22% from price
RSI (14)
38.3
Neutral
MACD (12,26,9)
-0.44
Hist -0.02
ATR (14)
1.12
3.11% of price
Realised vol 30D
20.1%
Annualised
Bollinger upper
38.18
20, 2σ
Bollinger lower
36.24
20, 2σ
50 / 200 cross
Golden
38.27 vs 35.21
Trend bias
Above 200
+2.53%

Options chain

Account required
Expiry
Spot 36.10
Calls
StrikeLastBidAskVolOIIV
000.000.000.000.00000.0%
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Puts
StrikeLastBidAskVolOIIV
000.000.000.000.00000.0%
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Free account required

Every listed expiry, both sides of the book, with volume, open interest and implied volatility.

Risk profile

Daily returns · 1Y window
Beta vs SPY
0.86
Less volatile than market
Correlation to SPY
0.30
Largely independent
Realised vol 30D
20.1%
Annualised
Market vol 1Y
13.0%
SPY, annualised
Max drawdown 1Y
-20.1%
Peak to trough
Max drawdown 5Y
-47.8%
Peak to trough
ATR 14
1.12
3.11% of price
Beta (reported)
1.14
5Y monthly, from filing

Short interest

Semi-monthly exchange report · lags by ~2 weeks
Shares short
297.59K
Prior 248.21K
Change vs prior
+19.9%
Shorts adding
% of float
5.00%
Normal
% of shares out
2.83%
Against total outstanding
Days to cover
6.4
Crowded exit
Float
9.74M
Freely tradeable shares

Exchanges publish short interest twice a month with a settlement lag, so this is roughly two weeks behind. Days to cover divides shares short by average daily volume — it estimates how long covering would take, not whether it will happen.

Rating changes

24 on file
DateFirm ActionFromTo
Mar 4, 26 B. Riley Securities MAINTAINED Neutral Neutral
Nov 13, 24 B. Riley Securities MAINTAINED Neutral Neutral
Aug 14, 24 B. Riley Securities MAINTAINED Neutral Neutral
May 10, 24 B. Riley Securities MAINTAINED Neutral Neutral
Mar 6, 24 B. Riley Securities MAINTAINED Neutral Neutral
Aug 15, 23 B. Riley Securities MAINTAINED Neutral Neutral
Aug 17, 22 B. Riley Securities MAINTAINED — Neutral
Jun 6, 22 B. Riley Securities DOWNGRADE Buy Neutral
Mar 10, 22 B. Riley Securities MAINTAINED — Buy
May 6, 20 B. Riley Securities MAINTAINED — Buy
Mar 6, 19 B. Riley Securities INITIATED — Buy
May 4, 16 DA Davidson DOWNGRADE Buy Neutral

Dividends & splits

Declared · from the issuer
Forward rate—
Forward yield0.00%
5-year avg yield0.41%
Payout ratio0.00%
Ex-dividend dateSep 7, 2016
Next pay dateSep 23, 2016
Last split—
Split date—

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