L.B. Foster Company
Financial ratios & Valuation

Forward Multiples (2025 – 2025)

2025
Price/Earnings ratio
12.37
Price/Sales ratio
0.41
Earnings per Share (EPS)
$1.85

Historical Multiples (2014 – 2023)

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 TTM Median
Valuation Ratios
Price/Earnings ratio
19.35-3.15-0.9868.21-5.284.736.1440.28-2.27162.20-2.82-5.28
Price/Sales ratio
0.810.220.280.520.260.300.310.280.200.430.250.30
Price/Book Value ratio
1.470.491.041.911.341.180.890.790.751.670.931.18
Price/Cash Flow ratio
7.442.497.597.126.346.889.37-137.40-9.816.35-12.166.88
Price/Free Cash Flow ratio
9.993.3913.008.447.959.8520.49-25.70-5.697.31-7.069.85
Price/Earnings Growth ratio
-1.500.01-0.00-0.660.00-0.02-0.15-0.460.00-1.570.000.00
Dividend Yield
0.27%1.18%0.89%N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Profitability Indicator Ratios
Gross Profit Margin
20.02%21.40%18.68%19.24%18.68%18.52%19.10%16.80%18.01%20.74%18.01%18.52%
Operating Profit Margin
6.10%4.60%-1.07%2.93%-3.27%3.40%3.56%1.46%0.47%1.86%0.16%-3.27%
Pretax Profit Margin
6.43%-8.09%-30.43%1.49%-4.26%2.65%2.81%0.89%-1.80%0.17%-1.80%-4.26%
Net Profit Margin
4.22%-7.11%-29.29%0.76%-4.97%6.49%5.19%0.70%-9.18%0.26%-9.15%6.49%
Effective Tax Rate
34.32%12.12%3.74%48.85%-16.68%-144.68%-84.68%24.37%-407.74%-37.60%-407.74%-144.68%
Return on Assets
5.18%-7.84%-36.04%1.03%-8.13%10.50%6.97%1.05%-12.50%0.46%-12.47%10.50%
Return On Equity
7.63%-15.71%-106.31%2.80%-25.52%25.06%14.60%1.98%-33.29%1.03%-27.03%25.06%
Return on Capital Employed
9.59%6.05%-1.67%5.19%-7.93%7.73%6.44%2.94%0.90%4.65%0.30%-7.93%
Liquidity Ratios
Current Ratio
2.272.342.422.361.821.852.04N/AN/AN/A1.991.82
Quick Ratio
1.401.281.411.320.820.830.821.351.260.991.150.82
Cash ratio
0.470.360.360.400.080.120.070.120.020.020.020.12
Days of Sales Outstanding
54.2045.8750.2952.1150.1340.9542.7765.4485.1555.6985.1550.13
Days of Inventory outstanding
71.4771.6777.2882.2089.1381.59105.6353.7067.7562.2567.7581.59
Operating Cycle
125.68117.54127.58134.31139.27122.54148.41119.14152.91117.9488.75122.54
Days of Payables Outstanding
50.4841.4935.0444.1656.0343.1049.6935.3743.6534.1343.6543.65
Cash Conversion Cycle
75.1976.0592.5490.1583.2379.4398.7183.77109.2683.8158.2179.43
Debt Ratios
Debt Ratio
0.050.290.400.320.190.140.120.090.250.170.620.19
Debt Equity Ratio
0.070.591.190.880.610.350.250.170.660.381.650.61
Long-term Debt to Capitalization
0.070.370.520.460.370.240.200.140.400.270.430.37
Total Debt to Capitalization
0.070.370.540.470.380.260.200.140.400.270.430.38
Interest Coverage Ratio
72.426.56-0.791.873.635.444.15N/AN/AN/A0.245.44
Cash Flow to Debt Ratio
2.520.330.110.300.340.480.37-0.03-0.110.67-0.090.48
Company Equity Multiplier
1.472.002.942.703.132.382.091.872.662.202.662.66
Cash Flow Ratios
Operating Cash Flow / Sales Ratio
0.100.080.030.070.040.040.03-0.00-0.020.06-0.020.04
Free Cash Flow / Operating Cash Flow Ratio
0.740.730.580.840.790.690.455.341.720.861.720.79
Cash Flow Coverage Ratio
2.520.330.110.300.340.480.37-0.03-0.110.67-0.090.48
Short Term Coverage Ratio
98.7242.071.7760.0141.275.69142.16-10.84-83.27366.43-83.275.69
Dividend Payout Ratio
5.24%-3.72%-0.87%N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A