FSTR Stock Summary and Trading Ideas (L.B. Foster Company | NASDAQ:FSTR)

L.B. Foster Co is a us-based firm engaged in the manufacturing, fabrication, and distribution of products and services, especially for the rail, construction, energy, and utility industries. The company operates its business through three segments: Rail Technologies and Services; Precast Concrete Products and Steel Products and Measurement. Its principal business activity involves providing new and used rail, trackwork, and accessories, producing concrete railroad ties, insulated rail joints, power rail, track fasteners, cover boards, and sales of sells and rents steel sheet piling, H-bearing pile, and other piling products for foundation and earth retention requirements. It generates the majority of its revenues from the Rail Technologies and Services segment.

L.B. Foster Company trades on the NASDAQ stock market under the symbol FSTR.

As of January 31, 2025, FSTR stock price declined to $27.73 with 16,524 million shares trading.

FSTR has a beta of 1.56, meaning it tends to be more sensitive to market movements. FSTR has a correlation of 0.16 to the broad based SPY ETF.

FSTR has a market cap of $300.32 million. This is considered a Small Cap stock.

Last quarter L.B. Foster Company reported $137 million in Revenue and $3.27 earnings per share. This fell short of revenue expectation by $-4 million and exceeded earnings estimates by $2.79.

In the last 3 years, FSTR traded as high as $30.77 and as low as $9.00.

The top ETF exchange traded funds that FSTR belongs to (by Net Assets): IWM, VTI, VXF, AVUV, IWN.

FSTR has underperformed the market in the last year with a price return of +18.8% while the SPY ETF gained +25.6%. However, in the short term, FSTR had mixed performance relative to the market. It has outperformed in the last 3 months, returning +40.9% vs +5.4% return in SPY. But in the last 2 weeks, FSTR shares have been beat by the market, returning +1.2% compared to an SPY return of +3.0%.

FSTR support price is $27.03 and resistance is $28.75 (based on 1 day standard deviation move). This means that using the most recent 20 day stock volatility and applying a one standard deviation move around the stock's closing price, stastically there is a 67% probability that FSTR shares will trade within this expected range on the day.