Company Analysis

L.B. Foster Company (FSTR)

Nasdaq: FSTR · Wholesale-Metals Service Centers & of fices · Pittsburgh, PA · filing with the SEC since 1995
Grade4.8
◀ Past 3.4● Present 4.8▶ Future 6.1

Income statement, as filed

In thousands of US dollars (USD), as filed; per-share figures in US dollars; share counts in thousands. The fiscal year ends in December.
Income statement, by fiscal year, newest first
Fiscal yearFY 2025FY 2024FY 2023FY 2022FY 2021FY 2020FY 2019FY 2018FY 2017FY 2016
Period endingDec 31, 2025Dec 31, 2024Dec 31, 2023Dec 31, 2022Dec 31, 2021Dec 31, 2020Dec 31, 2019Dec 31, 2018Dec 31, 2017Dec 31, 2016
Report filedMar 5, 2026Mar 7, 2025Mar 6, 2024Mar 10, 2023Mar 2, 2022Mar 3, 2021Feb 27, 2020Mar 18, 2019Feb 28, 2018Mar 8, 2017
Revenue540,009530,765543,744497,497513,620497,411616,428r581,064r536,377483,514
Cost of revenue426,257412,703431,700r407,886427,318402,405495,490r467,596r431,116393,158
Gross profit113,752118,062112,044r89,61186,30295,006120,938r113,468r105,261r90,356
Research and development3,6432,8312,5552,2192,2332,6432,6142,6462,2413,511
Selling, general and administrative88,55696,39897,623r82,65775,99573,64482,524r82,745r80,52185,976
Operating income21,88520,5139,107r-7,2064,47115,63336,51438,91328,601r-134,165
Interest expense··5,5283,3402,9563,7614,911r6,134r8,070r6,551
Interest and investment income········307228
Interest income (expense), net-4,889-4,992-5,528·······
Share of profit of equity-method investments········6-1,290
Other income (expense), net420-1,076-2,635r1,5503,0752,110-2,919r1,208r373r1,523
Income before income taxes17,41614,445944-8,9964,59013,98224,139r-24,569r10,051r-147,169
Income tax expense9,997-28,398-35536,6811,119-11,841-23,835r6,017r4,690r-5,509
Income from continuing operations···-45,6773,47125,82347,974-30,586··
Net income including non-controlling interests7,41942,8431,299-45,6773,5437,582····
Net income to non-controlling interests-126-103-165-113-830····
Net income7,54542,9461,464-45,5643,6267,58242,568-31,1685,361r-141,660
Earnings per share, basic0.734.010.14-4.250.340.724.09-3.010.52r-13.79
Earnings per share, diluted0.693.890.13-4.250.340.714.00-3.010.51r-13.79
Weighted average shares, basic10,37410,72110,79910,72010,62310,54010,41010,36210,33410,273
Weighted average shares, diluted10,88211,04810,99510,72010,75210,67110,64410,36210,48310,273
As filed with the SEC, each figure from the newest report that carries it, and linked to it. Nothing here is computed.A dot is a line not tagged for that period. r restated by the company in a later report; b a share figure put on the newest basis or filed in the wrong unit. Hover a figure for its filing and note.
What each line is, and the XBRL concept behind it
Revenue what customers paid for what it soldus-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerIncludingAssessedTax
us-gaap:SalesRevenueNet
Cost of revenue what it cost to make or buy what it soldus-gaap:CostOfRevenue
us-gaap:CostOfGoodsAndServicesSold
Gross profit revenue less the cost of what it soldus-gaap:GrossProfit
Research and development spent on inventing what it sells nextus-gaap:ResearchAndDevelopmentExpense
Selling, general and administrative the cost of selling and of running the companyus-gaap:SellingGeneralAndAdministrativeExpense
Operating income profit from running the business, before interest and taxus-gaap:OperatingIncomeLoss
Interest expense what its borrowing costus-gaap:InterestExpense
Interest and investment income what its cash and investments earnedus-gaap:InvestmentIncomeInterest
Interest income (expense), net interest earned less interest paid, outside the businessus-gaap:InterestIncomeExpenseNonoperatingNet
Share of profit of equity-method investments its share of companies it partly ownsus-gaap:IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments
Other income (expense), net gains and costs outside the businessus-gaap:OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense
Income before income taxes profit before taxus-gaap:IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest
Income tax expense tax charged on the period's profitus-gaap:IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Income from continuing operations profit from the businesses it keepsus-gaap:IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest
Net income including non-controlling interests the whole group's profit, minority holders' share includedus-gaap:ProfitLoss
Net income to non-controlling interests the share that belongs to minority holdersus-gaap:NetIncomeLossAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest
Net income the profit or loss that belongs to the company's shareholdersus-gaap:NetIncomeLoss
Earnings per share, basic net income per share outstandingus-gaap:EarningsPerShareBasic
Earnings per share, diluted net income per share, counting every share that could be issuedus-gaap:EarningsPerShareDiluted
Weighted average shares, basic the average count of shares outstandingus-gaap:WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic
Weighted average shares, diluted the average count with every share that could be issuedus-gaap:WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding
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