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FSTRL.B. Foster Company’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $540.0 million, up 1.74% from fiscal 2024.
- Revenue
- +21.5%
- EPS
- +55.3%
- Free cash flow
- −21.0%
- Total debt
- −51.1%
Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier
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L.B. Foster Company (FSTR) Return on invested capital
L.B. Foster Company's return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 7.84%, up 1.5 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (6.38%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −6.57% (fiscal 2018) to 9.34% (fiscal 2019); the current reading is higher than 91% of that period. That is in line with the Railroads industry median of 7.60% and above the Industrials sector median of 1.86%.
Return on invested capital, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Return on invested capital | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 6.38% | 0.64 |
| FY2024 | 5.74% | 2.83 |
| FY2023 | 2.91% | 4.90 |
| FY2022 | −1.99% | (3.36) |
| FY2021 | 1.37% | (3.19) |
| FY2020 | 4.56% | (4.78) |
| FY2019 | 9.34% | 15.91 |
| FY2018 | −6.57% | (11.06) |
| FY2017 | 4.49% | 5.73 |
| FY2016 | −1.24% | (5.54) |
Against its own ten years
Return on invested capital against peers
| Company | Return on invested capital |
|---|---|
| RAIL Freightcar America, Inc. compare | 14.8% |
| NSC Norfolk Southern Corporation compare | 8.05% |
| FSTR L.B. Foster Company | 7.84% |
| WAB Wabtec compare | 7.60% |
| TRN Trinity Industries, Inc. compare | 7.26% |
| CP Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited compare | 5.09% |
| GBX Greenbrier Companies, Inc. (The) compare | 2.74% |
| RVSN Rail Vision Ltd. compare | 0.00% |
| SWVL Swvl Holdings Corp. compare | 0.00% |
| Railroads industry median | 7.60% |
| Industrials sector median | 1.86% |
| Market median | 0.00% |
What Return on invested capital is
Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.
TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)