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L.B. Foster Company (FSTR) vs Greenbrier Companies, Inc. (The) (GBX)

L.B. Foster Company and Greenbrier Companies, Inc. (The) are both Railroads companies. Greenbrier Companies, Inc. (The) is the larger, with a market value of $1.3B against $411.0M — 3.2× the size. Greenbrier Companies, Inc. (The) trades at the lower P/E: 16.1× against 29.3×. L.B. Foster Company grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 15.8% against −24.0%. Greenbrier Companies, Inc. (The) has the higher net margin (3.21% vs 2.35%) and the lower return on invested capital (2.74% vs 7.84%). Across the 21 metrics below, Greenbrier Companies, Inc. (The) leads on 11 and L.B. Foster Company on 10.

Valuation

Metric FSTR GBX Railroads median
P/E 29.28 16.07 26.90
P/S 0.69 0.54 2.50
P/B 2.18 0.79 3.70
Price to free cash flow 9.82 n/m 26.38
EV/EBITDA 11.40 10.65 13.48
EV/Sales 0.73 1.18 4.34
Earnings yield 3.42% 6.22% 3.42%
Free cash flow yield 10.18% (3.51%) 2.66%

Profitability

Metric FSTR GBX Railroads median
Gross margin 20.85% 13.56% 30.09%
Operating margin 4.44% 5.83% 24.36%
Net margin 2.35% 3.21% 11.20%
Free cash flow margin 9.04% (1.91%) 9.04%
Return on equity 7.61% 4.66% 12.18%
Return on assets 4.21% 1.80% 4.21%
Return on invested capital 7.84% 2.74% 7.60%

Growth

Metric FSTR GBX Railroads median
Revenue growth (TTM) 15.80% (24.04%) 5.99%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (82.26%) (59.55%) 11.38%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 1.66% 7.08% 6.40%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (0.10%) 19.51% 0.88%

Health

Metric FSTR GBX Railroads median
Debt to equity 0.15 1.09 0.99
Current ratio 1.89 2.43 1.16
Net debt to EBITDA 1.12 5.77 2.71

Dividend

Metric FSTR GBX Railroads median
Dividend yield — 3.06% 1.64%
Payout ratio — 0.50 0.31

Size

Metric FSTR GBX Railroads median
Market cap 411.01m 1.33b 2.49b

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