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L.B. Foster Company (FSTR) vs Freightcar America, Inc. (RAIL)

L.B. Foster Company and Freightcar America, Inc. are both Railroads companies. L.B. Foster Company is the larger, with a market value of $411.0M against $136.1M — 3.0× the size. Freightcar America, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; L.B. Foster Company trades at 29.3×. L.B. Foster Company grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 15.8% against −0.50%. L.B. Foster Company has the higher net margin (2.35% vs −2.69%) and the lower return on invested capital (7.84% vs 14.8%). Across the 21 metrics below, Freightcar America, Inc. leads on 11 and L.B. Foster Company on 10.

Valuation

Metric FSTR RAIL Railroads median
P/E 29.28 n/m 26.90
P/S 0.69 0.29 2.50
P/B 2.18 3.70 3.70
Price to free cash flow 9.82 7.48 26.38
EV/EBITDA 11.40 7.05 13.48
EV/Sales 0.73 0.37 4.34
Earnings yield 3.42% (10.02%) 3.42%
Free cash flow yield 10.18% 13.37% 2.66%

Profitability

Metric FSTR RAIL Railroads median
Gross margin 20.85% 12.50% 30.09%
Operating margin 4.44% 3.77% 24.36%
Net margin 2.35% (2.69%) 11.20%
Free cash flow margin 9.04% 3.86% 9.04%
Return on equity 7.61% 52.80% 12.18%
Return on assets 4.21% (4.13%) 4.21%
Return on invested capital 7.84% 14.75% 7.60%

Growth

Metric FSTR RAIL Railroads median
Revenue growth (TTM) 15.80% (0.50%) 5.99%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (82.26%) 134.94% 11.38%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 1.66% 35.81% 6.40%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (0.10%) 0.00% 0.88%

Health

Metric FSTR RAIL Railroads median
Debt to equity 0.15 2.78 0.99
Current ratio 1.89 1.81 1.16
Net debt to EBITDA 1.12 1.07 2.71

Dividend

Metric FSTR RAIL Railroads median
Dividend yield — — 1.64%
Payout ratio — — 0.31

Size

Metric FSTR RAIL Railroads median
Market cap 411.01m 136.08m 2.49b

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