L.B. Foster Company (FSTR) vs Rail Vision Ltd. (RVSN)

L.B. Foster Company and Rail Vision Ltd. are both Railroads companies. L.B. Foster Company is the larger, with a market value of $394.7M against $8.0M — 49.5× the size. Rail Vision Ltd. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; L.B. Foster Company trades at 33.8×. L.B. Foster Company has the higher net margin (2.04% vs 0.00%) and the higher return on invested capital (6.88% vs 0.00%). Across the 18 metrics below, L.B. Foster Company leads on 10 and Rail Vision Ltd. on 8.

Valuation

Metric FSTR RVSN Railroads median
P/E 33.76 n/m 26.88
P/S 0.69 0.30 2.58
P/B 2.17 0.02 4.33
Price to free cash flow 8.23 n/m 26.65
EV/EBITDA 11.97 1.34 13.50
EV/Sales 0.77 (14.51) 4.56
Earnings yield 2.96% (3,735.01%) 3.59%
Free cash flow yield 12.15% (5,615.04%) 3.41%

Profitability

Metric FSTR RVSN Railroads median
Gross margin 21.36% (3.29%) 30.61%
Operating margin 4.36% 0.00% 24.29%
Net margin 2.04% 0.00% 10.59%
Free cash flow margin 8.43% 0.00% 8.43%
Return on equity 6.43% 0.00% 11.49%
Return on assets 3.33% 0.00% 3.98%
Return on invested capital 6.88% 0.00% 7.59%

Growth

Metric FSTR RVSN Railroads median
Revenue growth (TTM) 10.13% — 2.97%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (82.26%) 88.93% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 1.66% — 5.27%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (0.10%) 0.00% 0.88%

Health

Metric FSTR RVSN Railroads median
Debt to equity 0.27 0.00 0.58
Current ratio 2.00 9.60 1.03
Net debt to EBITDA 1.12 1.74 2.71

Dividend

Metric FSTR RVSN Railroads median
Dividend yield — — 2.17%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.00 0.19

Size

Metric FSTR RVSN Railroads median
Market cap 394.70m 7.98m 2.22b

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