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L.B. Foster Company (FSTR) vs Wabtec (WAB)

L.B. Foster Company and Wabtec are both Railroads companies. Wabtec is the larger, with a market value of $46.7B against $411.0M — 113.7× the size. L.B. Foster Company trades at the lower P/E: 29.3× against 34.7×. L.B. Foster Company grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 15.8% against 13.3%. Wabtec has the higher net margin (11.2% vs 2.35%) and the lower return on invested capital (7.60% vs 7.84%). Across the 22 metrics below, L.B. Foster Company leads on 13 and Wabtec on 9.

Valuation

Metric FSTR WAB Railroads median
P/E 29.28 34.69 26.90
P/S 0.69 3.86 2.50
P/B 2.18 4.14 3.70
Price to free cash flow 9.82 26.34 26.38
EV/EBITDA 11.40 20.23 13.48
EV/Sales 0.73 4.34 4.34
Earnings yield 3.42% 2.88% 3.42%
Free cash flow yield 10.18% 3.80% 2.66%

Profitability

Metric FSTR WAB Railroads median
Gross margin 20.85% 35.63% 30.09%
Operating margin 4.44% 17.18% 24.36%
Net margin 2.35% 11.20% 11.20%
Free cash flow margin 9.04% 14.64% 9.04%
Return on equity 7.61% 12.18% 12.18%
Return on assets 4.21% 6.13% 4.21%
Return on invested capital 7.84% 7.60% 7.60%

Growth

Metric FSTR WAB Railroads median
Revenue growth (TTM) 15.80% 13.25% 5.99%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (82.26%) 13.08% 11.38%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 1.66% 8.13% 6.40%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (0.10%) 23.09% 0.88%

Health

Metric FSTR WAB Railroads median
Debt to equity 0.15 0.56 0.99
Current ratio 1.89 1.10 1.16
Net debt to EBITDA 1.12 2.11 2.71

Dividend

Metric FSTR WAB Railroads median
Dividend yield — 0.42% 1.64%
Payout ratio — 0.15 0.31

Size

Metric FSTR WAB Railroads median
Market cap 411.01m 46.73b 2.49b

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