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L.b. Foster Company FSTR
17 fiscal years on record · USD · FY2025 reported
SEC FILINGS ONLY
Revenue · FY2025
$540.0M
▲ 1.7% vs FY2024
EPS · FY25
$0.69
Dividend / sh · FY25
—
Payout · FY25
—
ROE · FY25
4.3%
Net margin · FY25
1.4%
Dividend coverage
-114.9×
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Result
USD 540.0M
Revenue, FY2025 · full 17-year series below
Revenue
Net income
1 cents of every revenue dollar became profit this year.
Per share
USD 0.69
Diluted EPS, FY2025
EPS
Dividend
The dividend was paid in a year without profit.
Profitability
4.3%
Return on equity, FY2025
ROE
Operating margin4.1%
Net margin1.4%
Return on assets2.3%
Each USD of equity produced 4 cents of profit this year.
Returned to shareholders
USD 16.5M
returned in FY2025 · dividends + net buybacks
Dividends paid—
Net buybacksUSD 16.5M
Share of profit218.8%
Consecutive raises—
USD 16.5M in buybacks — 219% of the year's profit, so the payout drew on cash built up earlier.
Growth
+1.7% a year
revenue, compounded over five years
CAGR
3 yrs
5 yrs
10 yrs
15 yrs
Revenue
+2.8%
+1.7%
−1.4%
Net income
−0.1%
−6.4%
EPS, diluted
−0.6%
−6.8%
Returned to shareholders
+242.8%
+58.2%
+14.4%
+58.2%
Compound annual rates per period — left blank where the series crosses a loss.
Share base
0.01B
Shares outstanding, FY2025
Change, 5 years−4.1%
Change, 10 years−0.8%
The share count shrank 4% in five years — the same company, cut into fewer, larger slices.
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Balance sheet
USD 330.4M
total assets, end of FY2025
Total assetsUSD 330.4M
EquityUSD 175.3M
CashUSD 4.3M
Gross debtUSD 42.6M
Net debtUSD 38.3M
Current ratio1.87×
Net debt stands at 22% of equity.
History
17 fiscal years
Every figure from documents filed with the SEC · USD
Metric
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
Revenue $B
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.6
0.6
0.5
0.5
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
·
·
Operating income $B
0.0
0.0
0.0
−0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
−0.0
0.0
−0.1
−0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
EBITDA $B
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
−0.0
0.0
−0.1
−0.0
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Income tax $B
0.0
−0.0
−0.0
0.0
0.0
−0.0
−0.0
0.0
0.0
−0.0
−0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Net income $B
0.0
0.0
0.0
−0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
−0.0
0.0
−0.1
−0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
EPS, diluted $
0.69
3.89
0.13
−4.25
0.34
0.71
4.00
−3.01
0.51
−13.79
−4.33
2.48
2.85
1.58
2.22
1.98
1.53
Dividend / sh $
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
0.00
0.12
0.16
0.13
0.12
0.10
0.10
0.00
0.00
Payout %
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
0
−1
−4
5
4
6
4
0
0
ROE %
4.3
26.8
1.0
−28.5
2.0
4.4
29.2
−22.5
3.6
−67.0
−14.4
7.9
9.7
5.8
8.7
8.4
6.8
Shares out B
0.01
0.01
0.01
0.01
0.01
0.01
0.01
0.01
0.01
0.01
0.01
0.01
0.01
0.01
0.01
0.01
0.01
Slide the table for earlier years · "·" marks figures not disclosed in the filing for that year.
How we verifyAUDITED
63 of 63
checks passed before publication
EPS recomputationBalance-sheet identityGross profitBalance-sheet liquidity
Every figure was compared against the original statement: 0 failures and 0 presentation gaps.
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