Ratings L.B. Foster Company

Equities

FSTR

US3500601097

Market Closed - Nasdaq 04:00:00 2024-07-09 pm EDT 5-day change 1st Jan Change
20.81 USD -2.35% Intraday chart for L.B. Foster Company +2.06% -5.37%

Summary

  • Overall, the company has poor fundamentals for a medium to long-term investment strategy.

Strengths

  • The company's earnings per share (EPS) are expected to grow significantly over the next few years according to the consensus of analysts covering the stock.
  • For the last twelve months, analysts have been gradually revising upwards their EPS forecast for the upcoming fiscal year.
  • For the last 4 months, the company has been enjoying highly positive EPS revisions, which were frequently and significantly raised.
  • Over the past four months, analysts' average price target has been revised upwards significantly.
  • The divergence of price targets given by the various analysts who make up the consensus is relatively low, suggesting a consensus method of evaluating the company and its prospects.

Weaknesses

  • With relatively low growth outlooks, the group is not among those with the highest revenue growth potential.
  • As a percentage of sales and without taking into account depreciation and amortization, the company has relatively low margins.
  • The company does not generate enough profits, which is an alarming weak point.
  • For the last twelve months, sales expectations have been significantly downgraded, which means that less important sales volumes are expected for the current fiscal year over the previous period.
  • Most analysts agree on a negative opinion with regard to the stock. Indeed, the average consensus issues recommendations to underperform or sell.
  • Over the past twelve months, analysts' opinions have been revised negatively.
  • The group usually releases earnings worse than estimated.

Ratings chart - Surperformance

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Sector: Heavy Machinery & Vehicles

1st Jan change Capi. Investor Rating ESG Refinitiv
-5.37% 234M
C
+48.48% 28.61B
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+23.91% 27.64B
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+47.93% 3.07B -
-15.62% 2.89B
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+7.90% 2.36B
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+7.52% 1.32B
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+2.33% 679M - -
-8.54% 534M
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+75.46% 440M -
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Financials

Sales growth
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Valuation

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Momentum

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Consensus

Analyst Opinion
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4m Target Price Revision
4m Revision of opinion
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12m Revision of opinion

Business Predictability

Analyst Coverage
Divergence of Estimates
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Divergence of analysts' opinions
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Divergence of Target Price
Earnings quality

Environment

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Human Rights
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Technical analysis

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