For the quarter ended June 2025, L.B. Foster (FSTR) reported revenue of $143.56 million, up 2% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $0.27, compared to $0.26 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $144.26 million, representing a surprise of -0.49%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of -48.08%, with the consensus EPS estimate being $0.52.
While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings -- and how they compare to Wall Street expectations to determine their next course of action, some key metrics always provide a better insight into a company's underlying performance.
As these metrics influence top- and bottom-line performance, comparing them to the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated helps investors project a stock's price performance more accurately.
Here is how L.B. Foster performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Net Sales- Rail, Technologies, & Services: $75.97 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $81.87 million.
- Net Sales- Infrastructure Solutions: $67.59 million compared to the $62.39 million average estimate based on two analysts.
- Segment Operating Income- Infrastructure Solutions: $6.77 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $4.59 million.
- Segment Operating Income- Rail, Technologies, and Services: $3.75 million versus $5.74 million estimated by two analysts on average.
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Shares of L.B. Foster have returned -8.8% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +2.7% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.
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