FSTR Stock — LB Foster Company

LB Foster Company (FSTR)

Updated October 16, 2026.

FSTR is a Stock. Total return is 372.3% over the past 41.9 years.

L.B. Foster Company manufactures engineered products and services for infrastructure across two main segments: rail products and technologies (including new and used rails, track accessories, and railroad monitoring systems) and infrastructure solutions (including precast concrete products for parks and facilities, steel bridge products, and pipeline coating services), serving customers in North America and internationally. The company does not currently distribute to shareholders. This business appeals to investors seeking exposure to infrastructure and transportation sectors without reliance on dividend income.

FSTR performance

Price and return data through 2026-10-16.

Total return is 372.3% over the past 41.9 years. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is 29.1%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 24.1%.

FSTR key facts

Asset type

Stock

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

11/05/1984

Distribution frequency

None

5-year average yield

0.41

Last close

$34.43 (as of 2026-10-16)

Market cap

$362,195,440

Average volume

29412.0

Ex-dividend date

09/07/2016

Payment date

09/23/2016

Beta

1.136

Payout ratio

0.0%

P/E ratio

32.48

Forward P/E

17.331

EPS

$1.06

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (the posted rate) uses calculation basis unavailable. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield is the sum of split-adjusted cash distributions with ex-dates in the last 12 months, divided by the published price. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

FSTR risks and drawbacks

The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 24.1%.

Who may consider FSTR — and who may not

It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (FSTR does not currently distribute). This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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