L.B. Foster Company (FSTR) |
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| $9.25 52 Week Low | $14.2 2017-04-28 14:17:16 MDT | $20.77 52 Week High |
| Services Sector | Railroads Industry |
| Nasdaq Stock Exchange | United States Country |
| Market Cap: | $143,510,000 | Micro Cap (Less than $200M) |
| Analyst Recommendation: | 3 | Analysts say: Neutral. (1=Strong Buy, 5=Strong Sell) |
| Beta: | 2.74 | Higher Volatility Stock (beta over 1). Stock will go up more when the market goes up, and go down more when the market goes down. Beta of 1 means stock would match the S&P 500 Index. |
ForwardPE: Unknown | 5 Yr Est Growth: 10.00% | Yield: 1.18% |
PEG-Y Ratio: N/A | Unknown PEG-Y ratio |
% Above 50 DayMA: 7.98% | % Above 200 DayMA: 5.97% |
FSTR Performance 52 Weeks: -33.56% | S&P 500 Performance 52 Weeks: 13.50% |
Uptrend is still intact: FSTR is above both 50 and 200 day Moving Averages. Currently beyond technical death cross because 50 Day MA is below 200 Day MA. Stock is closer to 52 Week Low than 52 Week High. | FSTR underperforming S&P 500 by -47.06% the last 52 Weeks. |
Price To Book: 1.04 | Great Value. Low Price to Book means better value. |
EV to EBITDA: 13.1 | Decent Value. A low EV to EBITDA ratio is great. Ideally, under 10. Under 17 is okay. |
| Field | Value | Average | Comments |
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| % Held By Insiders | 9.04% | 17.28% | Held by fewer than average Insiders. |
| % Held By Institutions | 61.70% | 62.07% | Institutional percentage lower than average. Institutions may not have conviction in stock. Or is this a chance for institutions to invest more and boost price? |
| Short % Of Float | 1.87% | 07.02% | Shorted percentage less than average percent. Is stock loved? Do traders and investors believe in the stock? |
| Debt to Equity | 1.20 | 1.08 | More Aggressive Financing. Each industry has different Debt/Equity standard. Higher than 1 means company is taking on more leverage. |
| Profit Margin % | -29.30% | -00.18% | Profit Margin is less than average. |
| Operating Margin % | -0.64% | -05.28% | Operating Margin greater than average percent. Good. |
| Return on Equity % | -68.09% | -08.79% | Return on Equity less than average percent. Stock can do better than this? |
| Return on Assets % | -0.40% | -01.29% | Return on Assets greater than average percent. Good. |
| Revenue Per Employee | $389,613.22 | $883,096.70 | Less than average Revenue Per Employee. This stock (or industry) might not be as efficient as others? Each industry might have a different standard. |
| Price to Cash | 4.83 | 5.52 | Lower than average Price to Cash. Meaning that the company has a higher percentage of cash as a percent of price. Cash can be good to cushion company during hard times, and as a potential source for buyouts or investments. However, some activists want the cash to be used by a company to buy its own stock, or to increase their dividend, or to invest the money. |
| CPEGY Ratio | N/A | 2.26 | Unknown. |
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