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How L.B. Foster Company stacks up
FSTR · against 445 other Industrials companies listed in US-listed
Growth
24/ 100
Near the bottom of its peers.
Ranked #380 of 446 · scores higher than 14% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the growth score42 peers with a growth score of 20–29, including FSTR · Click a bar to see the companies
Why growth scores 24?
Weighted metrics compared with all Industrials companies.Mainly because of its earnings per share growth and 3-year revenue growth, which are weaker than most Industrials peers.
- slower growth in earnings per share: weaker than 95% of peers. Earnings per share growth: -68.5% vs peer median 7.1%
- slower revenue growth over three years: weaker than 61% of peers. 3-year revenue growth: 1.7% vs peer median 4.2%
- faster revenue growth over the last year: stronger than 70% of peers. Revenue growth: 10.1% vs peer median 4.4%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = FSTR, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | FSTR | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growthHigher is better · 462 reported | 10.1% | 8.4% | 56% | 33% | |
| Earnings per share growthHigher is better · 328 reported | -68.5% | 9.2% | 5% | 33% | |
| 3-year revenue growthHigher is better · 437 reported | 1.7% | 5.2% | 31% | 33% |
Ranking by growth score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around FSTR| Rank | Company | Market cap | Growth | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 63.0B USD | 100 | 55 | |
| 1 | 2.5B USD | 100 | 70 | |
| 1 | 8.7B USD | 100 | 53 | |
| 1 | 727M USD | 100 | 66 | |
| 1 | 5.2B USD | 100 | 56 | |
| 374 | 1.9B USD | 25 | 19 | |
| 374 | 7.5B USD | 25 | 49 | |
| 374 | 183M USD | 25 | 13 | |
| 374 | 322M USD | 25 | 23 | |
| 380 | 384M USD | 24 | 44 | |
| 380 | 547M USD | 24 | 23 | |
| 380 | 92.9B USD | 24 | 41 | |
| 383 | 5.1B USD | 23 | 49 | |
| 383 | 349M USD | 23 | 29 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score