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How L.B. Foster Company stacks up
FSTR · against 811 other Industrials companies of similar size
Profitability
43/ 100
Above the middle of the pack.
Ranked #347 of 812 · scores higher than 56% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score72 peers with a profitability score of 40–49, including FSTR · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 43?
Weighted metrics compared with all Industrials companies.Its metrics sit close to the Industrials norm.
- a thinner operating margin: weaker than 70% of peers. Operating margin: 4.4% vs peer median 7.7%
- Return on assets is close to the peer norm. Return on assets: 3.4% vs peer median 3.1%
- Return on invested capital is close to the peer norm. Return on invested capital: 8.7% vs peer median 7.1%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 778 reported | 8.7% | 4.5% | 69% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 806 reported | 4.4% | 5.7% | 42% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 787 reported | 3.4% | 1.7% | 67% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 775 reported | 6.4% | 4.5% | 59% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 816 reported | 21.9% | 23.0% | 47% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around FSTR| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 49.7B JPY (≈$338M) | 100 | 67 | |
| 1 | 536M USD | 100 | 80 | |
| 3 | 19.4B TWD (≈$600M) | 99 | 68 | |
| 3 | 112.4B JPY (≈$764M) | 99 | 81 | |
| 5 | 3.6B BRL (≈$650M) | 98 | 85 | |
| 347 | 88.7B JPY (≈$603M) | 43 | 64 | |
| 347 | 533M USD | 43 | 39 | |
| 347 | 321M USD | 43 | 68 | |
| 347 | 979M CAD (≈$714M) | 43 | 54 | |
| 347 | 384M USD | 43 | 44 | |
| 347 | 7.4B MXN (≈$397M) | 43 | 58 | |
| 357 | 92.0B JPY (≈$626M) | 42 | 61 | |
| 357 | 83.4B JPY (≈$567M) | 42 | 56 | |
| 357 | 64.8B JPY (≈$441M) | 42 | 54 |
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