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How L.B. Foster Company stacks up
FSTR · against 2,399 other Industrials companies
Growth
24/ 100
Near the bottom of its peers.
Ranked #1,813 of 2,400 · scores higher than 24% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the growth score240 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 · 2,422 reported | 10.1% | 4.4% | 70% | 33% | |
| Earnings per share growthHigher is better · 1,764 reported | -68.5% | 7.1% | 5% | 33% | |
| 3-year revenue growthHigher is better · 2,385 reported | 1.7% | 4.2% | 39% | 33% |
Ranking by growth score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around FSTR| Rank | Company | Market cap | Growth | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4.9B CNY (≈$682M) | 100 | 44 | |
| 1 | 9.4B CNY (≈$1.3B) | 100 | 84 | |
| 1 | 74.1B TWD (≈$2.3B) | 100 | 60 | |
| 1 | 63.0B USD | 100 | 55 | |
| 1 | 22.5B NOK (≈$2.1B) | 100 | 72 | |
| 1,813 | 104.9B JPY (≈$713M) | 24 | 52 | |
| 1,813 | 13.3B CNY (≈$1.9B) | 24 | 64 | |
| 1,813 | 70.3B JPY (≈$478M) | 24 | 53 | |
| 1,813 | 28.2B INR (≈$338M) | 24 | 68 | |
| 1,813 | 384M USD | 24 | 44 | |
| 1,813 | 18.3B DKK (≈$2.8B) | 24 | 48 | |
| 1,813 | 3.3B EUR (≈$3.6B) | 24 | 43 | |
| 1,813 | 547M USD | 24 | 23 | |
| 1,813 | 1.3B GBP (≈$1.7B) | 24 | 26 |
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