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How L.B. Foster Company stacks up
FSTR · against 2,439 other Industrials companies
Profitability
43/ 100
Below the middle of the pack.
Ranked #1,380 of 2,440 · scores higher than 43% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score244 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 · 2,323 reported | 8.7% | 7.1% | 57% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 2,434 reported | 4.4% | 7.7% | 30% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 2,336 reported | 3.4% | 3.1% | 53% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 2,300 reported | 6.4% | 8.0% | 42% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 2,460 reported | 21.9% | 25.8% | 40% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around FSTR| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 14.9B CNY (≈$2.1B) | 100 | 73 | |
| 1 | 5.5B CNY (≈$769M) | 100 | 83 | |
| 1 | 13.8B HKD (≈$1.8B) | 100 | 89 | |
| 1 | 32.0B CNY (≈$4.5B) | 100 | 73 | |
| 1 | 51M MYR (≈$11M) | 100 | 71 | |
| 1,380 | 2.8B SGD (≈$2.1B) | 43 | 63 |
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