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L B Foster Co
L.B.Foster Co. engages in providing products and services for the rail industry and solutions to support infrastructure projects. The company is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and currently employs 991 full-time employees. Foster Company is a global solutions provider of engineered, manufactured products and services that builds and supports infrastructure. The firm operates through three segments: Rail, Technologies, and Services (Rail), Precast Concrete Products (Precast), and Steel Products and Measurement. The Rail segment consists of various manufacturing and distribution businesses that provide a variety of products and services for freight and passenger railroads and industrial companies throughout the world. The Rail segment also offers contract project management and aftermarket services. The Precast segment consists of three precast concrete manufacturing facilities across the United States, providing engineered precast concrete solutions. The Steel Products and Measurement segment designs, manufactures, and supplies a variety of steel bridge products to contractors performing installation and repair work to North American transportation infrastructure network.
L.B.Foster Co. engages in providing products and services for the rail industry and solutions to support infrastructure projects. The company is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and currently employs 991 full-time employees. Foster Company is a global solutions provider of engineered, manufactured products and services that builds and supports infrastructure. The firm operates through three segments: Rail, Technologies, and Services (Rail), Precast Concrete Products (Precast), and Steel Products and Measurement. The Rail segment consists of various manufacturing and distribution businesses that provide a variety of products and services for freight and passenger railroads and industrial companies throughout the world. The Rail segment also offers contract project management and aftermarket services. The Precast segment consists of three precast concrete manufacturing facilities across the United States, providing engineered precast concrete solutions. The Steel Products and Measurement segment designs, manufactures, and supplies a variety of steel bridge products to contractors performing installation and repair work to North American transportation infrastructure network.
Profit & cash: 2025 operating cash flow was $35.6 million and free cash flow was $25.2 million; management says average free cash flow over the last 3 years is about $28 million (ex-Union Pacific settlement).
2026 guidance: Management expects 3.7% sales growth and 11.3% adjusted EBITDA growth at the midpoint; free cash flow midpoint is $20 million and CapEx is expected to rise to 2.7% of sales.
Rail recovery: Rail backlog and orders improved — rail backlog up $34.5 million year-over-year, trailing-12-month rail book-to-bill at 1.11:1, and friction-management orders were up 58.4% in Q4 — management expects rail to return to growth in 2026.
Infrastructure mix: Consolidated backlog ended at $189.3 million (up $3.4 million YoY) with rail gains offsetting lower infrastructure backlog (Simon cancellation and lower precast backlog).
Balance sheet & buybacks: Gross leverage for the revolving credit facility was just under 1x at year-end 2025 (target 1.0–1.5x); $28.7 million remains on the repurchase authorization. Q4 repurchases were ~121,000 shares for $3.3 million.
U.K. headwind: 2025 net income declined mainly from a prior-year federal valuation allowance release and a higher effective tax rate driven by U.K. pretax losses; management expects a substantially lower effective tax rate in 2026 with an improved U.K. outlook.
