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FOSTER L B CO (NASD)
FSTR 25.72 N/A (N/A%) Vol.  0 N/A ET

Day Low - High N/A - N/A
52wk Low - High 20.14 - 35.09
Avg Volume 39,899
Industry STEEL-PRODUCERS
Market Cap 259.69 M
Div - Yield 0.00 - 0.00
PE (forward) 17.54
PEG Ratio 1.75
Current Year Est. 1.46
EPS Last Year 1.60
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BROKERAGE RECOMMENDATIONS
Current ABR 1.67
ABR (Last Week) 1.67
# of Recs in ABR 3
Average Target Price 34.00
Industry Rank by ABR 162 out of 217
Rank in Industry 4 out of 22
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NEWS
L.B. Foster Reports Fourth Quarter Net Income of $3.9 Million
Jan 29, 2010
L.B. Foster Supplies Concrete Rail Ties for EGT Columbia River Grain Terminal
Jan 28, 2010
L.B. Foster Company to Report Fourth Quarter 2009 Earnings on January 29
Jan 25, 2010
L.B. Foster Supplies Steel Grid Decking for NYC Bridge
Jan 21, 2010
SmarTrend's Candlestick Scanner Detects Bearish Engulfing Pattern for LB Foster (FSTR)
Dec 21, 2009
Downtrend Spotted in Shares of LB Foster (FSTR)
Dec 20, 2009
L.B. Foster forms pipe couplings JV with Lally Pipe &Tube
Nov 06, 2009
L.B. Foster Forms Joint Venture with Lally Pipe & Tube
Nov 05, 2009
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EARNINGS ESTIMATES
  This Quarter
03/2010
Next Quarter
06/2010
This Year
12/2010
Next Year
12/2011
Average Estimate 0.28 0.35 1.42 1.68
Number of Estimates 3 3 3 3
Low Estimates 0.23 0.33 1.27 1.60
High Estimate 0.33 0.37 1.60 1.76
Year Ago EPS 0.29 0.33 1.60 1.42
EPS Growth -3.45% 7.07% -11.04% 17.80%

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COMPANY DESCRIPTION
L. B. Foster Company is engaged in the manufacture, fabrication and distribution of rail and trackwork, piling, highway products and tubular products. For rail markets, Foster provides a full line of new and used rail, trackwork and accessories to railroads, mines and industry. Foster also sells and rents steel sheet piling and H-bearing pile for foundation and earth retention requirements for the construction industry. For tubular markets, foster supplies pipe and pipe coatings for pipelines and produces pipe-related products for special markets.

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FINANCIALS
EPS TTM 1.6
Sales 381.96
Net Income 15.73
Price/Earnings 15.97
Price/Book 1.12
Price/Cash Flow 7.67
Price/Sales .68


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