L.B. Foster (NASDAQ:FSTR) Will Be Hoping To Turn Its Returns On Capital Around [Yahoo! Finance]
L.B. Foster Company (FSTR)
Last l.b. foster company earnings: 2/25 04:01 pm
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Businesses in decline often have two underlying trends, firstly, a declining return on capital employed (ROCE) and a declining base of capital employed. This combination can tell you that not only is the company investing less, it's earning less on what it does invest. So after we looked into L.B. Foster NASDAQ:FSTR ), the trends above didn't look too great. What Is Return On Capital Employed (ROCE)? Just to clarify if you're unsure, ROCE is a metric for evaluating how much pre-tax income (in percentage terms) a company earns on the capital invested in its business. The formula for this calculation on L.B. Foster is: Return on Capital Employed = Earnings Before Interest and Tax (EBIT) ÷ (Total Assets - Current Liabilities) 0.065 = US$15m ÷ (US$335m - US$96m) (Based on the trailing twelve months to September 2023) So, L.B. Foster has an ROCE of 6.5%. Ultimately, that's a low return and it under-performs the Machinery industry average of 12%. Check out our latest analysis fo
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- Sales and Profitability Growth Drive Continuing Momentum in L.B. Foster First Quarter 2024 Results; Company Reaffirms 2024 Guidance [Yahoo! Finance]Yahoo! Finance
- Sales and Profitability Growth Drive Continuing Momentum in L.B. Foster First Quarter 2024 Results; Company Reaffirms 2024 GuidanceGlobeNewswire
- L.B. Foster (NASDAQ: FSTR) was upgraded by analysts at StockNews.com from a "buy" rating to a "strong-buy" rating.MarketBeat
- ArcelorMittal's (MT) Q1 Earnings and Revenues Beat Estimates [Yahoo! Finance]Yahoo! Finance
- L.B. Foster Company to Report First Quarter 2024 Results on May 7, 2024 and to Present Virtually at Sidoti Micro-Cap Conference on May 8, 2024 [Yahoo! Finance]Yahoo! Finance
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- 5/7/24 - Beat
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Sec Filings
- 5/7/24 - Form 10-Q
- 5/7/24 - Form 8-K
- 5/3/24 - Form 8-K
- FSTR's page on the SEC website