Foster (Lb) Co. FSTR Ratios & Valuation
| TTM Q1 '26 | TTM Q4 '25 | TTM Q3 '25 | TTM Q2 '25 | TTM Q1 '25 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profitability | ||||||
| Gross margin | 21.2%+0.1pp | 21.1%-0.7pp | 21.8%-0.4pp | 22.2%0.0pp | 22.2%0.0pp | |
| Operating margin | 4.6%+0.5pp | 4.1%+0.7pp | 3.4%+0.2pp | 3.2%+0.6pp | 2.6%-1.3pp | |
| Net margin | 2%+0.6pp | 1.4%+0.4pp | 1%-6.2pp | 7.2%0.0pp | 7.3%-0.9pp | |
| EBITDA margin | 6.7%+0.3pp | 6.4%+0.4pp | 5.9%+0.1pp | 5.9%+0.5pp | 5.3%-1.2pp | |
| Free cash flow margin | 7.2%+2.5pp | 4.7%-0.8pp | 5.5%+0.9pp | 4.5%+2.9pp | 1.6%-0.8pp | |
| Returns | ||||||
| Return on equity | 6.5%+2.2pp | 4.3%+1.4pp | 2.9%-19.9pp | 22.8%-0.4pp | 23.2%-3.7pp | |
| Return on assets | 3.3%+1.0pp | 2.3%+0.8pp | 1.5%-9.2pp | 10.7%-0.2pp | 11%-2.4pp | |
| Return on invested capital | 5%+0.5pp | 4.5%+1.2pp | 3.3%-3.0pp | 6.3%+1.1pp | 5.2%-3.9pp | |
| Efficiency | ||||||
| Asset turnover | 1.7×0.0× | 1.6×+0.1× | 1.5×0.0× | 1.5×0.0× | 1.5×-0.1× | |
| Inventory turnover | 5.9×-0.6× | 6.5×+1.0× | 5.5×+0.5× | 5.1×+0.4× | 4.7×-1.1× | |
| Liquidity | ||||||
| Current ratio | 2.2×+0.4× | 1.9×-0.3× | 2.2×-0.3× | 2.5×0.0× | 2.6×+0.7× | |
| Quick ratio | 1.3×+0.1× | 1.2×-0.1× | 1.2×-0.2× | 1.4×+0.1× | 1.3×+0.3× | |
| Cash ratio | 0.1×0.0× | 0.1×0.0× | 0×0.0× | 0.1×0.0× | 0×0.0× | |
| Leverage | ||||||
| Debt-to-equity | 0.5×+0.1× | 0.4×-0.1× | 0.5×-0.1× | 0.6×0.0× | 0.6×+0.2× | |
| Debt-to-assets | 0.3×0.0× | 0.2×0.0× | 0.3×0.0× | 0.3×0.0× | 0.3×+0.1× | |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 2.1×+0.1× | 2×-0.7× | 2.7×-0.6× | 3.3×-0.4× | 3.7×+1.9× | |
| Per Share | ||||||
| Book value per share | $16.40+1.8% | $16.11+0.3% | $16.070.0% | $16.07-0.8% | $16.20+0.4% | |
| Valuation | ||||||
| Market capitalization | $466.88M+125% | $280.09M-1.9% | $285.61M+27.9% | $223.22M+5.5% | $211.61M-27.4% | |
| Enterprise value | $546.51M+77.5% | $347.87M-5.3% | $367.37M+14.3% | $321.28M+2.9% | $312.19M-12.0% | |
| Price / earnings | 41.9×+36.2× | 37.1×-18.6× | 55.7×+49.6× | 6.1×+0.3× | 5.8×-1.0× | |
| Price / sales | 0.8×+0.4× | 0.5×0.0× | 0.6×+0.1× | 0.4×0.0× | 0.4×-0.1× | |
| Price / book | 2.7×+1.5× | 1.6×0.0× | 1.6×+0.4× | 1.3×0.0× | 1.2×-0.4× | |
| EV / EBITDA | 14.5×+3.0× | 10.1×-2.1× | 12.2×+1.4× | 10.8×-0.8× | 11.6×+1.3× | |
| EV / sales | 1×+0.4× | 0.6×-0.1× | 0.7×+0.1× | 0.6×0.0× | 0.6×0.0× | |
| Free cash flow yield | 8.7%+4.7pp | 9%-0.7pp | 9.7%-0.6pp | 10.3%+6.4pp | 3.9%-0.5pp | |
| Earnings yield | 2.4%-15.3pp | 2.7%+0.9pp | 1.8%-14.6pp | 16.4%-0.9pp | 17.3%+2.5pp |
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- What are Foster (Lb) Co.'s profit margins?
- Foster (Lb) Co. (FSTR) runs a 21.2% gross margin and a 4.6% operating margin, with a 2.0% net margin.
- Where do Foster (Lb) Co.'s ratios come from?
- Every ratio is computed from Foster (Lb) Co.'s SEC filings — trailing-twelve-month flows over period-end balances. Valuation multiples combine those fundamentals with market data, recomputed each period. Switch between quarterly, annual, and TTM, or open any ratio for its full history and peer comparisons.
