Foster (Lb) Co. FSTR Ratios & Valuation
| FY'25 | FY'24 | FY'23 | FY'22 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profitability | |||||
| Gross margin | 21.1%-1.2pp | 22.2%+1.7pp | 20.5%+2.5pp | 18%+1.2pp | |
| Operating margin | 4.1%+0.2pp | 3.9%+2.3pp | 1.6%+3.1pp | -1.4%— | |
| Net margin | 1.4%-6.7pp | 8.1%+7.7pp | 0.4%+9.6pp | -9.2%-9.9pp | |
| EBITDA margin | 6.4%-0.2pp | 6.5%+2.1pp | 4.4%+2.9pp | 1.5%— | |
| Free cash flow margin | 4.7%+2.2pp | 2.4%-3.5pp | 6%— | —— | |
| Returns | |||||
| Return on equity | 4.3%-22.7pp | 27%+25.4pp | 1.6%+30.0pp | -28.5%-30.7pp | |
| Return on assets | 2.3%-11.1pp | 13.4%+12.7pp | 0.7%+13.5pp | -12.9%-14.0pp | |
| Return on invested capital | 4.5%-4.6pp | 9.1%+5.2pp | 3.8%+7.0pp | -3.1%— | |
| Efficiency | |||||
| Asset turnover | 1.6×0.0× | 1.6×0.0× | 1.6×+0.2× | 1.4×0.0× | |
| Inventory turnover | 6.5×+0.8× | 5.7×-0.1× | 5.8×-0.1× | 5.9×-0.2× | |
| Liquidity | |||||
| Current ratio | 1.9×0.0× | 1.8×+0.1× | 1.8×-0.2× | 2×-0.1× | |
| Quick ratio | 1.2×+0.1× | 1×0.0× | 1×-0.3× | 1.3×-0.1× | |
| Cash ratio | 0.1×0.0× | 0×0.0× | 0×0.0× | 0×-0.1× | |
| Leverage | |||||
| Debt-to-equity | 0.4×0.0× | 0.4×-0.1× | 0.5×-0.3× | 0.8×+0.5× | |
| Debt-to-assets | 0.2×0.0× | 0.2×0.0× | 0.2×-0.1× | 0.3×+0.2× | |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 2×+0.1× | 1.8×-1.0× | 2.8×-11.3× | 14.1×— | |
| Per Share | |||||
| Book value per share | $16.11-0.2% | $16.14+24.9% | $12.93+1.0% | $12.80— | |
| Valuation | |||||
| Market capitalization | $466.88M+125% | $291.33M+19.6% | $243.56M+130% | $105.8M-29.0% | |
| Enterprise value | $546.51M+77.5% | $354.94M+13.9% | $311.5M+46.6% | $212.52M+14.7% | |
| Price / earnings | 41.9×+36.2× | 6.7×-103× | 109.8×— | —— | |
| Price / sales | 0.8×+0.4× | 0.5×+0.1× | 0.4×+0.2× | 0.2×-0.1× | |
| Price / book | 2.7×+1.5× | 1.6×-0.1× | 1.7×+0.9× | 0.8×0.0× | |
| EV / EBITDA | 14.5×+3.0× | 10.3×-2.7× | 13×-15.1× | 28.1×— | |
| EV / sales | 1×+0.4× | 0.7×+0.1× | 0.6×+0.1× | 0.4×+0.1× | |
| Free cash flow yield | 8.7%+4.7pp | 4.4%-8.9pp | 13.3%— | —— | |
| Earnings yield | 2.4%-15.3pp | 14.8%+13.9pp | 0.9%+44.0pp | -43.1%-45.7pp |
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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.
