L.B. Foster Company FSTR logged third-quarter 2024 earnings of $3.27 per share, up from the year-ago quarter's earnings of 5 cents per share. Barring one-time items, adjusted earnings were 54 cents per share for the quarter, topping the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 49 cents.

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The company recorded revenues of $137.5 million for the quarter, down around 5% year over year. It missed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $144.6 million. Sales in the year-ago quarter included an unfavorable impact from the exit of the bridge grid deck product line related to long-term contract changes within the Steel Products business unit. Sustained commercial weakness in the domestic rail market unfavorably affected sales and margins in FSTR’s Rail Products business.

New orders were $96 million in the reported quarter, down around 4% year over year.

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FSTR’s Segment Highlights

Sales from the Rail, Technologies, and Services segment fell 8.5% year over year in the reported quarter to $79.5 million as a decline in Rail Products more than offset gains in Global Friction Management and Technology Services and Solutions.

Infrastructure Solutions segment sales were $58 million, down roughly 1% year over year. Sales in the year-ago quarter were impacted by the exit of the bridge grid deck product line.

L.B. Foster’s Financials

L.B. Foster ended the quarter with cash and cash equivalents of around $3.1 million, down around 22% sequentially. Long-term debt was roughly $68.4 million, down roughly 21% from the prior quarter.

Cash provided by operating activities was $24.7 million for the quarter.

FSTR’s Outlook

FSTR sees adjusted EBITDA in the range of $34.5-$36.5 million for 2024. It expects 2024 net sales in the band of $530-$540 million.

FSTR Stock’s Price Performance

L.B. Foster’s shares have rallied 17.4% in the past year compared with the industry’s 5.8% decline.

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FSTR’s Zacks Rank & Other Basic Materials Releases

FSTR currently carries a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold). You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here.

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