FSTR

L B FosterB

Nasdaq / Capital Goods

At close

2026-07-18

Current thesis

The cleanest post-print bull read is that FSTR carried late-2025 momentum into Q1 with a sharp Rail rebound, better gross profit execution, lower leverage, and unchanged full-year guidance, which supports the idea that 2025 was the setup year for a better 2026.

Posture

Constructive

Lead driver

Value

What changed

Value remains the lead driver in the composite, 7D delta +0.1.

What can break

Backlog of $209.6 million was down 11.7% year over year even after improving sequentially late in the quarter.

Momentum

Value

Sentiment

Setup hits (3d)

0 · Net Neutral

AI TargetsBase $34.00 · Bull $40.00 · Bear $26.00

Data freshness

Prices

As of 2026-07-18

Fundamentals

As of 2026-07-17 • Vendor: Data Vendor v1

Scores

As of 2026-07-18 • Model: HYBRID_IC_RP

AI Memo

As of 2026-05-04 • Model: RankAlpha Sentiment Codex

Investment thesis

As of 2026-07-18

Supporting evidence

What

Grade B · Constructive

Confidence Medium · Net Neutral

Target $40.00

Why

Momentum84 · Δ7d +3.8

Value60 · Δ7d +0.1

Sentiment27 · Δ7d -1.3

So what

Strength-led posture (Net Neutral). Favor watchlist adds and disciplined entries.

Lead driver: Value · See fundamentals

Momentum

26% active weight

Current posture

7d trendImproving

Δ7d

+3.8

Δ21d

-1.7

Value

39% active weight

Current posture

7d trendFlat

Δ7d

+0.1

Δ21d

+0.7

Sentiment

34% active weight

Current posture

7d trendSoftening

Δ7d

-1.3

Δ21d

+3.3

Why this grade

Composite grade B. Momentum 84.3 / Value 60.3 / Sentiment 27.0

Fundamentals (TTM)

As of 2026-07-17

Market Cap

$438.53M

Beta

1.00

Shares Out

10.46M

P/E (TTM)

62.2

P/S (TTM)

0.56

P/FCF (TTM)

10.33

Rev YoY

+23.9%

EPS YoY

-170.8%

Gross Margin

+21.0%

Op Margin

+2.2%

Net Debt

$67.06M

Current Ratio

2.22

As of 2026-07-18 • Updated nightlySource: Internal modelMethodology