Growth Metrics

Foster L B (FSTR) Debt Ratio (2010 - 2026)

Foster L B posted quarterly Debt Ratio of 0.18 for Q1 2026, down 25.69% year-on-year from 0.24 in Q1 2025, and up 38.17% on a QoQ basis from 0.13 in Q4 2025.

Foster L B (FSTR) has 17 years of Debt Ratio data on file, last reported at 0.18 in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Debt Ratio fell 25.69% year-over-year to 0.18; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 0.18 (down 25.69% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 0.13, down 7.76% from the prior year.
  • Debt Ratio for Q1 2026 stood at 0.18, up from 0.13 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Debt Ratio topped out at 0.26 in Q2 2024 and bottomed at 0.1 in Q1 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Debt Ratio is 0.21 (2023), against an average of 0.2.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Debt Ratio jumped 175.72%; it then dropped 29.65% in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Debt Ratio shows it stood at 0.25 in 2022, then dropped by 29.65% to 0.18 in 2023, then retreated by 20.7% to 0.14 in 2024, then retreated by 7.76% to 0.13 in 2025, then soared by 38.17% to 0.18 in 2026.
  • The last three Debt Ratio figures came in at 0.18 (Q1 2026), 0.13 (Q4 2025), and 0.18 (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Debt Ratio (Qtr)
1 Union Pacific 155.75 Bn 154.71 Bn 5.85 Bn 0.44
2 Csx 84.18 Bn 83.08 Bn 3.18 Bn 0.43
3 Norfolk Southern 68.46 Bn 67.12 Bn 2.74 Bn 0.38
4 Canadian Pacific Kansas City 58.41 Bn 58.81 Bn 2.36 Bn 0.28
5 Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies 44.40 Bn 43.91 Bn 1.06 Bn 0.28
6 Trinity Industries 2.59 Bn 2.65 Bn 128.90 Mn -
7 Greenbrier Companies 1.46 Bn 968.55 Mn 69.50 Mn -
8 Foster L B 419.50 Mn 416.39 Mn 25.70 Mn 0.18
9 FreightCar America 145.10 Mn 80.80 Mn - 0.37
10 Swvl Holdings 18.35 Mn 13.93 Mn - 0.06

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 0.18
Dec 31, 2025 0.13
Sep 30, 2025 0.18
Jun 30, 2025 0.23
Mar 31, 2025 0.24
Dec 31, 2024 0.14
Sep 30, 2024 0.20
Jun 30, 2024 0.26
Mar 31, 2024 0.24
Dec 31, 2023 0.18
Sep 30, 2023 0.21
Jun 30, 2023 0.25
Mar 31, 2023 0.24
Dec 31, 2022 0.25
Sep 30, 2022 0.24
Jun 30, 2022 0.13
Mar 31, 2022 0.10
Dec 31, 2021 0.09
Sep 30, 2021 0.09
Jun 30, 2021 0.10
Mar 31, 2021 0.10
Dec 31, 2020 0.12
Sep 30, 2020 0.13
Jun 30, 2020 0.14
Mar 31, 2020 0.16
Dec 31, 2019 0.14
Sep 30, 2019 0.18
Jun 30, 2019 0.22
Mar 31, 2019 0.21
Dec 31, 2018 0.20
Sep 30, 2018 0.21
Jun 30, 2018 0.26
Mar 31, 2018 0.27
Dec 31, 2017 0.32
Sep 30, 2017 0.34
Jun 30, 2017 0.35
Mar 31, 2017 0.39
Dec 31, 2016 0.41
Sep 30, 2016 0.33
Jun 30, 2016 0.36
Mar 31, 2016 0.31
Dec 31, 2015 0.30
Sep 30, 2015 0.34
Jun 30, 2015 0.31
Mar 31, 2015 0.31
Dec 31, 2014 0.05
Sep 30, 2014 0.00
Jun 30, 2014 0.00
Mar 31, 2014 0.00
Dec 31, 2013 0.00
Sep 30, 2013 0.00
Jun 30, 2013 0.00
Mar 31, 2013 0.00
Dec 31, 2012 0.00
Sep 30, 2012 0.00
Jun 30, 2012 0.00
Mar 31, 2012 0.00
Dec 31, 2011 0.01
Sep 30, 2011 0.01
Jun 30, 2011 0.01
Dec 31, 2010 0.01