Foster L B (FSTR) EBITDA Margin (2010 - 2026)
Foster L B posted quarterly EBITDA Margin of 1.69% for Q1 2026, up 365.0% year-on-year from 0.36% in Q1 2025, and down 65.45% on a QoQ basis from 4.89% in Q4 2025.
Foster L B (FSTR) has 17 years of EBITDA Margin data on file, last reported at 1.69% in Q1 2026.
- For the quarter ending Q1 2026, EBITDA Margin rose 365.0% year-over-year to 1.69%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 4.59% (up 201.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 4.05%, up 19.0% from the prior year.
- EBITDA Margin for Q1 2026 stood at 1.69%, down from 4.89% in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, EBITDA Margin topped out at 6.0% in Q3 2025 and bottomed at 4.58% in Q4 2022.
- The 5-year median for EBITDA Margin is 1.89% (2022), against an average of 1.87%.
- The widest annual swing landed in 2023, when EBITDA Margin jumped 476 bps; it then tumbled 644 bps in 2025.
- A 5-year view of EBITDA Margin shows it stood at 4.58% in 2022, then jumped by 104 bps to 0.19% in 2023, then surged by 1179 bps to 2.38% in 2024, then surged by 105 bps to 4.89% in 2025, then sank by 65 bps to 1.69% in 2026.
- The last three EBITDA Margin figures came in at 1.69% (Q1 2026), 4.89% (Q4 2025), and 6.0% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | EBITDA Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Union Pacific | 155.75 Bn | 154.71 Bn | 5.85 Bn | 49.72% |
| 2 | Csx | 84.18 Bn | 83.08 Bn | 3.18 Bn | 35.99% |
| 3 | Norfolk Southern | 68.46 Bn | 67.12 Bn | 2.74 Bn | 40.99% |
| 4 | Canadian Pacific Kansas City | 58.41 Bn | 58.81 Bn | 2.36 Bn | 33.99% |
| 5 | Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies | 44.40 Bn | 43.91 Bn | 1.06 Bn | 17.53% |
| 6 | Trinity Industries | 2.59 Bn | 2.65 Bn | 128.90 Mn | 20.55% |
| 7 | Greenbrier Companies | 1.46 Bn | 968.55 Mn | 69.50 Mn | 4.27% |
| 8 | Foster L B | 419.50 Mn | 416.39 Mn | 25.70 Mn | 1.69% |
| 9 | FreightCar America | 145.10 Mn | 80.80 Mn | - | - |
| 10 | Swvl Holdings | 18.35 Mn | 13.93 Mn | - | - |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | 1.69% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 4.89% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 6.00% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 5.35% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | -1.97% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 2.38% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 5.33% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 3.25% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 4.48% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 0.19% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 1.11% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 4.54% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 0.45% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -4.58% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -0.86% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 1.89% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -2.31% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -0.49% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 0.58% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 3.19% |
| Mar 31, 2021 | -0.57% |
| Dec 31, 2020 | 3.73% |
| Sep 30, 2020 | 4.22% |
| Jun 30, 2020 | 6.55% |
| Mar 31, 2020 | 2.28% |
| Dec 31, 2019 | -0.34% |
| Sep 30, 2019 | 2.33% |
| Jun 30, 2019 | 5.64% |
| Mar 31, 2019 | 2.38% |
| Dec 31, 2018 | -23.08% |
| Sep 30, 2018 | 3.85% |
| Jun 30, 2018 | 3.56% |
| Mar 31, 2018 | -1.09% |
| Dec 31, 2017 | 2.69% |
| Sep 30, 2017 | 4.43% |
| Jun 30, 2017 | 2.55% |
| Mar 31, 2017 | 2.25% |
| Dec 31, 2016 | 76.10% |
| Sep 30, 2016 | -6.68% |
| Jun 30, 2016 | -91.33% |
| Mar 31, 2016 | -0.58% |
| Dec 31, 2015 | 21.23% |
| Sep 30, 2015 | -38.87% |
| Jun 30, 2015 | 6.96% |
| Mar 31, 2015 | 6.71% |
| Dec 31, 2014 | -14.16% |
| Sep 30, 2014 | 9.80% |
| Jun 30, 2014 | 7.75% |
| Mar 31, 2014 | 4.78% |
| Dec 31, 2013 | 7.40% |
| Sep 30, 2013 | 8.35% |
| Jun 30, 2013 | 7.40% |
| Mar 31, 2013 | 5.76% |
| Dec 31, 2012 | 7.69% |
| Sep 30, 2012 | 7.70% |
| Jun 30, 2012 | -2.81% |
| Mar 31, 2012 | 3.93% |
| Dec 31, 2011 | 6.80% |
| Sep 30, 2011 | 8.63% |
| Jun 30, 2011 | 5.07% |
| Mar 31, 2011 | 0.44% |
| Dec 31, 2010 | 7.02% |
| Sep 30, 2010 | 8.05% |
| Jun 30, 2010 | 7.84% |