Growth Metrics

Foster L B (FSTR) FCF Margin (2010 - 2026)

Foster L B posted quarterly FCF Margin of 11.06% for Q1 2026, up 1830.0% year-on-year from 0.57% in Q1 2025, and down 189.56% on a QoQ basis from 12.35% in Q4 2025.

Foster L B (FSTR) has 17 years of FCF Margin data on file, last reported at 11.06% in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, FCF Margin rose 1830.0% year-over-year to 11.06%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 7.19% (up 555.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 4.67%, up 225.0% from the prior year.
  • FCF Margin for Q1 2026 stood at 11.06%, down from 12.35% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, FCF Margin topped out at 19.07% in Q3 2025 and bottomed at 29.36% in Q1 2025.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Margin is 3.78% (2022), against an average of 0.79%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2024, when FCF Margin plunged 2483 bps; it then jumped 1830 bps in 2026.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Margin shows it stood at 3.78% in 2022, then soared by 291 bps to 14.77% in 2023, then grew by 18 bps to 17.42% in 2024, then declined by 29 bps to 12.35% in 2025, then tumbled by 190 bps to 11.06% in 2026.
  • The last three FCF Margin figures came in at 11.06% (Q1 2026), 12.35% (Q4 2025), and 19.07% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Margin (Qtr)
1 Union Pacific 155.75 Bn 154.71 Bn 5.85 Bn 24.18%
2 Csx 84.18 Bn 83.08 Bn 3.18 Bn 20.94%
3 Norfolk Southern 68.46 Bn 67.12 Bn 2.74 Bn -1.27%
4 Canadian Pacific Kansas City 58.41 Bn 58.81 Bn 2.36 Bn 8.43%
5 Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies 44.40 Bn 43.91 Bn 1.06 Bn 5.19%
6 Trinity Industries 2.59 Bn 2.65 Bn 128.90 Mn -10.45%
7 Greenbrier Companies 1.46 Bn 968.55 Mn 69.50 Mn 21.89%
8 Foster L B 419.50 Mn 416.39 Mn 25.70 Mn -11.06%
9 FreightCar America 145.10 Mn 80.80 Mn - -
10 Swvl Holdings 18.35 Mn 13.93 Mn - -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -11.06%
Dec 31, 2025 12.35%
Sep 30, 2025 19.07%
Jun 30, 2025 5.38%
Mar 31, 2025 -29.36%
Dec 31, 2024 17.42%
Sep 30, 2024 15.77%
Jun 30, 2024 -4.98%
Mar 31, 2024 -19.43%
Dec 31, 2023 14.77%
Sep 30, 2023 11.94%
Jun 30, 2023 -7.47%
Mar 31, 2023 5.40%
Dec 31, 2022 3.78%
Sep 30, 2022 -5.36%
Jun 30, 2022 -5.35%
Mar 31, 2022 -9.51%
Dec 31, 2021 4.38%
Sep 30, 2021 -11.51%
Jun 30, 2021 -1.10%
Mar 31, 2021 5.42%
Dec 31, 2020 2.44%
Sep 30, 2020 5.19%
Jun 30, 2020 7.15%
Mar 31, 2020 -6.32%
Dec 31, 2019 8.78%
Sep 30, 2019 14.55%
Jun 30, 2019 1.49%
Mar 31, 2019 -11.55%
Dec 31, 2018 2.22%
Sep 30, 2018 7.87%
Jun 30, 2018 2.44%
Mar 31, 2018 1.53%
Dec 31, 2017 7.81%
Sep 30, 2017 -3.05%
Jun 30, 2017 12.45%
Mar 31, 2017 7.47%
Dec 31, 2016 5.04%
Sep 30, 2016 3.39%
Jun 30, 2016 7.15%
Mar 31, 2016 -6.52%
Dec 31, 2015 28.17%
Sep 30, 2015 6.96%
Jun 30, 2015 1.00%
Mar 31, 2015 -8.63%
Dec 31, 2014 7.16%
Sep 30, 2014 8.43%
Jun 30, 2014 -2.81%
Mar 31, 2014 25.75%
Dec 31, 2013 4.90%
Sep 30, 2013 0.29%
Jun 30, 2013 9.75%
Mar 31, 2013 -14.13%
Dec 31, 2012 0.61%
Sep 30, 2012 11.81%
Jun 30, 2012 2.54%
Mar 31, 2012 -4.65%
Dec 31, 2011 12.85%
Sep 30, 2011 11.92%
Jun 30, 2011 -5.84%
Mar 31, 2011 -5.52%
Dec 31, 2010 15.45%
Sep 30, 2010 11.61%