Growth Metrics

Foster L B (FSTR) FCF Payout Ratio (2011 - 2016)

Foster L B posted quarterly FCF Payout Ratio of 0.11 for Q3 2016, up 216.92% year-on-year from 0.03 in Q4 2015, and up 150.18% on a QoQ basis from 0.04 in Q2 2016.

Foster L B (FSTR) has 6 years of FCF Payout Ratio data on file, last reported at 0.11 in Q3 2016.

  • For the quarter ending Q3 2016, FCF Payout Ratio rose 216.92% year-over-year to 0.11; the trailing twelve-month figure through Jun 2017 stood at 0.01 (down 61.6% YoY), and the FY2016 full-year result was 0.12, up 188.56% from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio for Q3 2016 stood at 0.11, up from 0.04 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, FCF Payout Ratio topped out at 0.67 in Q3 2013 and bottomed at 0.07 in Q2 2014.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Payout Ratio is 0.02 (2014), against an average of 0.07.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2013, when FCF Payout Ratio soared 5092.63%; it then plunged 424.68% in 2015.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Payout Ratio shows it stood at 0.3 in 2012, then plunged by 86.47% to 0.04 in 2013, then decreased by 11.03% to 0.04 in 2014, then slumped by 70.7% to 0.01 in 2015, then surged by 916.33% to 0.11 in 2016.
  • The last three FCF Payout Ratio figures came in at 0.11 (Q3 2016), 0.04 (Q2 2016), and 0.05 (Q1 2016), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Cover (Qtr)
1 Union Pacific 155.75 Bn 154.71 Bn 5.85 Bn 0.55
2 Csx 84.18 Bn 83.08 Bn 3.18 Bn 0.36
3 Norfolk Southern 68.46 Bn 67.12 Bn 2.74 Bn -7.97
4 Canadian Pacific Kansas City 58.41 Bn 58.81 Bn 2.36 Bn 0.65
5 Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies 44.40 Bn 43.91 Bn 1.06 Bn 0.35
6 Trinity Industries 2.59 Bn 2.65 Bn 128.90 Mn -0.48
7 Greenbrier Companies 1.46 Bn 968.55 Mn 69.50 Mn 0.01
8 Foster L B 419.50 Mn 416.39 Mn 25.70 Mn -
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
Sep 30, 2016 0.11
Jun 30, 2016 0.04
Mar 31, 2016 -0.05
Dec 31, 2015 0.01
Sep 30, 2015 0.03
Jun 30, 2015 0.24
Mar 31, 2015 -0.03
Dec 31, 2014 0.04
Sep 30, 2014 0.02
Jun 30, 2014 -0.07
Mar 31, 2014 0.01
Dec 31, 2013 0.04
Sep 30, 2013 0.67
Jun 30, 2013 0.02
Mar 31, 2013 -0.02
Dec 31, 2012 0.30
Sep 30, 2012 0.01
Jun 30, 2012 0.06
Mar 31, 2012 -0.05
Dec 31, 2011 0.01
Sep 30, 2011 0.01