Railway infrastructure company L.B. Foster (NASDAQ: FSTR) will be reporting results this Monday morning. Here’s what to expect.
L.B. Foster met analysts’ revenue expectations last quarter, reporting revenues of $143.6 million, up 2% year on year. It was a mixed quarter for the company, with full-year EBITDA guidance beating analysts’ expectations but a significant miss of analysts’ EPS estimates.
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This quarter, analysts are expecting L.B. Foster’s revenue to grow 12.3% year on year to $154.4 million, a reversal from the 5.4% decrease it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $0.62 per share.
Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. L.B. Foster has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates twice since going public.
Looking at L.B. Foster’s peers in the general industrial machinery segment, some have already reported their Q3 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Columbus McKinnon delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 7.7%, beating analysts’ expectations by 8.5%, and GE Aerospace reported revenues up 36.2%, topping estimates by 11.7%. Columbus McKinnon traded up 7.6% following the results while GE Aerospace was down 1.6%.
Read our full analysis of Columbus McKinnon’s results here and GE Aerospace’s results here.
Investors in the general industrial machinery segment have had steady hands going into earnings, with share prices flat over the last month. L.B. Foster is up 3.1% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $28 (compared to the current share price of $27.40).
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