L B Foster's ROA from the third quarter of 2026 to the third quarter of 2025 and 5 Year Period

Return on Assets, Quarterly Results, Trends, Rankings, Statistics

What is L B Foster's ROA in the third quarter of 2026?
L b Foster Company achieved a return on average assets (ROA) of 4.16 % in its third quarter of 2026, this is above FSTR's average return on assets of -0.74%.
L B Foster Company assets over the 12 months ending in its third quarter of 2026 are valued at $330 million

ROA has improved compared to 3.39% in the second quarter of 2026, due to net income growth.

However, within the Basic Materials sector 113 other companies had a higher return on assets. While Return on assets, overall ranking has advanced in the Sep 30 2026 quarter, so far to 1536, from total ROA ranking in the second quarter of 2026 at 2103.

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Return On Assets	(Sep 30 2026) III. Quarter	(Jun 30 2026) II. Quarter	(Mar 31 2026) I. Quarter	(Dec 31 2025) IV. Quarter	(Sep 30 2025) III. Quarter
Y / Y Total Assets Change	-3.55 %	-4.51 %	-2.64 %	3.79 %	0.16 %
Y / Y Net Income Change	56.39 %	9.72 %	-	-	-87.96 %
Net Income (TTM) in million	14	11	11	7	5
Return On Assets (TTM)	4.16 %	3.39 %	3.27 %	2.19 %	1.38 %
FSTR's Total Ranking	# 1536	# 2103	# 2043	# 571	# 557
Total Assets (TTM) in million	322	334	334	330	334
Seq. Total Assets Change	-3.63 %	0.11 %	1.03 %	-1.05 %	-4.58 %
Seq. Net Income Change	117.14 %	108.78 %	-37.1 %	-45.16 %	52.34 %

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Return On Assets Company Ranking
Within:	No.
Industry	# 12
Sector	# 114
Overall	# 1499

Return On Assets Statistics
High	Average	Low
12.92 %	-0.74 %	-33.7 %
(Sep 30 2024)		(Mar 31 2017)

Financial Statements
L B Foster's Assets	$ 322 million	FSTR's Balance sheet
L B Foster's Income	$ 7 million	Quarterly FSTR's Income Statement
FSTR's Income by Division		See FSTR's Income by Division

Annual Return On Assets	(Dec 31 2025) FY 2025	(Dec 31 2024) FY 2024	(Dec 31 2023) FY 2023	(Dec 31 2022) FY 2022	(Dec 31 2021) FY 2021
Y / Y Total Assets Change	3.79 %	6.48 %	-14.66 %	6.91 %	-7.85 %
Total Assets in million	330	318	299	350	328
Y / Y Net Income Change	-82.68 %	3198.15 %	-	-	-51.08 %
Net Income in million	7	43	1	-45	4
Annual Return On Assets	2.25 %	13.46 %	0.43 %	-12.98 %	1.13 %

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Comment on FSTR's ROA in the fiscal year ending 2025

In the fiscal year 2025 L B Foster's ROA decreased compared to previous year to 2.25 %, due to deterioration of net income -82.68 % to $7.42 million, from $42.84 million a year ago, as FSTR's assets were $330.37 million.

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Date modified: 2026-11-06T12:53:20+00:00

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