L.B. Foster Co expected to post a loss of 6  cents a share - Earnings Preview

L B Foster

30/04/2021 22:30

* L.B. Foster Co  FSTR.OQ   FSTR.O  is expected to show a fall
in quarterly revenue when it reports results on May 3.
* The Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based company is expected to
report  a 7.9% decrease in revenue to $118.6 million from
$128.78 million a year ago, according to the mean estimate from
2 analysts, based on Refinitiv data.​​
​* Refinitiv's mean analyst estimate for L.B. Foster Co is for a
loss of 6 cents per share. For the same quarter last year, the
company reported a loss of 18 cents per share.
* The current average analyst rating on the shares is "strong
buy" and the breakdown of recommendations is 2 "strong buy" or
"buy," no "hold" and no "sell" or "strong sell." 
* The mean earnings estimate of analysts was unchanged in the
last three months.​
* Wall Street's median 12-month price target for L.B. Foster Co
is $20.63​, about 20.3% above​ its last closing price
of $16.44. ​​​
* Previous quarterly performance (using preferred earnings
measure in US dollars). ​
 QUARTER       STARMINE    REFINITIV  ACTUAL    BEAT,   SURPRI
 ENDING        SMARTESTIM  IBES                 MET,    SE %
               ATE®        ESTIMATE             MISSED  
 Dec. 31 2020  0.17        0.16       0.20      Beat    29
 Sep. 30 2020  0.09        0.10       0.07      Missed  -26.3
 Jun. 30 2020  -0.07       -0.07      0.41      Beat    685.7​
 Mar. 31 2020  0.37        0.37       -0.18     Missed  -149.3
 Dec.          0.35​       0.41       0.08      Missed  -80.2​
 31​ 2019​                                              
 Sep. 30 2019  0.45        0.45       0.29      Missed  -34.8​
 Jun. 30 2019  0.52        0.52       0.90      Beat    73.1
 Mar. 31 2019  0.13        0.13       0.35      Beat    169.2
 This summary was machine generated April 30 at 21:30 GMT.  All
figures in US dollars unless otherwise stated