Somewhat Positive Media Coverage Somewhat Unlikely to Affect L.B. Foster (NASDAQ:FSTR) Stock Price

News stories about L.B. Foster (NASDAQ:FSTR) have trended somewhat positive this week, according to Accern. The research group ranks the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than 20 million news and blog sources. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. L.B. Foster earned a media sentiment score of 0.19 on Accern’s scale. Accern also assigned news coverage about the basic materials company an impact score of 46.3478242841619 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company’s share price in the near term.

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Shares of L.B. Foster (FSTR) opened at 17.30 on Friday. L.B. Foster has a 52-week low of $9.25 and a 52-week high of $22.00. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $20.06 and its 200-day moving average price is $16.05. The company’s market capitalization is $178.73 million.

L.B. Foster (NASDAQ:FSTR) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, May 2nd. The basic materials company reported ($0.23) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters’ consensus estimate of ($0.31) by $0.08. L.B. Foster had a negative return on equity of 28.38% and a negative net margin of 30.60%. The company had revenue of $118.70 million for the quarter. On average, analysts expect that L.B. Foster will post ($0.81) earnings per share for the current year.

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About L.B. Foster

L.B. Foster Company is a manufacturer, fabricator and distributor of products and services for the rail, construction, energy and utility markets. The Company’s segments include Rail Products and Services, Construction Products, and Tubular and Energy Services. Its Rail Products segment provides a range of new and used rail, trackwork and accessories to railroads, mines and industry.