{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0000352825-22-000004","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"FSTR","cik":"0000352825","company_name":"FOSTER L B CO","filed_at":"2022-03-01T23:59:59+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-05-14T18:04:09.251566+00:00","generated_at":"2026-06-27T03:15:54.260824+00:00","sec_items":["2.02","9.01"],"event_type":"earnings","sentiment":"negative","materiality_score":0.75,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.75,"confidence":"high","headline":"L.B. Foster Q4 net loss $0.4M vs income $2.3M prior year; FY adj. EPS $0.13 down from $0.98","bullets":["Q4 net loss from continuing ops $0.4M ($0.03 loss per share) vs net income $2.3M ($0.21) a year ago.","Q4 net sales $113.0M, down 2.3% YoY; up 8.8% excluding divested Piling business.","Full year adj. net income $1.4M ($0.13) vs $10.5M ($0.98); adj. EBITDA $18.7M, down 41.6%.","Gross margins pressured by labor/raw material inflation, supply chain, COVID disruptions; CEO sees 2022 improvement.","Backlog $210.2M, down 2.8% ex-Piling; company reorganized into Rail, Precast Concrete, and Steel Products segments."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000352825-22-000004","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000352825-22-000004.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000352825-22-000004.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000352825-22-000004.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/352825/000035282522000004/0000352825-22-000004-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/352825/000035282522000004/fstr-20220301.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-06-27T03:15:54.260824+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}