---
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"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T03:15:54.260824+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# L.B. Foster Q4 net loss $0.4M vs income $2.3M prior year; FY adj. EPS $0.13 down from $0.98

## Summary
- 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.

## SEC filing metadata
- 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
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- 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

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000352825-22-000004.txt

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