---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000352825-22-000033"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FSTR"
cik: "0000352825"
company_name: "FOSTER L B CO"
filed_at: "2022-08-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-24T02:24:07.564000+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# L.B. Foster Q2 net income falls to $2.0M ($0.18 EPS); orders up 2.1% to $141.4M

## Summary
- Net sales $131.5M, down 14.9% YoY largely due to Piling divestiture; adjusted sales down 0.7%.
- Adjusted EBITDA $6.1M, a 26.5% decline YOY; net debt $41.6M, leverage 2.8x.
- New orders $141.4M (+2.1% YoY); backlog $250.8M (+14.3% adjusted for Piling divestiture).
- Completed Skratch and Intelligent Video acquisitions in Q2; sold Track Components on Aug 1, 2022.
- Precast Concrete segment margins down 530 bps YoY due to higher input costs.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000352825-22-000033
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FSTR
- cik: 0000352825
- company_name: FOSTER L B CO
- filed_at: 2022-08-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/352825/000035282522000033/0000352825-22-000033-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/352825/000035282522000033/fstr-20220809.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000352825-22-000033
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000352825-22-000033.txt

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