secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     FOSTER L B CO (FSTR)
CIK:        0000352825
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-05-09T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000352825-23-000051
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

L.B. Foster Q1 sales up 16.9% to $115.5M; adjusted EBITDA up 171% to $4.5M; reaffirms FY2023 guidance
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- Net sales $115.5M (+16.9% YoY); gross margin 20.2% (up 360 bps).
- Net loss $2.2M includes $2.0M loss on Chemtec sale; adjusted EBITDA $4.5M (+171.6% YoY).
- Sold Chemtec for $5.3M; net debt reduced $11.5M to $77.5M; leverage ratio 2.4x.
- New orders $139.5M (+3%), backlog $259.9M (+6.2%); book-to-bill 1.21.
- Reaffirms FY2023 guidance: sales $520-$550M, adj. EBITDA $27-$31M.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/352825/000035282523000051/0000352825-23-000051-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/352825/000035282523000051/fstr-20230509.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000352825-23-000051

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