secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     FOSTER L B CO (FSTR)
CIK:        0000352825
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-05-06T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000352825-25-000058
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.72
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

L.B. Foster Q1 net loss $2.1M; sales down 21.3%; maintains 2025 guidance
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- Net sales $97.8M vs $124.3M in Q1 2024; net loss of $2.1M vs income of $4.4M.
- Adj EBITDA $1.8M, down 69.3% from $5.9M; Rail segment sales fell 34.6%.
- Infrastructure sales up 5.0% driven by 33.7% Precast Concrete growth.
- Backlog rose 27.6% to $237.2M; new orders up 12.6% to $149.1M.
- Maintains FY2025 guidance: sales $540-580M, adj EBITDA $42-48M; bought 168,911 shares.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/352825/000035282525000058/0000352825-25-000058-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/352825/000035282525000058/fstr-20250506.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000352825-25-000058

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