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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000352825-25-000113"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FSTR"
cik: "0000352825"
company_name: "FOSTER L B CO"
filed_at: "2025-08-11T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T15:52:17.574734+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# L.B. Foster Q2 adjusted EBITDA up 51.4% to $12.2M; revises FY2025 guidance higher

## Summary
- Q2 net sales $143.6M (+2.0% YoY); net income $2.9M (+1.3%); adjusted EBITDA $12.2M (+51.4%).
- Rail segment sales down 11.2% but backlog up 13.9%; Infrastructure sales up 22.4% led by Precast Concrete +36%.
- Revised FY2025 guidance: net sales $535-555M, adjusted EBITDA $40-44M (mid-point +25.1% YoY).
- Gross leverage ratio improved to 2.2x from 2.7x; free cash flow Q2 $7.7M vs -$7.0M prior year.
- Backlog $269.9M (+8.1% YoY); new orders $175.8M (+2.8%).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000352825-25-000113
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FSTR
- cik: 0000352825
- company_name: FOSTER L B CO
- filed_at: 2025-08-11T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- 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/352825/000035282525000113/0000352825-25-000113-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/352825/000035282525000113/fstr-20250811.htm

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