---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000352825-25-000132"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FSTR"
cik: "0000352825"
company_name: "FOSTER L B CO"
filed_at: "2025-11-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T00:58:55.376526+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# L.B. Foster Q3 sales up 0.6%, backlog up 18.4%; sees strong Q4 with 115% Adj. EBITDA growth

## Summary
- Sales $138.3M (+0.6%); operating income $8.3M (+13.3%); net income $4.4M (down 87.9% due to prior-year $30M tax benefit).
- Adjusted EBITDA $11.4M (down 7.9%); free cash flow $26.4M (up 21.7%).
- Backlog $247.4M (+18.4%), Rail backlog up 58.2%; new orders up 19.6%.
- Revised FY2025 guidance: sales $535-545M, Adj. EBITDA $40-42M; Q4 Adj. EBITDA expected up ~115% on 25% sales growth.
- Debt reduced $22.9M in quarter; gross leverage 1.6x (down from 2.2x); repurchased 184k shares for $4.7M.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000352825-25-000132
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FSTR
- cik: 0000352825
- company_name: FOSTER L B CO
- filed_at: 2025-11-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/352825/000035282525000132/0000352825-25-000132-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/352825/000035282525000132/fstr-20251103.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000352825-25-000132
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000352825-25-000132.txt

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