---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000352825-26-000046"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FSTR"
cik: "0000352825"
company_name: "FOSTER L B CO"
filed_at: "2026-08-10T11:33:04+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-10T11:35:09.925926+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# L.B. Foster Q2 net income up 7.9% to $3.1M; record operating cash flow, reaffirms FY26 guidance

## Summary
- Q2 net sales $138.6M (-3.5% YoY); net income $3.1M (+7.9%); Adj EBITDA $11.7M (-4.7%).
- Operating cash flow $17.9M, highest Q2 since 2017; total debt cut to $48.0M, gross leverage 1.0x.
- Backlog up 17.4% sequentially to $246.1M; reaffirms FY26 sales $540-580M, Adj EBITDA $41-46M.
- Tew Exit costs $2.6M in Q2; Rail sales -5.2%, Infrastructure -1.5%.
- H1 sales +7.6% to $259.7M; net income $4.6M vs $0.8M; Adj EBITDA +19.6% to $16.8M.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000352825-26-000046
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FSTR
- cik: 0000352825
- company_name: FOSTER L B CO
- filed_at: 2026-08-10T11:33:04+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/352825/000035282526000046/0000352825-26-000046-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/352825/000035282526000046/fstr-20260810.htm

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