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$31.40 0.03 (0.10%)
7/3/2008 1:00 PM

L.B. Foster Company (FSTR)

CAPS Rating:
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The Company is a manufacturer, fabricator and distributor of products and services for the rail, construction, energy and utility markets.

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Micro Cap (4824), Basic Materials Wholesale (21)
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L.B. Foster Company At A Glance

Current Price: $31.40
Last Trade Time: 7/3/2008 1:00 PM
Open: $0.00
Previous Close: $31.37
Daily Range: $30.47 - $33.23
52-Week Range: $28.21 - $59.95
Volume: 111,072
Market Cap: $346.11M
P/E Ratio: 2.94
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L.B. Foster Company (FSTR)

Avatar salvows (< 20) Submitted: 12/31/07 11:08 AM

Warren Buffet just bought 60% of a privately owned infrastructure company and plans to buy the rest based on earnings over the next few years. This tells me that it makes sense to get into the infrastructure industry now and LB Foster is an up and comer in this group.

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L.B. Foster Company (FSTR)

Avatar CoachDan300 (52.94) Submitted: 3/14/08 12:05 AM

Just a hunch

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Avatar SmallPimpin (86.99) Submitted: 6/14/08 2:04 PM : Outperform Start Price: $35.79 FSTR Score: -4.94

Mmm...energy...

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Avatar TheHarm (74.71) Submitted: 6/13/08 4:54 PM : Outperform Start Price: $39.15 FSTR Score: -13.01

One of my top three picks for 2008 (http://caps.fool.com/Blogs/ViewPost.aspx?bpid=58531&t=010016.... After this company got beaten down I actually picked up some shares for my real account. This company is magnetized to good news. In an absolutely fabulous business for this economy. They've also beat analysts' expectations the last 8 times in a row. Proven growth, little debt, high ROE/ROI/ROA, lots of cash on hand. This stock also got hammered for no good reason. What do we do? Well, I know many of you don't like Cramer but his advice has always been, "Buy broken stocks not broken companies." Well this stock got shattered and it's time to pick up the pieces and bank some money. This stock will gain a cool 20 points by 2009. For those who doubt you can sit back and watch.

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Avatar bluedome (< 20) Submitted: 6/12/08 12:38 PM : Outperform Start Price: $35.38 FSTR Score: -4.53

one time gain last year makes p/e wrong - more like 7 but still this co is growing fast enough to deserve higher

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Avatar rabid999 (22.06) Submitted: 6/10/08 10:01 PM : Outperform Start Price: $33.60 FSTR Score: 0.88

[1] Record bookings in May this quarter (last quarter of poor bookings were the reason for the recent drop), [2] Recent report of 25 mil stock buyback, [3] P/E of 3.17, [4] Look at the 5 yr chart!

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Avatar cronsmith (49.75) Submitted: 6/08/08 3:45 PM : Outperform Start Price: $33.78 FSTR Score: 0.80

Undervalued. Good Fundamentals.

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