L.B. Foster Co (FRA:LB1A) 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % : 0.00 (As of May. 26, 2024)

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What is L.B. Foster Co 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %?

L.B. Foster Co's yield on cost for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 0.00.

The historical rank and industry rank for L.B. Foster Co's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % or its related term are showing as below:

During the past 13 years, L.B. Foster Co's highest Yield on Cost was 1.68. The lowest was 0.00. And the median was 0.33.

FRA:LB1A's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % is not ranked ^*
in the Transportation industry.
Industry Median: 3.43
* Ranked among companies with meaningful 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % only.

Competitive Comparison of L.B. Foster Co's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %

For the Railroads subindustry, L.B. Foster Co's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %, along with its competitors' market caps and 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

L.B. Foster Co's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Distribution in the Transportation Industry

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, L.B. Foster Co's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where L.B. Foster Co's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % falls into.

L.B. Foster Co 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Calculation

Dividend Yield % and dividend growth of a stock is an important factor for income investors. But if company A raises its dividend constantly faster than company B, company A's future dividend yield might be much higher than Company B's even if their yields are the same now and their stock prices do not change.

Yield on Cost assumes that you buy and the stock today, and hold it for 5 years. If the company raises it dividends at the same rate as it did over the past 5 years, the dividends investors receive annually in 5 years relative to the stock price today.

Therefore, Yield-on-Cost of L.B. Foster Co is calculated as

Yield-on-Cost

Dividend Yield %

Dividend Growth Rate)^5

L.B. Foster Co (FRA:LB1A) 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Explanation

Of course the risk here is that the company may not raise its dividends as it did before. The key is to select the companies that can consistently raise its dividends. Usually companies with long history of raising dividends tend to do so.

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L.B. Foster Co (FRA:LB1A) Business Description

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Address

415 Holiday Drive, Suite 100, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, 15220

Website

https://www.lbfoster.com

L.B. Foster Co is a US-based firm engaged in the manufacturing, fabrication, and distribution of products and services, especially for the rail, construction, energy, and utility industry. The company operates its business through three segments: Rail Technologies and Services; Precast Concrete Products and Steel Products and Measurement. Its principal business activity involves providing new and used rail, trackwork, and accessories, producing concrete railroad ties, insulated rail joints, power rail, track fasteners, coverboards, and sales of sells and rents steel sheet piling, H-bearing pile, and other piling products for foundation and earth retention requirements. It generates the majority of its revenues from the Rail Products and Services segment.

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