| Ticker Symbol: | FSTR |
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| Exchange: | NASD |
| Contact Info: | 415 Holiday Drive Pittsburgh PA 15220 412 928-3417 |
| CEO/President: | Stan L. Hasselbusch |
| Industry: | Steel - Producers / Standard Industry Code: 5051 |
| Description: | L. B. Foster Company is engaged in the manufacture, fabrication and distribution of rail and trackwork, piling, highway products and tubular products. For rail markets, Foster provides a full line of new and usedrail, trackwork and accessories to railroads, mines and industry. Foster also sells and rents steel sheet piling and H-bearing pile for foundation and earth retention requirements for the construction industry. For tubular markets, foster supplies pipe and pipe coatings for pipelines and produces pipe-related products for special markets. |
| Shares Outstanding: | 10,620 (000) | Market Value: | 291,680 ($000) |
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| Percentage of Inst.Shareholders: | 88.07% | Number of Inst.Shareholders: | 4.60% |
| Last Quarter Sales: | 145.55 ($Mil.) | Last Quarter Net Income: | 8.13 ($Mil.) |
| Last Quarter EPS: | 0.76 | P/E Ratio: | 10 |
| Most Recent Earnings: | 0.64 on 10/23/08 | Earnings Per Share: | 9.81 |
| Most Recent Split: | Annual Dividend Rate: | 0 | |
| Most Recent Dividend: | Annual Dividend Yield: | 0% |

| UNITED STATES S | -76.90 | 28.64 | |
| A K STEEL HLDG | -79.80 | 8.15 | |
| NUCOR CP | -50.40 | 31.88 | |
| STEEL DYNAMICS | -65.70 | 7.67 | |
| GERDAU SA ADS | -58.80 | 5.83 |
