L.B. Foster Company (FSTR)

27.66 -0.04  -0.14%  May 25, 11:00PM Go Pro
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L.B. Foster Company Beta: 1.164

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FSTR Beta Range, Past 5 Years

Minimum 0.7496 Jul 2007
Maximum 1.675 Mar 2008
Average 1.149

About Beta 60 Month

YCharts calculates the 60 month market beta by regressing stock returns less the risk free rate of returns on the market returns less the risk free rate of return (Market returns come from the S&P 500 Total Returns Index (SPXTR), and the risk free rate is the 4 Week Average T-Bill (Monthly). There must be a minimum of 36 months of stock returns for a company to have its beta calculated.

Beta is a measure of the risk of a stock when it is included in a well-diversified portfolio.

In financial theory, the Capital Asset Pricing Model breaks down expected stock returns into two components. The first is the return that would be expected based on covariance with the movements of the market (for most stocks, when the market as a whole goes up, the price of the stock will also go up). The second part is the increase in the price of a stock that is not explained by the market. The first part - covariance with the market - is what Beta captures.

When Beta is positive, the stock price tends to move in the same direction as the market, and the magnitude of Beta tells by how much. If a stock's Beta is greater than 1, that means that when the market index goes up 1%, we expect the stock will go up by more than 1%. On the contrary, if the market goes down by 1%, we expect the stock to go down by more than 1%. Negative Betas, while rare, signify a negative correlation. When the market goes up, we would expect the stock price to go down.

For readers with a background in regression analysis, Beta is the slope of the linear regression shown in the formula below, where Returns are the return on an individual stock or portfolio, Rf is the risk free rate, RMarket is the return on a market portfolio, and e is an error term.
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FSTR News

Basic Materials Sector Wrap
May 02, 4:43PM Fox Business
Listen to $FSTR Q1 2012 earnings call - live at 11:00 AM, ondemand after - http://stks.co/3bSg
about 28 days ago by earningscast
$FSTR forms bullish "Continuation Wedge" chart pattern. http://stks.co/3OBB
about 41 days ago by RecogniaEvents
Sidoti Upgrades L.B. Foster (FSTR) to Buy
Apr 10, 1:29PM Street Insider
FOSTER L B CO Financials
Mar 24, 1:04PM
Listen to $FSTR Q4 2011 earnings call - live at 01:00 PM, ondemand after - http://stks.co/2X8F
about 96 days ago by earningscast
LB Foster (FSTR) Issues Q4 Miss
Feb 23, 10:04AM Street Insider
Listen to $FSTR Q4 2011 earnings call - live at 11:00 AM, ondemand after - http://stks.co/2Ska
about 102 days ago by earningscast
L.B. Foster Company: Shareholder Friendly But Great Uncertainty ($FSTR) http://stks.co/27m3
about 123 days ago by valuewalk
L.B. Foster names new CEO
Jan 23, 7:07PM
$FSTR New CEO Robert Bauer
about 127 days ago by Benzinga
L.B. Foster (FSTR) Appoints Robert Bauer as CEO
Jan 23, 4:16PM Street Insider
L.B. Foster Announces New CEO
Jan 23, 4:15PM PR Newswire
12 mo. #s for $FSTR: rev. 38%, EBITDA 35.4%, free cash flow 33.3%, book 8.4%,, Thin name, I like the chart
about 259 days ago by gtotoy
Closing out $FSTR long at $23.5, 35% return on buy within two weeks. Revisit LB Foster stock below $20 or if in-the-market for rail ties :)
about 271 days ago by blaise9
Selling half $FSTR, very nice late day bounce
about 291 days ago by JQuereau
Buying $FSTR through the $19 level, down from $34 in 5 trading days, bounce time
about 294 days ago by JQuereau
bot $CVE at 36.50; bot $E at 39.00; bot $FSTR at 33.20; bot $GEO at 20.40; bot $GLDD at 4.97; bot $GLW at 15.39;
about 297 days ago by txbondman
$FSTR L.B. Foster to Resume Trading at 8:30am
about 299 days ago by Benzinga
Foster $FSTR Reports Mixed Q2 Results: EPS 61c, vs. cons. 67c, sales $173.7M, vs. cons. $147M; Receives 'Significant Customer Product Claim'
about 299 days ago by Street_Insider
$FSTR LB Foster Reports Q2 EPS $0.61 vs $0.67 Est; Revenues $173.7M vs $147.25M Est
about 299 days ago by Benzinga
LB Foster $FSTR halted with news pending
about 299 days ago by Street_Insider
sld $FSTR for a 15% gain; sld $POWL for a 20% gain; sld $SOHU for a 20% gain;
about 302 days ago by txbondman
bot $FSTR at 32.39;
about 354 days ago by txbondman
Today's Dividend-Paying Winners and Losers: http://goo.gl/q1url / $NSP $IP $CTIB $OZRK / $GG $SHEN $SLW $FSTR
about 393 days ago by DynamicDividend
$FSTR reports Q1 GAAP EPS of 7c on sales of $117.1M; trading currently halted
about 393 days ago by Street_Insider
sld $FSTR for a 40% gain; sld $AMX for a 25% gain; sld $BCO at breakeven
about 487 days ago by txbondman
Long trade ideas I am looking at $ADTN, $AIXG, $BSFT, $CKH, $EBAY, $EMN, $FSTR, $GTI, $HS, $KLIC, $MDSO, $NVLS, $SM, $STLD, $X.
about 488 days ago by hertcapital
L.B. Foster Completes Tender Offer for Portec Rail Products, Inc. and Commences Subsequent Offering Period $PRPX $FSTR http://yhoo.it/eXxdtE
about 530 days ago by annveena
$FSTR - Noted LB Foster 10 Days Back, Bull Flag Played Out for 13% Already
about 537 days ago by OptionRadar
$HES an example of a series of bull flags - many more out there, highlighted thinly traded $FSTR past weekend
about 544 days ago by OptionRadar
I am a fan of LB Foster $FSTR on a Technical and Fundamental Basis
about 547 days ago by OptionRadar

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