L.B. Foster is a solutions provider of engineered, manufactured products and services that builds and supports infrastructure. Co.'s business segments include: Rail, Technologies, and Services (Rail), Precast Concrete Products (Precast), and Steel Products and Measurement. Co.'s Rail segment provides a variety of products, solutions, and services for freight and passenger railroads and other industrial companies. The Precast segment manufactures precast concrete products. Under its CXT® brand, Precast manufactures restrooms, concession stands, and other protective storage buildings. Co.'s Steel Products and Measurement segment provides custom engineered solutions and services. We show 55 historical shares outstanding datapoints in our FSTR shares outstanding history coverage, used to compute FSTR market cap on those dates.
Understanding the changing numbers of shares outstanding, the changing
share price, and the resulting changing FSTR market cap history over the course of time is important for investors
interested in comparing FSTR's market cap history versus its peers.
Many "beginner" or "novice" investors will look at one stock trading at a price of $10 per share and another trading at
a price of $20 per share and think the latter company is worth twice as much. Of course, that is a completely meaningless comparison without also knowing how many shares outstanding there are for each of the two companies,
and then calculating their respective market caps. Comparing the share price of FSTR versus a peer is one thing; comparing
FSTR market cap versus a peer is a completely different story.
Furthermore, via fluctuation both in per-share price and in the number of shares outstanding (via issuance of new shares over time, the repurchase of existing shares),
the market cap for a company like FSTR can fluctuate over the course of history.
With this page we aim to empower investors researching FSTR by allowing them to research the FSTR market cap history. |
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