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. The FSTR YTD return is shown above.
The YTD Return on the FSTR YTD return page and across the coverage universe of our site,
is a measure of the total return for a given investment year-to-date for the current calendar year
(up to the end of prior trading session). Arguably, choosing the current calendar year for a measurement
period is on the one hand completely arbitrary, but on the other hand a year-to-date look can be extremely
useful in the context of our country's tax system which taxes gains and income on a calendar year basis.
Thus, researching Year-To-Date Returns is good practice for investors — whether FSTR YTD return or other benchmarks/peers
— and when doing so it is also important to factor in dividends, because a financial instrument's YTD return is
more than just the change in price if that instrument pays a dividend or coupon. Our website aims to empower investors
by performing the FSTR YTD return calculation (with any dividends reinvested as applicable), and to provide a
coverage universe of many stocks and ETFs to be able to compare YTD returns.
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