Foster L B PE ratio FSTR

Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months, since 2012.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 33.5×
9-year median: 35.6×
Against its 9-year history: 48th; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
9-year range: 2.7× to 210×
Peer median: 19.8×

Foster L B's PE ratio is 33.5× as of Oct 23, 2026: a share price of $35.19 against $1.05 of earnings per share over the last twelve months.

That is below its 9-year median of 35.6×, close to the middle of its last 9 years.

Over that time it ranged from 2.7× in Mar 2020 to 210× in Mar 2024.

The median for 9 industrial distribution stocks of a similar size is 19.8×.

PE ratio over time

median 35.6×

The dashed line is the 9-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

Year	End of year	Low	High
2026 so far	33.5×	32.8×	70.5×
2025	63.3×	59.3×	63.3×
2024	28.4×	27.2×	210×
2023	n/m a value too high to mean anything
2022	47.0×	24.3×	68.2×
2021	24.1×	15.4×	29.4×
2020	4.1×	2.7×	4.6×
2019	23.4×	22.1×	23.8×
2018	20.2×	19.5×	64.4×
2017	n/m a value too high to mean anything
2016	n/m a value too high to mean anything
2015	6.7×	5.1×	19.4×
2014	19.0×	14.7×	20.8×
2013	16.9×	15.7×	28.8×
2012	27.8×	10.7×	28.1×

Against its peers

Companies in Industrial - Distribution nearest Foster L B's size, closest first, today.

Company	PE ratio
FSTRFoster L B	33.5×
AENTAlliance Entertainment	17.9×
HDSNHudson Technologies	26.9×
WLFCWillis Lease Finance	9.8×
GOLDGold.com	13.2×
DSGRDistribution Solutions	184×
GICGLOBAL INDUSTRIAL	19.8×
DXPEDXP Enterprises	27.5×
REZIResideo Technologies	7.5×
BCCBOISE CASCADE	26.4×
Peer median	19.8×

Where Foster L B ranks

#17of 20Industrial distribution stocks with the lowest PE ratio

What the PE ratio tells you

Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months. It is the price tag on a dollar of profit: 20× means you pay $20 for $1 of yearly earnings.

Blank while earnings are negative. A very low PE can mean the market expects profits to fall, so read it with growth and the company's own history.

More on Foster L B

Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of Oct 23, 2026. Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.