Basic Materials
Friedman Industries, Incorporated(FRD)
Live Price
Offline$37.42
+3.74% today
1Y Change
+133.88%
Window
Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 18, 2026
- Market Cap
- $150.00M
- Revenue Growth
- -13.9%
- EPS Growth
- -63.6%
- Dividend Yield
- 0.8%
Coverage: 247 bars ยท Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 18, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Friedman Industries, Incorporated (FRD) is a Basic Materials stock with a market cap of $150.00M and listed on NASDAQ. The stock last traded around $37.42 and up 133.9% across the available one-year price window (Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 18, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of -13.9%, EPS growth of -63.6%, a dividend yield of 0.8%. What stands out right now is revenue -13.9%, EPS -63.6%, free cash flow -1057.7% with operating margin 3.4% and ROIC 6.1%. The dividend is present but secondary, with a yield around 0.8%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at P/E 9.4 and price/sales 0.3. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a turnaround or cyclical reset than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines FRD price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Basic Materials peers on this page.
Sector Context
How this name stacks up against nearby peers on first-pass metrics.
Revenue Growth
Below sector median
-13.9% vs 0.0% peer median
Operating Margin
Below sector median
+3.4% vs +10.5% peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
Latest report is on the board
2026 was reported on Feb 9, 2026, but the surprise data is still limited.
The operating picture looks softer than before
Revenue is at -13.9% and EPS is at -63.6%, with operating margin around 3.4%.
Shareholder return is still part of the story
The stock is still offering a dividend yield around 0.8%, which matters if the thesis depends on income as much as growth.
Earnings Reaction Memory
How the stock has tended to move after recent reports.
Across the last 3 reported quarters, the stock averaged +0.7% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 1 of those reports.
View quarter-by-quarter reaction table
| Quarter | EPS ฮ | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 Feb 9, 2026 | โ | +7.9% | -4.4% | -10.5% |
2025 Nov 10, 2025 | โ | -5.8% | -6.7% | -16.3% |
2025 Aug 7, 2025 | โ | +4.0% | +13.0% | +40.8% |
Benchmark Edge
FRD vs SPY, QQQ, and Sector ETFs
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
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Normalized return
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Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
FRD Max Drawdown
-25.07%
Trailing 1Y
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Calendar-Year Returns
Uses the longest available daily history for FRD and SPY.
Company Overview
Friedman Industries, Incorporated
NASDAQ Global Select
Friedman Industries, Incorporated engages in steel processing, pipe manufacturing and processing, and the steel and pipe distribution businesses the United States. It operates in two segments, Coil and Tubular. The Coil segment is involved in the conversion of steel coils into flat sheet and plate steel cut to customer specifications and reselling steel coils. This segment also processes customer-owned coils on a fee basis. The company sells coil products and processing services to approximately 230 customers located primarily in the midwestern, southwestern and southeastern regions of the United States. Its principal customers for these products and services are steel distributors and customers manufacturing steel products, such as steel buildings, railroad cars, barges, tanks and containers, trailers, component parts and other fabricated steel products. The Tubular segment manufactures line and oil country pipes, as well as pipes for structural applications. This segment sells its tubular products principally to steel and pipe distributors through its own sales force. Friedman Industries, Incorporated was incorporated in 1965 and is headquartered in Longview, Texas.
- Leadership
- Michael J. Taylor
- IPO Date
- Mar 17, 1980
- Employees
- 268
- Street Address
- 1121 Judson Road
- Mailing
- Longview, TX, 75601
- Region
- Longview, TX, US
- Reporting Currency
- USD
- Investor Line
- 903 758 3431
- Last Updated
- Apr 29, 2026
Key Fundamentals
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Valuation
- P/E
- 9.4
- EV/EBITDA
- 9.3
- Price/Sales
- 0.3
- Price/Book
- 1.0
Growth
- Revenue
- -13.9%
- EPS
- -63.6%
- Free Cash Flow
- -1057.7%
Profitability
- Gross Margin
- 8.6%
- Operating Margin
- 3.4%
- Net Margin
- 2.7%
- ROE
- 11.3%
- ROIC
- 6.1%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- 0.68
- Current Ratio
- 3.59
Earnings Reports
Latest News
Official Releases
Company announcements and filings-style updates.
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