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Friedman Industries, Incorporated

$FRD·$253M·Steel·Basic Materials
$37.19+3.7%YTD+74.2%1Y+135.6%
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$FRDFriedman Industries, Incorporated
$37.19+3.71%1 posts
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AI verdict & sentimentAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Today's AI verdict on what's driving $FRD, plus how loud the X conversation is and which way it's leaning.

AI analysis

TickerTalks’ read on the fundamentals and what’s driving the move.

Driven by hypeAcceleratingAI verdict · as of 2026-07-27

The move is getting stronger, with heavier trading behind it.

Small steel processor +73% YTD on 48% Q1 revenue growth — real reacceleration into thin margin base.

Friedman Industries is a $250M small-cap steel-processor + pipe distributor at $36.25, +73% YTD and +126% over the year, sitting at 90% of the 52-week range with beta 1.56.

The operating turn is dramatic:

  • Q1 fiscal '26 revenue $192M, +48% YoY; prior quarter $168M, +79% YoY — big reacceleration.
  • Op margin 6.2% Q1 (from 2.3%); EPS $1.35 and $0.43.
  • Gross margin 5.1% (very thin — steel processing model); ROIC -25% (trailing includes prior losses); ROE 13.7%.
  • PE 12.4, P/S 0.38 — cheap on sales, reasonable on trailing earnings.
  • D/E 0.027 — essentially unlevered, which is unusual for a steel processor.
  • FCF yield 0.6%.

The concrete corporate items:

  • 6/11 8-K: Q4/full-year fiscal '26 financial results announced.
  • Cash dividend declared.
  • 'Friedman Stock Gains 89% in 3 Months' — momentum framing.
  • 'Time to Sell?' — Zacks reflexive framing on the -1.3% down day.

No X sentiment posts in the bundle. The setup: real steel-cycle reacceleration on a clean-balance-sheet small-cap with thin operating margin. The +73% YTD run has priced in most of the recovery; the thin gross margin means any cycle wobble hits earnings hard. Cyclical reacceleration story near the peak of its range.

What to watch: Next quarterly print — steel-shipment growth, gross-margin trajectory, and Coated Products segment mix.

steel cycle reaccelerationclean balance sheetthin gross marginextended run

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What it does

Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.

Processes and distributes steel coil and tubular products across the US, serving manufacturing and construction customers.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where Steel sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $FRD.

Steel · Basic Materials

No material change from last week — domestic content requirements in US infrastructure spending favor NUE and STLD over imported steel.

What this means for $FRD

Partial — Processes and distributes steel coil and tubular products across the US, serving manufacturing and construction customers; partial earnings exposure to steel demand dynamics through its product portfolio.

Top industry ETF

$SLXVanEck Steel ETF
+18.8%YTD
+46.4%1Y

Fundamentals & catalyst

Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.

Key ratios

P/E
12.4How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.
ROIC
-24.9%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.
Op margin
4.0%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.
FCF yield
0.6%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).
P/S
0.4Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.
ROE
13.7%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.
Gross margin
5.1%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.
D/E
0.0Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.

Past earnings

QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q1 2026Jun 11, 2026$1.30——
Q4 2025Feb 9, 2026$0.43——
Q3 2025Nov 10, 2025$0.32——
Q2 2025Aug 7, 2025$0.71——
Next earningsThu, Aug 6

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q4 FY26$191.8M+48.4%0.0%6.2%$1.35$-4.0M
Q3 FY26$168.0M+78.6%6.6%2.3%$0.43$-6.3M
Q2 FY26$152.4M+42.7%6.0%1.9%$0.32$-2.0M
Q1 FY26$134.8M+17.7%9.3%5.2%$0.71$13.7M

Setup & momentum

Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.

Right now

Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.0.8×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.91%Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.+20.1%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.+61.4%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatTiny float · 6.6M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today1.3% of floatToday's volume as a percent of the free float. Above 5% on a single day is unusually high turnover for the available share count.β1.565-year weekly beta vs the S&P 500. Above 1.5 means the stock typically moves more than the index; below 0.8 moves less.

Insider activity

Recent open-market buys and sells by officers and directors — flagged when multiple insiders cluster.

Recent transactions

BuyMar 18Gaurav ChhibbarCOO400 sh$7KBuyMar 9Mike J TaylorCEO500 sh$9KBuyMar 3Mike J TaylorCEO400 sh$7KBuyFeb 23Mike J TaylorCEO100 sh$2KBuyFeb 19Gaurav ChhibbarCOO1.0K sh$18KBuyFeb 18Mike J TaylorCEO600 sh$11K
+ 3 other (3 awards) in window

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SEC filings

Material 8-K, 13D, S-3, and 424B5 events from the last 180 days — the filings that actually move the price.

Recent material filings

8-KPress release / Reg FDMar 178-K — Item 7.01: Press release / Reg FD
+ 8 other (3 13Gs · 2 earnings 8-Ks · 1 PRE 14A · 1 10-K) in window

Recent news

Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.

Friedman Industries (NASDAQ:FRD) Trading Down 1.3% – Time to Sell?defenseworld.net·12d agoFriedman Stock Gains 89% in 3 Months: What's Driving the Rally?zacks.com·32d agoFriedman Industries, Incorporated Announces Cash Dividendglobenewswire.com·34d agoFriedman Industries Stock Gains Post Q4 Earnings, Sales Surgezacks.com·41d agoFriedman Industries, Incorporated Announces Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2026 Resultsglobenewswire.com·47d ago

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