Friedman Industries Inc.

FRD Basic Materials Steel

Friedman Industries Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2026 (year ended March 2026) was $646.9 million, up 45.5% from fiscal 2025. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 78.1%, EPS grew 152.1% and free cash flow fell 62.5%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Dividend growth for five consecutive years; insiders bought in the last twelve months.

40.48 0.78 −1.89%
Market cap
$297.6M
P/E
10.5×
Fwd P/E
5.0×
Dividend yield
0.49%
F-score
5/9
Altman Z
3.71
Beneish M
−2.15
Dividend safety
63/100
Mar '17 Mar '18 Mar '19 Mar '20 Mar '21 Mar '22 Mar '23 Mar '24 Mar '25 Mar '26
Piotroski F-Score
3 6 6 4 6 4 6 5 4 5
P/E ratio
0.00 10.42 10.58 0.00 4.93 4.38 3.86 7.66 17.31 6.42
P/S ratio
0.57 0.34 0.29 0.22 0.43 0.20 0.15 0.25 0.23 0.19
Altman Z-Score
11.59 5.06 6.20 4.80 4.25 3.83 4.83 4.57 3.96 3.71
P/FCF ratio
0.00 14.09 6.05 4.90 14.09 0.00 1.72 0.00 0.00 89.53
Altman Z″-Score (non-manufacturers)
27.30 11.96 12.11 12.27 8.33 6.12 6.70 6.69 6.72 6.05
P/Operating CF
(10.44) 6.99 5.52 (9.09) 15.11 6.12 4.13 33.18 (8.73) (46.85)
Beneish M-Score
— (3.42) (2.59) (1.33) (1.85) (0.52) (2.65) (2.10) (1.55) (2.15)
P/B ratio
0.73 0.59 0.74 0.46 0.83 0.73 0.71 1.03 0.78 0.81
Dividend Safety Score
— — — — — — — — — 63
Price to Tangible BV
0.73 0.59 0.74 0.46 0.83 0.73 0.71 1.03 0.78 0.81
EV/Sales
0.55 0.30 0.22 0.10 0.38 0.20 0.15 0.25 0.23 0.19
EV/EBITDA
0.00 5.16 5.39 0.00 2.85 1.92 3.46 4.76 16.09 4.26
EV/Operating CF
(210.82) 11.32 4.33 1.28 5.66 (4.29) 1.28 26.36 (23.18) 14.76
EV/FCF
(42.65) 12.69 4.73 2.28 12.40 (2.70) 1.72 (161.42) (14.96) 91.38
Quick Ratio
4.41 1.95 2.01 2.98 0.98 0.63 1.16 0.93 1.34 1.09
Current Ratio
19.28 6.10 6.02 6.76 2.67 2.06 3.19 3.14 4.34 3.38
Net Debt/EBITDA
0.56 (0.57) (1.51) 3.10 (0.39) (0.08) (0.07) (0.10) (0.58) 0.04
Debt/Assets
0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.67% 1.78% 0.14% 0.61% 0.00% 0.00% 1.04%
Debt/Equity
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.03 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.02
Asset Turnover
1.19 1.67 2.22 1.73 1.46 2.24 3.05 2.40 1.95 2.30
Operating CF/Net income
0.08 0.82 1.89 (2.14) 0.74 (0.99) 3.04 0.29 (0.73) 0.44
Capex/Depreciation
(0.50) (0.26) (0.60) (3.24) (4.52) (5.99) (6.51) (1.89) (0.73) (1.83)
Interest Coverage
(71.35) 109.44 15.94 (284.34) 640.24 111.84 9.50 7.98 1.03 6.25
ROE
(4.33%) 6.10% 7.23% (7.53%) 17.28% 18.65% 21.54% 14.14% 4.67% 13.54%
ROA
(4.12%) 5.43% 6.06% (6.40%) 13.26% 10.64% 11.72% 8.00% 2.65% 6.82%
ROIC
(4.47%) 5.56% 6.56% (8.52%) 16.70% 23.06% 11.59% 12.30% 1.48% 10.51%
Return on Tangible Assets
(4.60%) 5.59% 6.89% (7.83%) 17.87% 14.29% 13.78% 9.94% 3.29% 7.55%
Average Days of Receivables
41.96 52.60 25.71 30.07 58.98 45.65 32.91 33.46 38.98 45.53
Research and Development Expense of Revenue
0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Selling, General and Administrative Expense of Revenue
5.17% 3.45% 2.56% 3.61% 6.21% 4.37% 4.00% 4.08% 3.64% 4.42%
Intangible Assets out of Total Assets
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Share Based Compensation of Revenue
0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Graham Net Nets
0.96 1.33 1.13 1.77 0.88 0.78 0.73 0.51 0.70 0.58
Graham Number
0.00 11.09 12.94 0.00 18.96 23.33 32.53 30.89 19.21 36.75
Earnings Yield
(6.05%) 9.59% 9.45% (17.01%) 20.27% 22.81% 25.93% 13.06% 5.78% 15.58%
Free Cash Flow Yield
(2.27%) 7.10% 16.52% 20.40% 7.10% (36.50%) 57.97% (0.62%) (6.62%) 1.12%
Revenue per Share
11.35 17.29 26.70 20.30 18.81 43.06 75.88 71.86 64.02 92.85
Operating CF per Share
(0.03) 0.46 1.37 1.60 1.26 (2.02) 8.85 0.69 (0.64) 1.23
Capex per Share
(0.12) (0.05) (0.12) (0.71) (0.68) (1.19) (2.28) (0.81) (0.35) (1.03)
Free Cash Flow per Share
(0.15) 0.41 1.26 0.90 0.57 (3.22) 6.57 (0.11) (0.99) 0.20
Cash per Share
0.21 0.58 1.66 2.44 1.22 0.39 0.41 0.40 0.53 0.35
Shareholders Equity per Share
8.81 9.78 10.34 9.55 9.75 12.03 16.00 17.74 19.07 21.74
Interest Debt per Share
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Book value per Share
8.81 9.78 10.34 9.55 9.75 12.03 16.00 17.74 19.07 21.74
Free Cash Flow
(1.00) 2.90 8.82 6.30 3.85 (21.30) 47.44 (0.81) (6.84) 1.38
Working Capital
43.08 56.24 62.09 55.57 48.46 64.55 98.57 115.96 128.14 180.89
Capital Expenditures
(0.80) (0.35) (0.81) (4.94) (4.58) (7.90) (16.45) (5.79) (2.43) (7.16)
Net Current Asset Value
42.53 54.19 60.34 54.73 47.87 45.77 59.78 67.52 72.07 71.72
EV/EBIT
0.00 6.37 6.52 0.00 3.03 2.02 3.87 5.35 33.65 4.91
Capex to Sales
0.01 0.00 0.00 0.03 0.04 0.03 0.03 0.01 0.01 0.01
Price to Operating Income
0.00 7.11 8.37 0.00 3.45 2.05 3.88 5.36 33.98 4.81
Other line items
Depreciation/Fixed assets
0.11 0.10 0.11 0.13 0.07 0.04 0.05 0.05 0.06 0.05
Cash ROIC
(1.62%) 3.99% 10.49% 7.46% 5.12% (25.82%) 39.65% (0.62%) (5.03%) 0.88%
Accounts Receivable Turnover
11.30 9.18 12.22 11.42 7.86 10.18 12.88 10.68 9.38 10.09
Accounts Payable Turnover
34.80 18.18 15.98 13.59 8.50 8.14 12.30 11.58 10.67 11.49
Inventory Turnover
2.03 2.77 3.69 3.29 2.86 4.70 6.51 4.63 3.68 4.12
Average Days of Payables
9.38 33.59 24.25 23.40 54.06 66.95 26.79 34.25 30.51 41.64
Days of Inventory on Hand
163.51 148.78 102.77 93.33 128.23 101.54 62.70 90.39 98.25 106.76
Average Receivables
6.88 13.20 15.32 12.44 16.04 28.02 42.52 48.35 47.40 64.09
Average Payables
2.24 6.12 10.91 10.26 12.06 29.99 40.83 40.37 39.60 51.24
Average Inventory
38.43 40.12 47.20 42.37 35.84 51.98 77.10 101.03 114.75 142.96
Average Assets
65.08 72.46 84.13 81.97 86.18 127.14 179.29 214.67 228.42 281.82
Average Common Equity
61.80 64.47 70.53 69.67 66.10 72.51 97.56 121.45 129.95 141.96

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