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

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