Friedman Industries Inc. (FRD): Price and Financial Metrics

FRD POWR Grades

• Momentum is the dimension where FRD ranks best; there it ranks ahead of 97.68% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for FRD is in Quality, which has been heading up over the past 36 weeks.
• FRD ranks lowest in Stability; there it ranks in the 34th percentile.

FRD Stock Summary

• With a price/earnings ratio of 4.06, Friedman Industries Inc P/E ratio is greater than that of about just 3.65% of stocks in our set with positive earnings.
• With a year-over-year growth in debt of 512.1%, Friedman Industries Inc's debt growth rate surpasses 97.5% of about US stocks.
• Over the past twelve months, FRD has reported earnings growth of -472.5%, putting it ahead of only 4.69% of US stocks in our set.
• If you're looking for stocks that are quantitatively similar to Friedman Industries Inc, a group of peers worth examining would be SAFM, OXBR, CVET, ROCK, and HWKN.
• Visit FRD's SEC page to see the company's official filings. To visit the company's web site, go to www.friedmanindustries.com.

FRD Valuation Summary

• In comparison to the median Basic Materials stock, FRD's price/sales ratio is 78.26% lower, now standing at 0.5.
• Over the past 243 months, FRD's price/sales ratio has gone up 0.3.
• FRD's price/sales ratio has moved up 0.3 over the prior 243 months.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for FRD.

FRD Growth Metrics

• Its 3 year cash and equivalents growth rate is now at 317.17%.
• Its 5 year net cashflow from operations growth rate is now at 1089.59%.
• Its 5 year cash and equivalents growth rate is now at 282.27%.

FRD's revenue has moved down $20,419,833 over the prior 30 months.

The table below shows FRD's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date	Revenue	Operating Cash Flow	Net Income to Common Stock
2021-06-30	168.4944	12.60445	23.59513
2021-03-31	126.1025	8.426886	11.42447
2020-12-31	109.8689	1.44261	-1.997964
2020-09-30	109.5177	5.880108	-5.008712
2020-06-30	124.6516	9.079061	-6.302844
2020-03-31	142.1023	11.23282	-5.24921

FRD's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.

• FRD has a Quality Grade of B, ranking ahead of 79.63% of graded US stocks.
• FRD's asset turnover comes in at 1.672 -- ranking 3rd of 41 Steel Works Etc stocks.
• AA, TG, and GLW are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with FRD.

The table below shows FRD's key quality metrics over time.