Friedman Industries, Incorporated

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.

Friedman Industries, Incorporated trades as FRD on NASDAQ. The company is classified in Basic Materials / Steel and reports in USD.

The current profile places the business in Steel. This section is intended to summarize the operating segments, products, geographies, and main revenue lines from official filings.

Latest available fiscal data shows $444.60M of revenue and $6.08M of net income.

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Current signals to investigate include market capitalization of $173.54M, beta of 1.59, and return on equity of +4.6%.

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Recent filings to review: SC 13G/A (2026-03-26 00:00:00), 4 (2026-03-19 00:00:00), 8-K (2026-03-17 00:00:00), 4 (2026-03-11 00:00:00).

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Company website: https://www.friedmanindustries.com

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