Friedman Industries, Incorporated (FRD) is a Steel company in the Basic Materials sector, currently trading at $18.66. It has a SharesGrow Score of 61/100, indicating a above average investment profile with 2 out of 7 criteria passed.
SharesGrow calculates the intrinsic value of FRD = $12.41 (-33.5% from the current price, the stock appears overvalued).
Valuation: FRD trades at a trailing Price-to-Earnings (P/E) of 7.9 (S&P 500 average ~25) with a forward Price/Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) of 0.21.
Financials: revenue is $445M, +24.1%/yr average growth. Net income is $6M, growing at -10.6%/yr. Net profit margin is 1.4% (thin). Gross margin is 10.2% (-4.2 pp trend).
Balance sheet: total debt is $50M against $132M equity (Debt-to-Equity (D/E) ratio 0.38, conservative). Current ratio is 4.34 (strong liquidity). Debt-to-assets is 22.3%. Total assets: $227M.
SharesGrow 7-Criteria breakdown: Value 100/100 (Pass), Growth 58/100 (Partial), Past 100/100 (Pass), Health 67/100 (Partial), Moat 21/100 (Fail), Future ?/100 (Fail), Income 30/100 (Fail).