FRD Quote, Financials, Valuation and Earnings

Nucor has a net margin of 4.14% compared to Friedman Industries's net margin of 1.99%. Friedman Industries's return on equity of 4.71% beat Nucor's return on equity of 6.22%.

Friedman Industries has a consensus price target of --, signalling downside risk potential of --. On the other hand Nucor has an analysts' consensus of $149.99 which suggests that it could grow by 8.85%. Given that Nucor has higher upside potential than Friedman Industries, analysts believe Nucor is more attractive than Friedman Industries.

Friedman Industries has a beta of 1.485, which suggesting that the stock is 48.545% more volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Nucor has a beta of 1.705, suggesting its more volatile than the S&P 500 by 70.46%.

Friedman Industries has a quarterly dividend of $0.04 per share corresponding to a yield of 1.02%. Nucor offers a yield of 1.59% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.55 per share. Friedman Industries pays 18.32% of its earnings as a dividend. Nucor pays out 25.75% of its earnings as a dividend. Both of these payout ratios are sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

Friedman Industries quarterly revenues are $129.2M, which are smaller than Nucor quarterly revenues of $7.8B. Friedman Industries's net income of $5.3M is lower than Nucor's net income of $156M. Notably, Friedman Industries's price-to-earnings ratio is 18.21x while Nucor's PE ratio is 24.52x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for Friedman Industries is 0.24x versus 1.07x for Nucor. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

Reliance has a net margin of 4.14% compared to Friedman Industries's net margin of 5.73%. Friedman Industries's return on equity of 4.71% beat Reliance's return on equity of 10.35%.

Friedman Industries has a consensus price target of --, signalling downside risk potential of --. On the other hand Reliance has an analysts' consensus of $333.38 which suggests that it could grow by 2.28%. Given that Reliance has higher upside potential than Friedman Industries, analysts believe Reliance is more attractive than Friedman Industries.

Friedman Industries has a beta of 1.485, which suggesting that the stock is 48.545% more volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Reliance has a beta of 0.892, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 10.846%.

Friedman Industries has a quarterly dividend of $0.04 per share corresponding to a yield of 1.02%. Reliance offers a yield of 1.41% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $1.20 per share. Friedman Industries pays 18.32% of its earnings as a dividend. Reliance pays out 28.53% of its earnings as a dividend. Both of these payout ratios are sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

Friedman Industries quarterly revenues are $129.2M, which are smaller than Reliance quarterly revenues of $3.5B. Friedman Industries's net income of $5.3M is lower than Reliance's net income of $199.7M. Notably, Friedman Industries's price-to-earnings ratio is 18.21x while Reliance's PE ratio is 23.36x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for Friedman Industries is 0.24x versus 1.31x for Reliance. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

Steel Dynamics has a net margin of 4.14% compared to Friedman Industries's net margin of 4.97%. Friedman Industries's return on equity of 4.71% beat Steel Dynamics's return on equity of 13%.

Friedman Industries has a consensus price target of --, signalling downside risk potential of --. On the other hand Steel Dynamics has an analysts' consensus of $149.07 which suggests that it could grow by 16.94%. Given that Steel Dynamics has higher upside potential than Friedman Industries, analysts believe Steel Dynamics is more attractive than Friedman Industries.

Friedman Industries has a beta of 1.485, which suggesting that the stock is 48.545% more volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Steel Dynamics has a beta of 1.370, suggesting its more volatile than the S&P 500 by 36.988%.

Friedman Industries has a quarterly dividend of $0.04 per share corresponding to a yield of 1.02%. Steel Dynamics offers a yield of 1.51% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.50 per share. Friedman Industries pays 18.32% of its earnings as a dividend. Steel Dynamics pays out 18.39% of its earnings as a dividend. Both of these payout ratios are sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

Friedman Industries quarterly revenues are $129.2M, which are smaller than Steel Dynamics quarterly revenues of $4.4B. Friedman Industries's net income of $5.3M is lower than Steel Dynamics's net income of $217.2M. Notably, Friedman Industries's price-to-earnings ratio is 18.21x while Steel Dynamics's PE ratio is 16.84x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for Friedman Industries is 0.24x versus 1.14x for Steel Dynamics. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.