The framework reads markup. Price is trending higher with momentum. The crowd has caught on and buyers are in control. Price has moved down 7.2% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with passing ethical screen. The risk-adjusted return profile shows negative risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it C, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is sitting below its long-term trend line with momentum reading neutral. Over the past year the shares are down 13%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 20%.
Bridgford Foods Corp BRID
Clears both ethical standardsAn entry written while the outcome is still unknown. It will be scored by what the market does next, and it will never be edited to look cleverer than it was.
In plain words · Bridgford Foods Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture, marketing, and distribution of frozen and snack food products in the United States.
read at $6.49
Bridgford Foods Corp holds its Distribution at $6.49.
- PHPhase · the trend structure carries the Distribution label
- INInsiders · no filings inside 60 days, left as found
- POPositioning · no disclosures inside 60 days, left as found
- OPOptions · no verdict drawn today, left as found
- SCScreen · passes the values gate
- edge confirmed
- edge broken
- edge forming
Each arm is one independent read. Conviction is not a single call, it is how many edges converge.
The investor read · the season, not the day
| Phase | Distribution · caution |
| Quantitative state | Consolidating, no directional conviction, held for 415 days |
| Price | $6.49 |
| Valuation | N/A trailing · N/A forward price to earnings |
| Values screen | PASS · score 70.0 |
| Beta | -0.15 |
The business, in plain words · what the numbers mean
| Revenue growth | 11.4% steady growth |
| Profit margin | -6.1% currently unprofitable |
| Return on equity | -12.2% not currently earning a positive return on equity |
| Debt to equity | 0.20 minimal debt — a conservative balance sheet |
| Current ratio | 2.41 comfortably covers its short-term bills |
| Beta | -0.15 barely tracks the market's swings |
| Market cap | $59M |
| Employees | 649 |
The risks · The things to watch: it's a small-cap, so the share price can swing harder than the market.
Plain-English interpretation of our own screen data. Analysis, not advice.
Related securities · others in BRID's space worth a look
Screened names in the same industry · explore each on its own page.
The trader read · the latest dated commentary
The dated journal · newest first, never edited
The framework reads markup. Price is trending higher with momentum. The crowd has caught on and buyers are in control. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with passing ethical screen. The risk-adjusted return profile shows negative risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it C, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is sitting below its long-term trend line with momentum reading neutral. Over the past year the shares are down 13%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 20%.
The framework reads markup. Price is trending higher with momentum. The crowd has caught on and buyers are in control. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with passing ethical screen (70). The risk-adjusted return profile shows negative risk-adjusted returns.
The framework reads markup. Price is trending higher with momentum. The crowd has caught on and buyers are in control. Ethical screening: PASS with passing ethical screen (70). The risk-adjusted return profile shows negative risk-adjusted returns.
Each entry above was written on its date, before the outcome. A journal you can prune is not a journal.
The political ledger · congressional disclosures
| Date | Politician | Party | Type | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-05 | Brian Babin | Republican | Sale | 1K–15K |
What holding actually paid · price plus dividends
| Period | Price then | Price return | Divs per share | $1,000 became | Total return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 month | $8.05 | -14.2% | · | $859 | -14.2% |
| 2 months | $7.50 | -7.9% | · | $921 | -7.9% |
| 3 months | $7.49 | -7.7% | · | $923 | -7.7% |
| 6 months | $8.45 | -18.2% | · | $818 | -18.2% |
| 1 year | $7.98 | -13.4% | · | $866 | -13.4% |
| 2 years | $9.99 | -30.8% | · | $692 | -30.8% |
| 3 years | $11.47 | -39.8% | · | $603 | -39.8% |
| 5 years | $15.11 | -54.3% | · | $457 | -54.3% |
Historical returns from market close data. Past performance does not guarantee future results.