The framework reads markup. Price is trending higher with momentum. The crowd has caught on and buyers are in control. Price has moved down 1.8% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with passing ethical screen. The risk-adjusted return profile shows good risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it A, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is holding around 22% above its long-term trend line with momentum reading overbought. Over the past year the shares are up 55%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 29%.
Friedman Industries Inc FRD
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In plain words · Friedman Industries, Incorporated engages in the manufacture and processing of steel products in the United States.
read at $34.09
Friedman Industries Inc holds its Markup at $34.09.
- PHPhase · the trend structure carries the Markup 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 | Markup |
| Quantitative state | The statistical read favours the buyers, held for 5 days |
| Price | $34.09 |
| Valuation | 12.35 trailing · N/A forward price to earnings |
| Values screen | PASS · score 70.0 |
| Beta | 1.56 |
The business, in plain words · what the numbers mean
| Trailing P/E | 12.4x reasonably valued |
| Revenue growth | 48.4% growing very fast |
| Profit margin | 3.0% barely profitable |
| Return on equity | 13.8% a solid return on shareholder capital |
| Debt to equity | 0.67 moderate, manageable leverage |
| Current ratio | 3.38 comfortably covers its short-term bills |
| Beta | 1.56 much more volatile than the market |
| Market cap | $242M |
| Employees | 381 |
The risks · The things to watch: it's a small-cap, so the share price can swing harder than the market; it already moves more than the market on an average day.
Plain-English interpretation of our own screen data. Analysis, not advice.
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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 good risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it A, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is holding around 22% above its long-term trend line with momentum reading overbought. Over the past year the shares are up 55%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 29%.
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 good 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 good risk-adjusted returns.
Each entry above was written on its date, before the outcome. A journal you can prune is not a journal.
What holding actually paid · price plus dividends
| Period | Price then | Price return | Divs per share | $1,000 became | Total return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 month | $21.43 | +19.4% | · | $1,194 | +19.4% |
| 2 months | $18.26 | +40.2% | $0.04 | $1,404 | +40.4% |
| 3 months | $16.99 | +50.7% | $0.04 | $1,509 | +50.9% |
| 6 months | $20.15 | +27.0% | $0.08 | $1,274 | +27.4% |
| 1 year | $16.50 | +55.1% | $0.16 | $1,561 | +56.1% |
| 2 years | $15.65 | +63.5% | $0.32 | $1,656 | +65.6% |
| 3 years | $9.60 | +166.5% | $0.42 | $2,709 | +170.9% |
| 5 years | $12.90 | +98.4% | $0.58 | $2,028 | +102.8% |
Historical returns from market close data. Past performance does not guarantee future results.