Friedman Industries (FRD) FCF Payout Ratio (2010 - 2025)

Friedman Industries' (FRD) quarterly FCF Payout Ratio came in at 0.04 in Q4 2025, down 124.65% year-on-year from 0.18 in Q4 2024, and up 68.36% quarter-over-quarter from 0.14 in Q3 2025.

Friedman Industries (FRD) FCF Payout Ratio (2010 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

Friedman Industries has disclosed FCF Payout Ratio across 16 years of filings, most recently posting 0.04 for Q4 2025.

  • FCF Payout Ratio for Q4 2025 came in at 0.04, down 124.65% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 was 0.15 (down 213.46% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 0.13, up 81.45% from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio came in at 0.04 for Q4 2025 at Friedman Industries, up from 0.14 in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, FCF Payout Ratio ranged from a high of 0.18 in Q4 2024 to a low of 0.22 in Q2 2021.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Payout Ratio is 0.01 (2021), against an average of 0.01.
  • Across the five-year window, FCF Payout Ratio surged 2248.78% in 2024 and slumped 600.04% in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Friedman Industries' FCF Payout Ratio stood at 0.05 in 2021, then jumped by 74.47% to 0.01 in 2022, then surged by 160.51% to 0.01 in 2023, then soared by 2248.78% to 0.18 in 2024, then plunged by 124.65% to 0.04 in 2025.
  • The last three FCF Payout Ratio figures came in at 0.04 (Q4 2025), 0.14 (Q3 2025), and 0.02 (Q2 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Cover (Qtr)
1 Ternium 94.27 Bn 84.31 Bn 686.87 Mn -
2 Nucor 58.23 Bn 56.84 Bn 1.50 Bn 0.98
3 ArcelorMittal 51.15 Bn 48.81 Bn - -
4 Steel Dynamics 38.88 Bn 38.02 Bn 763.22 Mn 7.01
5 Reliance 20.36 Bn 20.12 Bn 1.17 Bn 0.76
6 Cleveland-Cliffs 7.71 Bn 7.86 Bn -82.00 Mn -
7 Algoma Steel 2.77 Bn 2.77 Bn -92.32 -
8 National Steel 2.24 Bn -552.84 Mn 479.33 Mn -
9 Worthington Steel 2.07 Bn 2.07 Bn 76.10 Mn 0.74
10 Friedman Industries 169.97 Mn 165.36 Mn 30.50 Mn -0.04

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2025 -0.04
Sep 30, 2025 -0.14
Jun 30, 2025 0.02
Mar 31, 2025 -0.02
Dec 31, 2024 0.18
Sep 30, 2024 0.03
Jun 30, 2024 -0.04
Mar 31, 2024 0.05
Dec 31, 2023 0.01
Sep 30, 2023 -0.01
Jun 30, 2023 -0.03
Mar 31, 2023 0.01
Dec 31, 2022 -0.01
Sep 30, 2022 0.00
Jun 30, 2022 -0.01
Mar 31, 2022 0.02
Dec 31, 2021 -0.05
Sep 30, 2021 -0.01
Jun 30, 2021 -0.22
Mar 31, 2021 0.04