Friedman Industries (FRD) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2025)

Friedman Industries' (FRD) quarterly Return on Capital Employed came in at 7.96% in Q4 2025, up 550.0% year-on-year from 1.22% in Q4 2024, and up 5.75% quarter-over-quarter from 7.53% in Q3 2025.

Friedman Industries (FRD) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

Friedman Industries has disclosed Return on Capital Employed across 15 years of filings, most recently posting 7.96% for Q4 2025.

  • Return on Capital Employed for Q4 2025 came in at 7.96%, up 550.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 was 7.96% (up 550.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 1.6%, down 1367.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed came in at 7.96% for Q4 2025 at Friedman Industries, up from 7.53% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 38.28% in Q3 2021 to a low of 1.48% in Q3 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 9.52% (2025), against an average of 13.42%.
  • Across the five-year window, Return on Capital Employed jumped 4824 bps in 2021 and slumped 3679 bps in 2022, its largest moves.
  • Friedman Industries' Return on Capital Employed stood at 32.6% in 2021, then tumbled by 82 bps to 5.99% in 2022, then surged by 142 bps to 14.53% in 2023, then plunged by 83 bps to 2.46% in 2024, then surged by 223 bps to 7.96% in 2025.
  • The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 7.96% (Q4 2025), 7.53% (Q3 2025), and 6.29% (Q2 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 Ternium 94.27 Bn 84.31 Bn 686.87 Mn 4.28%
2 Nucor 58.23 Bn 56.84 Bn 1.50 Bn 11.08%
3 ArcelorMittal 51.15 Bn 48.81 Bn - 4.68%
4 Steel Dynamics 38.88 Bn 38.02 Bn 763.22 Mn 12.08%
5 Reliance 20.36 Bn 20.12 Bn 1.17 Bn 11.59%
6 Cleveland-Cliffs 7.71 Bn 7.86 Bn -82.00 Mn -7.44%
7 Algoma Steel 2.77 Bn 2.77 Bn -92.32 62.17%
8 National Steel 2.24 Bn -552.84 Mn 479.33 Mn -
9 Worthington Steel 2.07 Bn 2.07 Bn 76.10 Mn 9.38%
10 Friedman Industries 169.97 Mn 165.36 Mn 30.50 Mn 7.96%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2025 7.96%
Sep 30, 2025 7.53%
Jun 30, 2025 6.29%
Mar 31, 2025 1.69%
Dec 31, 2024 2.46%
Sep 30, 2024 6.39%
Jun 30, 2024 6.80%
Mar 31, 2024 13.98%
Dec 31, 2023 14.53%
Sep 30, 2023 11.07%
Jun 30, 2023 11.77%
Mar 31, 2023 13.47%
Dec 31, 2022 5.99%
Sep 30, 2022 1.48%
Jun 30, 2022 17.25%
Mar 31, 2022 30.22%
Dec 31, 2021 32.60%
Sep 30, 2021 38.28%
Jun 30, 2021 36.38%
Mar 31, 2021 2.26%