Friedman Industries FRD
NASDAQ FRD
$41.71 -0.83 (-1.95%)
At close: Aug 21, 2026 · 4:00 PM EDT

Friedman Industries (FRD) Return on Invested Capital (2018 - 2026)

Friedman Industries (FRD) posted Return on Invested Capital of 0.8% for Q1 2026, up 40.82% sequentially from 0.57% in Q4 2024.

Friedman Industries (FRD) Return on Invested Capital (2018 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Friedman Industries has reported Return on Invested Capital for 7 years, with the latest figure at 0.8% in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Return on Invested Capital changed N/A year-over-year to 0.8% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.8% (changed N/A YoY) and the FY2024 annual result came in at 2.16%, up 141.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital rose to 0.8% in Q1 2026 per FRD's latest filing, from 0.57% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Return on Invested Capital peaked at 0.8% in Q1 2026 and troughed at 0.15% in Q4 2022.
  • A 4-year average of 0.36% and a median of 0.27% in 2023 frame the typical range for Return on Invested Capital.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: Return on Invested Capital jumped 376 bps in 2022, then tumbled 67 bps in 2023.
  • Over 4 years, Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.15% in 2022, then jumped by 285 bps to 0.27% in 2023, then surged by 109 bps to 0.57% in 2024, then jumped by 41 bps to 0.8% in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Return on Invested Capital over the past three periods registered 0.8%, 0.57%, and 0.72% for Q1 2026, Q4 2024, and Q3 2024 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROIC (Qtr)
1 Ternium 108.84 Bn 98.95 Bn 941.02 Mn -0.07%
2 Nucor 55.75 Bn 53.05 Bn 2.03 Bn 0.04%
3 ArcelorMittal 54.97 Bn 50.12 Bn - 0.00%
4 Steel Dynamics 32.99 Bn 32.40 Bn 958.97 Mn 0.27%
5 Reliance 19.82 Bn 19.59 Bn 1.30 Bn 0.05%
6 Cleveland-Cliffs 6.46 Bn 6.39 Bn 132.00 Mn -
7 Gerdau 5.42 Bn 4.28 Bn 558.98 Mn 0.00%
8 GRUPO SIMEC, S.A.B. de C.V 4.53 Bn 2.97 Bn - -
9 Posco Holdings 4.32 Bn 1.83 Bn 1.04 Bn 0.00%
10 Friedman Industries 290.98 Mn 285.08 Mn 21.03 Mn 1.17%

Historic Data

Download Data
DateValue
Jun 30, 2026 1.17%
Mar 31, 2026 0.80%
Dec 31, 2024 0.57%
Sep 30, 2024 0.72%
Jun 30, 2024 0.43%
Mar 31, 2024 0.52%
Dec 31, 2023 0.27%
Sep 30, 2023 0.18%
Jun 30, 2023 0.13%
Mar 31, 2023 0.16%
Dec 31, 2022 -0.15%
Sep 30, 2022 0.03%
Jun 30, 2022 0.80%
Mar 31, 2022 0.27%
Dec 31, 2021 -3.91%
Sep 30, 2021 -0.12%
Jun 30, 2021 -0.13%
Mar 31, 2021 0.01%
Dec 31, 2020 -0.01%
Sep 30, 2020 -0.03%