Friedman Industries (FRD) Times Interest Earned (2017 - 2025)
Friedman Industries' (FRD) quarterly Times Interest Earned came in at -$3.05 in Q4 2025, down 262.44% year-on-year from $1.88 in Q4 2024, and up 20.1% quarter-over-quarter from -$3.82 in Q3 2025.
Friedman Industries (FRD) Times Interest Earned (2017 - 2025) Analysis & Trends
Friedman Industries has disclosed Times Interest Earned across 9 years of filings, most recently posting -$3.05 for Q4 2025.
- Times Interest Earned for Q4 2025 came in at -$3.05, down 262.44% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 was -$9.26 (down 126.27% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was -$1.03, down 112.91% from the prior year.
- Times Interest Earned came in at -$3.05 for Q4 2025 at Friedman Industries, up from -$3.82 in the prior quarter.
- In the past five years, Times Interest Earned ranged from a high of $606.81 in Q2 2021 to a low of -$95.89 in Q4 2021.
- The 5-year median for Times Interest Earned is $1.17 (2021), against an average of $43.34.
- Across the five-year window, Times Interest Earned plunged 4203.08% in 2022 and surged 1246.28% in 2023, its largest moves.
- Friedman Industries' Times Interest Earned stood at -$95.89 in 2021, then soared by 96.67% to -$3.19 in 2022, then soared by 344.97% to $7.81 in 2023, then slumped by 75.96% to $1.88 in 2024, then tumbled by 262.44% to -$3.05 in 2025.
- The last three Times Interest Earned figures came in at -$3.05 (Q4 2025), -$3.82 (Q3 2025), and $10.39 (Q2 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Times Interest Earned (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ternium | 94.27 Bn | 84.31 Bn | 686.87 Mn | -5.78 |
| 2 | Nucor | 58.23 Bn | 56.84 Bn | 1.50 Bn | 28.79 |
| 3 | ArcelorMittal | 51.15 Bn | 48.81 Bn | - | - |
| 4 | Steel Dynamics | 38.88 Bn | 38.02 Bn | 763.22 Mn | 16.18 |
| 5 | Reliance | 20.36 Bn | 20.12 Bn | 1.17 Bn | 23.89 |
| 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 | -3.08 |
| 9 | Worthington Steel | 2.07 Bn | 2.07 Bn | 76.10 Mn | 1.48 |
| 10 | Friedman Industries | 169.97 Mn | 165.36 Mn | 30.50 Mn | -3.05 |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Dec 31, 2025 | -3.05 |
| Sep 30, 2025 | -3.82 |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 10.39 |
| Mar 31, 2025 | -7.59 |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 1.88 |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 0.26 |
| Jun 30, 2024 | -2.05 |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 7.40 |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 7.81 |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 1.31 |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 19.18 |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 1.95 |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -3.19 |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -0.11 |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 28.72 |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -42.20 |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -95.89 |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 337.95 |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 606.81 |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 1.03 |