FRD — FRIEDMAN INDUSTRIES INC
Price · 2024-08-26 → 2026-08-21
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Performance
Technicals
Dividends
Measured signals that fired on FRD
| date | signal | measured base rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-13 | Equal highs taken out structure | -0.70% over 21 days · t = -8.28 · n = 68,636 statistically distinguishable from its control group |
| 2026-08-06 | Breakout to a 52-week high price | -1.00% over 21 days · t = -8.58 · n = 24,386 statistically distinguishable from its control group |
| 2026-07-28 | Equal highs taken out structure | -0.70% over 21 days · t = -8.28 · n = 68,636 statistically distinguishable from its control group |
| 2026-07-14 | Volume shock without a price move price | -1.33% over 21 days · t = -4.53 · n = 16,432 statistically distinguishable from its control group |
Excess return against a matched control group, on a point-in-time universe that includes delisted companies. Most families do not survive that. How the measurement works →
Insider transactions (Form 4)
| date | insider | what | shares | price | value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-03 | Chhibbar Gaurav Chief Operating Officer | Grant or award | 15.0K | 0.00 | 0 |
| 2026-06-03 | Taylor Mike J President / CEO / Director | Grant or award | 30.0K | 0.00 | 0 |
| 2026-06-03 | LaRue Alex Chief Financial Officer | Grant or award | 10.0K | 0.00 | 0 |
| 2026-03-18 | Chhibbar Gaurav Chief Operating Officer | Open-market purchase | 400 | 16.94 | 6.8K |
| 2026-03-09 | Taylor Mike J President / CEO / Director | Open-market purchase | 500 | 18.00 | 9.0K |
| 2026-03-03 | Taylor Mike J President / CEO / Director | Open-market purchase | 400 | 18.00 | 7.2K |
| 2026-02-23 | Taylor Mike J President / CEO / Director | Open-market purchase | 100 | 18.00 | 1.8K |
| 2026-02-19 | Chhibbar Gaurav Chief Operating Officer | Open-market purchase | 1.0K | 18.35 | 18.4K |
| 2026-02-18 | Taylor Mike J President / CEO / Director | Open-market purchase | 600 | 18.75 | 11.2K |
| 2025-12-02 | Taylor Mike J President / CEO / Director | Open-market purchase | 500 | 18.74 | 9.4K |
Open-market purchases (code P) are the informative ones. Grants, option exercises and tax withholding are compensation mechanics, not decisions. How to read a Form 4 →
Largest institutional holders
| manager | value | shares |
|---|---|---|
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP | 9.6M | 541.7K |
| De Lisle Partners LLP | 7.4M | 419.8K |
| GENDELL JEFFREY L | 6.3M | 354.6K |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC | 5.9M | 331.3K |
| BlackRock, Inc. | 5.8M | 328.5K |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | 5.1M | 288.5K |
| Mink Brook Asset Management LLC | 2.9M | 162.9K |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | 2.8M | 159.5K |
| Truffle Hound Capital, LLC | 2.7M | 150.0K |
| BRIDGEWAY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | 2.1M | 119.9K |
13F positions as of 2026-03-31, filed up to 45 days after quarter end. Long-only US equity — shorts and derivatives never appear. What 13F does and does not show →
Short selling
This is off-exchange short volume, not short interest: it is flow, not position, and 40–50% is normal because market makers short to fill your buy. Why that number misleads →
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