Compare Stocks: LUD, FRD, WEBC, and ACNT

Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
ACNT Ascent Industries	$15.47 -0.3%	$14.53	$11.62 ▼ $17.92	$139.82M	0.52	34,937 shs	34,005 shs
FRD Friedman Industries	$33.25 -1.0%	$31.56	$14.51 ▼ $39.07	$239.83M	1.56	81,736 shs	34,128 shs
LUD Luda Technology Group	$4.44 +7.8%	$4.71	$2.90 ▼ $24.20	$100.74M	6.18	14,261 shs	75,139 shs
WEBC Webco Industries	$275.00 -15.4%	$310.24	$186.00 ▼ $332.00	$187.70M	-0.06	42 shs	10 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
ACNT Ascent Industries	-0.32%	+2.25%	+2.38%	+4.95%	+19.83%
FRD Friedman Industries	-1.11%	-6.60%	-5.08%	+61.64%	+114.52%
LUD Luda Technology Group	+7.77%	+8.56%	-11.20%	-26.25%	+3.26%
WEBC Webco Industries	-15.38%	-15.38%	-11.29%	+7.84%	+47.06%

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
ACNT Ascent Industries	$15.47 -0.3%	$14.53	$11.62 ▼ $17.92	$139.82M	0.52	34,937 shs	34,005 shs
FRD Friedman Industries	$33.25 -1.0%	$31.56	$14.51 ▼ $39.07	$239.83M	1.56	81,736 shs	34,128 shs
LUD Luda Technology Group	$4.44 +7.8%	$4.71	$2.90 ▼ $24.20	$100.74M	6.18	14,261 shs	75,139 shs
WEBC Webco Industries	$275.00 -15.4%	$310.24	$186.00 ▼ $332.00	$187.70M	-0.06	42 shs	10 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
ACNT Ascent Industries	-0.32%	+2.25%	+2.38%	+4.95%	+19.83%
FRD Friedman Industries	-1.11%	-6.60%	-5.08%	+61.64%	+114.52%
LUD Luda Technology Group	+7.77%	+8.56%	-11.20%	-26.25%	+3.26%
WEBC Webco Industries	-15.38%	-15.38%	-11.29%	+7.84%	+47.06%

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
ACNT Ascent Industries	1.00	Sell	N/A	N/A
FRD Friedman Industries	3.00	Buy	N/A	N/A
LUD Luda Technology Group	0.00	N/A	N/A	N/A
WEBC Webco Industries	0.00	N/A	N/A	N/A

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest LUD, FRD, WEBC, and ACNT Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target	Details
7/24/2026	ACNT Ascent Industries	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Sell (D+)
6/4/2026	FRD Friedman Industries	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold (C+) ➝ Buy (B-)

(Data available from 8/1/2023 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
ACNT Ascent Industries	$74.94M	1.87	$0.14 per share	111.62	$9.29 per share	1.67
FRD Friedman Industries	$646.91M	0.37	$3.30 per share	10.09	$21.30 per share	1.56
LUD Luda Technology Group	$33.53M	3.00	$0.05 per share	86.92	$0.98 per share	4.53
WEBC Webco Industries	$584.68M	0.32	N/A	N/A	N/A	∞

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
ACNT Ascent Industries	$870K	$0.13	119.01	N/A	N/A	1.54%	-4.37%	-3.31%	8/4/2026 (Estimated)
FRD Friedman Industries	$19.53M	$2.76	12.05	N/A	N/A	3.02%	13.70%	6.63%	8/6/2026 (Estimated)
LUD Luda Technology Group	$560K	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
WEBC Webco Industries	$9.32M	$28.37	9.69	N/A	N/A	3.09%	N/A	N/A	N/A

Latest LUD, FRD, WEBC, and ACNT Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
6/11/2026	Q4 2026	FRD Friedman Industries	N/A	$1.30	N/A	$1.30	N/A	$191.78 million
5/26/2026	Q3 2026	WEBC Webco Industries	N/A	$11.61	N/A	$11.61	N/A	$179.60 million
5/16/2026	Q4 2025	LUD Luda Technology Group	N/A	$0.03	N/A	$0.0250	N/A	$8.20 million
5/6/2026	Q1 2026	ACNT Ascent Industries	N/A	-$0.21	N/A	-$0.21	N/A	$19.42 million

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	5-Year Annualized Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
ACNT Ascent Industries	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
FRD Friedman Industries	$0.16	0.48%	+14.87%	5.80%	1 Years
LUD Luda Technology Group	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
WEBC Webco Industries	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Latest LUD, FRD, WEBC, and ACNT Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
6/24/2026	FRD Friedman Industries	quarterly	$0.04	0.47%	7/17/2026	7/17/2026	8/7/2026

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
ACNT Ascent Industries	0.01	8.69	7.82
FRD Friedman Industries	0.02	3.38	1.11
LUD Luda Technology Group	0.08	1.63	1.43
WEBC Webco Industries	N/A	N/A	N/A

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
ACNT Ascent Industries	26.05%
FRD Friedman Industries	33.26%
LUD Luda Technology Group	N/A
WEBC Webco Industries	N/A

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
ACNT Ascent Industries	7.50%
FRD Friedman Industries	5.50%
LUD Luda Technology Group	N/A
WEBC Webco Industries	54.40%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
ACNT Ascent Industries	710	9.04 million	8.36 million	Optionable
FRD Friedman Industries	100	7.21 million	6.82 million	N/A
LUD Luda Technology Group	161	22.69 million	N/A	N/A
WEBC Webco Industries	860	680,000	311,000	Not Optionable

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Webco Industries receives Oklahoma Employer of Veterans Award

November 7, 2025 | fox23.comF

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October 4, 2025 | finance.yahoo.com

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October 1, 2025 | prnewswire.com

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September 13, 2025 | fox23.comF

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August 22, 2025 | tulsaworld.comT

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WEBCO INDUSTRIES, INC. REPORTS FISCAL 2025 FIRST QUARTER RESULTS

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Growing St. Louis-area metal fabricator acquired by Kansas business

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LUD, FRD, WEBC, and ACNT Company Descriptions

Ascent Industries NASDAQ:ACNT

$15.47 -0.05 (-0.32%)

Closing price 07/31/2026 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$15.50 +0.02 (+0.16%)

As of 07/31/2026 04:10 PM Eastern

Ascent Industries Co. an industrials company, produces and distributes stainless steel pipe and tube and specialty chemicals in the United States and internationally. The company operates through two segments, Tubular Products and Specialty Chemicals. It manufactures welded pipes and tubes, primarily from stainless steel, duplex, and nickel alloys; and ornamental stainless steel tubes for automotive, commercial transportation, marine, food services, construction, furniture, healthcare, and other industries. The company also produces defoamers, surfactants, and lubricating agents for end users, including companies that supply agrochemical paper, metal working, coatings, water treatment, paint, mining, oil and gas, and janitorial and other applications. In addition, it provides contract manufacturing services, as well as operates as a multi-purpose plant to process various difficult to handle materials, including flammable solvents, viscous liquids, and granular solids. The company was formerly known as Synalloy Corporation and changed its name to Ascent Industries Co. in August 2022. Ascent Industries Co. was founded in 1945 and is based in Oak Brook, Illinois.

Friedman Industries NASDAQ:FRD

$33.25 -0.33 (-0.98%)

Closing price 07/31/2026 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$33.22 -0.03 (-0.09%)

As of 07/31/2026 07:34 PM Eastern

Friedman Industries, Incorporated engages in steel processing, pipe manufacturing and processing, and the steel and pipe distribution businesses the United States. It operates in two segments, Coil and Tubular. The Coil segment is involved in the conversion of steel coils into flat sheet and plate steel cut to customer specifications and reselling steel coils. This segment also processes customer-owned coils on a fee basis. The company sells coil products and processing services to approximately 200 customers located primarily in the midwestern, southwestern and southeastern regions of the United States. Its principal customers for these products and services are steel distributors and customers manufacturing steel products, such as steel buildings, railroad cars, barges, tanks and containers, trailers, component parts and other fabricated steel products. The Tubular segment manufactures line and oil country pipes, as well as pipes for structural applications. This segment sells its tubular products principally to steel and pipe distributors through its own sales force. The company was incorporated in 1965 and is headquartered in Longview, Texas.

Luda Technology Group NYSEAMERICAN:LUD

$4.44 +0.32 (+7.77%)

Closing price 07/31/2026 04:10 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$4.47 +0.03 (+0.74%)

As of 07/31/2026 08:00 PM Eastern

We are a manufacturer and trader of stainless steel and carbon steel flanges and fittings products. Our history began with Luda HK which was incorporated in Hong Kong in 2004 and is principally engaged in the trading of steel flanges and fittings. In 2005, the Company’s business expanded further upstream when Luda PRC was set up to commence the manufacturing of flanges and fittings with self-owned factory in China. We have established an operation history of over 20 years. We are principally engaged in (i) the manufacture and sale of stainless steel and carbon steel flanges and fittings products; and (ii) trading of steel pipes, valves, and other steel tubing products. We are headquartered in Hong Kong with manufacturing base in Taian City, Shandong Province of the PRC. Our sales network comprises customers from China, South America, Australia, Europe, Asia (excluding China) and North America and our customers comprise manufacturers and traders from the chemical, petrochemical, maritime and manufacturing industries. Our principal office is located in Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

Webco Industries OTCMKTS:WEBC

$275.00 -50.00 (-15.38%)

As of 07/31/2026 03:36 PM Eastern

Webco Industries, Inc. manufactures and distributes carbon steel, stainless steel, and other metal tubular products. The company offers cold drawn welded and seamless tubing products for use in air cooler and heater, boiler tube, coiled tubing, steam surface condenser, feed water heater, heat exchanger, instrumentation tubing, mechanical tube, welded pipe, pressure tubing, and specialty stainless tubing, as well as original equipment manufacturer applications. It serves power-gen tubing, oil and gas tubular, process tubing, and automotive/industrial tubular industries. Webco Industries, Inc. was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Sand Springs, Oklahoma.

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