Friedman Industries (FRD) Competitors

Friedman Industries (NASDAQ:FRD) and United States Antimony (NYSE:UAMY) are both small-cap manufacturing companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, valuation, earnings and risk.

Do analysts prefer FRD or UAMY?

United States Antimony has a consensus price target of $3.38, indicating a potential upside of 11.75%. Given United States Antimony's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe United States Antimony is more favorable than Friedman Industries.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Friedman Industries	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
United States Antimony	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.20

Is FRD or UAMY more profitable?

Friedman Industries has a net margin of 0.00% compared to United States Antimony's net margin of -45.32%. Friedman Industries' return on equity of 0.00% beat United States Antimony's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Friedman Industries	N/A	N/A	N/A
United States Antimony	-45.32%	-16.58%	-14.69%

Which has more risk & volatility, FRD or UAMY?

Friedman Industries has a beta of 1.51, meaning that its stock price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, United States Antimony has a beta of 0.07, meaning that its stock price is 93% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer FRD or UAMY?

In the previous week, Friedman Industries had 1 more articles in the media than United States Antimony. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Friedman Industries and 2 mentions for United States Antimony. United States Antimony's average media sentiment score of 1.88 beat Friedman Industries' score of 1.54 indicating that United States Antimony is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Friedman Industries	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
United States Antimony	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in FRD or UAMY?

United States Antimony received 9 more outperform votes than Friedman Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Friedman Industries an outperform vote while only 14.29% of users gave United States Antimony an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Friedman Industries	Outperform Votes 2 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes
United States Antimony	Outperform Votes 11 14.29%	Underperform Votes 66 85.71%

Do institutionals & insiders believe in FRD or UAMY?

33.3% of Friedman Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.5% of United States Antimony shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.6% of Friedman Industries shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of United States Antimony shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has better earnings & valuation, FRD or UAMY?

Friedman Industries has higher revenue and earnings than United States Antimony. United States Antimony is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Friedman Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Friedman Industries	$447.62M	0.26	$5.65M	$0.81	20.99
United States Antimony	$18.87M	19.06	-$6.35M	-$0.04	-75.50

Summary

Friedman Industries beats United States Antimony on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.