FRD vs. UAMY, ACNT, HUHU, LUD, BWEN, APWC, OCC, AQMS, INHD, and HWM
Should you be buying Friedman Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Friedman Industries include United States Antimony (UAMY), Ascent Industries (ACNT), HUHUTECH International Group (HUHU), Luda Technology Group (LUD), Broadwind (BWEN), Asia Pacific Wire & Cable (APWC), Optical Cable (OCC), Aqua Metals (AQMS), Inno (INHD), and Howmet Aerospace (HWM). These companies are all part of the "steel works" industry.
Friedman Industries vs.
Friedman Industries (NASDAQ:FRD) and United States Antimony (NYSE:UAMY) are both small-cap manufacturing companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and dividends.
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.
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.
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.
Friedman Industries has a beta of 1.56, meaning that its share price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, United States Antimony has a beta of 0.15, meaning that its share price is 85% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, United States Antimony had 6 more articles in the media than Friedman Industries. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for United States Antimony and 0 mentions for Friedman Industries. United States Antimony's average media sentiment score of 0.43 beat Friedman Industries' score of 0.00 indicating that United States Antimony is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
United States Antimony has a consensus target price of $3.38, suggesting a potential upside of 33.40%. Given United States Antimony's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe United States Antimony is more favorable than Friedman Industries.
33.3% of Friedman Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.5% of United States Antimony shares are held by institutional investors. 4.6% of Friedman Industries shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of United States Antimony shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Friedman Industries beats United States Antimony on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:FRD) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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