Processes steel coils into flat sheet and plate steel. Resells steel coils to various customers. Now — the numbers.
That much dependence is a risk in itself: if this one line weakens, the whole company feels it directly.
This is an established company with proven profits.
Average growth of 23% a year over the last 4 years. Every year shown ended in profit.
The market pays 16× for every dollar of annual profit — around what a business like this usually costs.
Against companies in its own sector, it looks cheaper than 73% of them.
No analyst target is on record for this company.
We compared this company with its own sector across five subjects.
A score of 50 means class average.
Profit indicators sit around the sector average.
A solid grade overall — yet the debt outweighs the cash. The strength here comes from earnings power.
Clearly above the class average — a step short of the very top.
Sales are growing strongly for its sector.
The stock has been running stronger than the market lately.
No real weak spot in any of the five subjects — a balanced report card.
The stock trades below its recent peak — about 10% off the top. A pullback, not a collapse.
Over the last 4 years, sales grew about 23% a year on average.
Over the last 12 months, company executives reported 20 buys and 1 sell. Management buying with its own money is usually read as a good sign.
It pays out $0.16 per share each year — regular cash for whoever holds the stock.
Costs swallow the gains that sales growth brings in.
On our five-subject report card, FRD sits in the middle of the class: some subjects shine, others don’t. The grade moves as the numbers move.
The takeaway: FRD is an established business that has proven its profits for years. The real debate here isn’t the price — it’s whether the company can keep up this pace.
The total grade weighs these five subjects against the sector — it isn’t a simple average of the five.
Not covered, because the filings we hold do not carry it: earnings execution.