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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-25-020225"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FRD"
cik: "0000039092"
company_name: "FRIEDMAN INDUSTRIES INC"
filed_at: "2025-06-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-19T11:43:26.412939+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Friedman Industries Q4 earnings $5.3M; FY2025 net income falls to $6.1M from $17.3M YoY

## Summary
- Q4 2025 net earnings $5.3M ($0.76 diluted EPS) on sales $129.2M vs Q4 2024 net earnings $5.0M ($0.71) on sales $132.2M.
- Fiscal 2025 net earnings $6.1M ($0.87 diluted EPS) vs $17.3M ($2.39) in fiscal 2024; sales down to $444.6M from $516.3M.
- Record quarterly sales volume ~166,500 tons, up 5% YoY and 28% from Q3; steel prices rose 35% in Q4.
- Hedging gains of $1.8M in Q4 and $7.6M for fiscal 2025 helped offset price volatility.
- Outlook: Q1 FY2026 volume slightly lower due to downtime but expects improved margins.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-25-020225
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FRD
- cik: 0000039092
- company_name: FRIEDMAN INDUSTRIES INC
- filed_at: 2025-06-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/39092/000143774925020225/0001437749-25-020225-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/39092/000143774925020225/frd20250612_8k.htm

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