Friedman Industries EV/EBIT FRD

Enterprise value divided by operating profit over the last twelve months, one-off items taken out, since 2012.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 10.0×
9-year median: 10.7×
Against its 9-year history: 48th; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
9-year range: 1.3× to 173×
Peer median: 11.1×

Friedman Industries' EV/EBIT is 10.0× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is below its 9-year median of 10.7×, close to the middle of its last 9 years.

Over that time it ranged from 1.3× in Jul 2022 to 173× in Dec 2017.

The median for 3 steel stocks of a similar size is 11.1×.

EV/EBIT over time

median 10.7×

The dashed line is the 9-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

Open the interactive chart, with overlays and comparisons

Year by year

Year	End of year	Low	High
2026 so far	10.0×	9.6×	15.9×
2025	16.1×	11.6×	54.2×
2024	12.6×	5.9×	13.9×
2023	n/m a value too high to mean anything
2022	1.7×	1.3×	2.0×
2021	1.4×	1.3×	48.0×
2020	n/m a value too high to mean anything
2019	9.1×	3.7×	9.3×
2018	3.6×	3.5×	168×
2017	173×	155×	173×
2016	94.3×	56.4×	268×
2015	289×	23.0×	314×
2014	32.1×	9.6×	82.0×
2013	10.4×	4.4×	12.0×
2012	4.2×	3.9×	4.7×

Against its peers

Companies in Steel nearest Friedman Industries' size, closest first, today.

Company	EV/EBIT
FRDFriedman Industries	10.0×
IIINInsteel Industries	11.1×
MTUSMetallus	99.0×
BWENBroadwind	6.4×
Peer median	11.1×

Where Friedman Industries ranks

What the EV/EBIT tells you

What the whole business costs against its operating profit. Enterprise value is the market value plus borrowings and minority interests, less cash. EBIT is operating profit before interest and tax, with one-offs taken out. Unlike PE it is not moved by how a company is financed.

Leases are left out of debt for every company. Banks earn on their balance sheet, so EV/EBIT does not describe them.

More on Friedman Industries

Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of Oct 23, 2026. Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.