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United States · SEC Form 4 · Snapshot date: 2026-10-18 · Built: 2026-10-18 · 中文

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US · SEC FORM 4

FRIEDMAN INDUSTRIES INC

FRD · Nasdaq · CIK 0000039092 · Basic Materials · Steel

INSIDER SIGNAL

No active buy signal

0 qualifying P purchase groups
in the current 180-day scoring window

3 Form 4 transaction lines observed in the same window
0 sales · 3 option, withholding, award, gift or other lines

Last qualifying purchase2026-03-18 · Chhibbar Gaurav · $6.8K

WHY NO ACTIVE SIGNAL?

Purchase activityNone
Recent buyingNone
Recent salesNone
Buy signal statusInactive
Score anatomy

No score is calculated because there is no qualifying purchase in the active window. Unavailable inputs are not treated as zero or as a bearish signal.

ClusterNot calculated
Purchase sizeNot calculated
RoleNot calculated
RecencyNot calculated
ConvictionNot calculated

Why is there no score?

  • No qualifying open-market purchase supplies cluster, size, role, recency or conviction inputs.
  • Sales and other Form 4 activity remain visible as context and do not create a negative score.

Sales and other Form 4 activity are shown separately and do not create a negative buy signal. Absence of buying is not scored as bearish.

Insider activity timeline

Owner lanes show the latest 180 days. Symbol shape identifies the transaction type; sales remain context only.

AprMayJunJulAugSepOct
Taylor Mike JPresident / CEO / Director
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LaRue AlexChief Financial Officer
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Chhibbar GauravChief Operating Officer
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● Purchase▼ Sale○ Other

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Purchase breadth, concentration & cluster buying

These modules activate when qualifying purchases enter the 180-day research window.

SIGNAL HISTORY

No recorded active-signal snapshot

Scores are archived only when the company qualifies for a published US buy-signal snapshot. Last qualifying purchase: 2026-03-18 · Chhibbar Gaurav.

Recent Form 4 activity

11Purchases
0Sales
4Other Form 4 lines
13SEC filings · 365 days
BUYING0 qualifying P line(s) · 180 days
SELLING0 sale line(s) · context only
OTHER3 exercise / withholding / award / gift / other lines
10b5-1 / PLANNEDNot assessed

P is an open-market or private purchase. S is a sale. M, F, A and G usually describe exercises, tax withholding, awards and gifts. These categories remain visually separate.

Market context

Market context provides additional background on recent price performance and risk. It does not affect the Insider Signal.

Price performance

1M
-10.3%
3M
+17.3%
6M
+127.8%
12M
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Volatility & liquidity

Volatility
57.8%
Beta
—
Avg daily value
—

Valuation

Market cap
—
P/E
—

Fundamentals

Profit margin
—
ROE
12.9%
Industry
Steel

Market data

Price data up to: 2026-10-01 · Price source: OpenBB/yfinance · From SEC filings: ROE · Fiscal year ended: 2026-03-31 · Status: PASS

Short interest

Short interest is external context reported to FINRA by broker-dealers. It does not affect the Insider Signal.

Shares short
158,358
Previous report
147,366
Avg daily volume
56,485
Days to cover
2.8

FINRA settlement date: 2026-09-30 · Captured 2026-10-12 · FINRA equity short interest ↗. A share count, published about a week after each of two settlement dates a month; not a percentage of shares outstanding.

Historical equity purchases

Qualifying code P transactions in the local Form 4 history, including purchases outside the current signal window.

Transaction dateReporting ownerTypeSecuritySharesAvg. priceApprox. valueSource
2026-03-18Chhibbar GauravPurchase (P)Common Stock400USD 16.94USD 6,776SEC filing ↗
2026-03-09Taylor Mike JPurchase (P)Common Stock500USD 18.00USD 9,000SEC filing ↗
2026-03-03Taylor Mike JPurchase (P)Common Stock400USD 18.00USD 7,200SEC filing ↗
2026-02-23Taylor Mike JPurchase (P)Common Stock100USD 18.00USD 1,800SEC filing ↗
2026-02-19Chhibbar GauravPurchase (P)Common Stock1,000USD 18.35USD 18,350SEC filing ↗
2026-02-18Taylor Mike JPurchase (P)Common Stock600USD 18.75USD 11,250SEC filing ↗
2025-12-02Taylor Mike JPurchase (P)Common Stock500USD 18.74USD 9,370SEC filing ↗
2025-12-01Scott Sandra KayPurchase (P)Common Stock500USD 20.27USD 10,135SEC filing ↗
2025-11-28Scott Sandra KayPurchase (P)Common Stock500USD 20.05USD 10,025SEC filing ↗
2025-11-24Taylor Mike JPurchase (P)Common Stock1,000USD 19.47USD 19,470SEC filing ↗
2025-11-21Taylor Mike JPurchase (P)Common Stock1,000USD 19.28USD 19,280SEC filing ↗
2025-02-11Stevenson Tim ScottPurchase (P)Common Stock1,500USD 17.23USD 25,845SEC filing ↗
2025-01-29Scott Sandra KayPurchase (P)Common Stock500USD 14.34USD 7,170SEC filing ↗
2025-01-28Scott Sandra KayPurchase (P)Common Stock500USD 14.23USD 7,115SEC filing ↗
2025-01-27Scott Sandra KayPurchase (P)Common Stock700USD 14.21USD 9,947SEC filing ↗

Form 4 evidence

15 transaction lines in the latest 365-day window; 135 in local history.

DateOwnerTypeSecuritySharesAvg. priceApprox. valueSource
2026-06-03Taylor Mike JAward / grant (A)Common Stock30,000USD 0.00USD 0SEC filing ↗
2026-06-03LaRue AlexAward / grant (A)Common Stock10,000USD 0.00USD 0SEC filing ↗
2026-06-03Chhibbar GauravAward / grant (A)Common Stock15,000USD 0.00USD 0SEC filing ↗
Show recent Form 4 evidence (15 grouped rows)
DateOwnerTypeSecuritySharesAvg. priceApprox. valueSource
2026-06-03Taylor Mike JAward / grant (A)Common Stock30,000USD 0.00USD 0SEC filing ↗
2026-06-03LaRue AlexAward / grant (A)Common Stock10,000USD 0.00USD 0SEC filing ↗
2026-06-03Chhibbar GauravAward / grant (A)Common Stock15,000USD 0.00USD 0SEC filing ↗
2026-03-18Chhibbar GauravPurchase (P)Common Stock400USD 16.94USD 6,776SEC filing ↗
2026-03-09Taylor Mike JPurchase (P)Common Stock500USD 18.00USD 9,000SEC filing ↗
2026-03-03Taylor Mike JPurchase (P)Common Stock400USD 18.00USD 7,200SEC filing ↗
2026-02-23Taylor Mike JPurchase (P)Common Stock100USD 18.00USD 1,800SEC filing ↗
2026-02-19Chhibbar GauravPurchase (P)Common Stock1,000USD 18.35USD 18,350SEC filing ↗
2026-02-18Taylor Mike JPurchase (P)Common Stock600USD 18.75USD 11,250SEC filing ↗
2025-12-02Taylor Mike JPurchase (P)Common Stock500USD 18.74USD 9,370SEC filing ↗
2025-12-01Scott Sandra KayPurchase (P)Common Stock500USD 20.27USD 10,135SEC filing ↗
2025-11-28Scott Sandra KayPurchase (P)Common Stock500USD 20.05USD 10,025SEC filing ↗
2025-11-24Taylor Mike JPurchase (P)Common Stock1,000USD 19.47USD 19,470SEC filing ↗
2025-11-21Taylor Mike JPurchase (P)Common Stock1,000USD 19.28USD 19,280SEC filing ↗
2025-11-01Chhibbar GauravAward / grant (A)Common Stock50,000USD 0.00USD 0SEC filing ↗

Multiple price lines in one filing are grouped and share-weighted. Price and value are blank when a grouped filing line lacks price evidence.

Snapshot & identity

Snapshot date2026-10-18
Ranking versionUS-v1.2
Data qualityPASS ELIGIBLE · —
TickerFRD
CIK0000039092
SectorBasic Materials
IndustrySteel Yahoo Finance
SEC SIC3310 Steel Works, Blast Furnaces & Rolling & Finishing Mills
ExchangeNasdaq

Data coverage

Local Form 4 history135 transaction lines from 2020-02-20 to 2026-06-03
78 P purchase lines · 1 S sale lines · 56 other lines
SEC company submissionsOpen SEC filings ↗

Local ledger as of 2026-10-18. Mapping status is an audit field and does not erase SEC filing evidence.