FRD vs VCRE Comparison

Friedman Industries Inc is a manufacturer and processor of metals and operates in two reportable segments: flat-roll products and tubular products. The flat-roll product segment consists of flat-roll processing facilities located in Hickman, Arkansas; Decatur, Alabama; Miami, Florida; East Chicago, Indiana; Granite City, Illinois and Sinton, Texas and a flat-roll distribution facility located in Orlando, Florida. The tubular product segment consists of the Company's Texas Tubular Products division (TTP) located in Lone Star, Texas. TTP operates two electric resistance welded pipe mills with a combined outside diameter (OD). Its products are flat-roll products and tubular products.

Vicore Pharma Holding AB is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing a new class of disease-modifying therapies for respiratory and fibrotic diseases, including idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). Its main program, buloxibutid, is an oral angiotensin II type 2 receptor agonist that has received Orphan Drug and Fast Track designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and is currently being evaluated in the 52-week Phase 2b ASPIRE trial in IPF. Currently, Vicore is operating mainly in Sweden.