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Friedman Industries Executive Compensation (FY26)

FRD · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2022 to 2026
Chief executive, fiscal 2026
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Michael Taylor
Latest say-on-pay support
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September 18, 2025
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Data as of November 6, 2026Latest filing (DEF 14A): July 28, 2026
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Chief executive total compensation — Michael Taylor: $700,734 → $2,709,607 (286.7% higher)
Say-on-pay support: 95.1% → 97.6% (2.5 points higher)

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Who is Friedman Industries' chief executive and what were they paid?
Michael Taylor was paid $2,709,607 in total compensation as President & Chief Executive Officer for fiscal 2026. Compared with the $700,734 reported for fiscal 2025, Taylor's total was 286.7% higher.
What was Friedman Industries' say-on-pay result?
Shareholders supported the say-on-pay proposal with 97.6% of votes cast for or against in favor at the meeting held September 18, 2025 for fiscal 2025.

Executive compensation

Every element reported for each named executive officer, by fiscal year.
Fiscal 2022
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Michael Taylor
President & Chief Executive Officer
◇◇————◇◇
Alex LaRue
Chief Financial Officer — Secretary & Treasurer
◇◇————◇◇
Fiscal 2023
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Michael Taylor
President & Chief Executive Officer
◇◇————◇◇
Alex LaRue
Chief Financial Officer — Secretary & Treasurer
◇◇————◇◇
Fiscal 2024
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Michael Taylor
President & Chief Executive Officer
◇◇————◇◇
Alex LaRue
Chief Financial Officer — Secretary & Treasurer
◇◇————◇◇
Fiscal 2025
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Michael Taylor
President & Chief Executive Officer
◇◇————◇◇
Alex LaRue
Chief Financial Officer — Secretary & Treasurer
◇◇————◇◇
Fiscal 2026
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Michael Taylor
President & Chief Executive Officer
◇◇◇———◇◇
Gaurav Chhibbar
Chief Operating Officer
◇◇◇———◇◇
Alex LaRue
Chief Financial Officer -- Secretary & Treasurer
◇◇◇———◇◇
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. A negative change in pension value is shown but, as the company reports it, not included in the total.

Outstanding awards

Awards still held at fiscal year end.
As disclosed at fiscal 2026 year end
OfficerAwardUnvested unitsMarket value of unvested unitsExercise priceExpires
Gaurav ChhibbarRSU◇◇——
Michael TaylorPSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Alex LaRuePSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.

Director compensation

What each non-employee director was paid.
Fiscal 2026
DirectorFees earned in cashStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Sharon Taylor
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Tim Stevenson
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Max Reichenthal
◇————◇◇
Sandy Scott
◇————◇◇
Michael Hanson
◇————◇◇
Joe L. Williams
◇————◇◇
Michael J. Taylor served on the board in fiscal 2026 and received no compensation for board service. Executive directors are typically paid through their executive roles, shown above.
Earlier years are included in the PDF.
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.

Director fee schedule

The standing retainers and premiums the board pays, as published.
Board cash retainer◇
Audit committee chair◇
Audit committee member◇

Disclosed peer group

The companies this board named as its compensation comparison group. The list is disclosure; the comparison is analysis.

Say-on-pay history

Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.
YearMeetingSupportVotes forVotes againstAbstentions
2025September 18, 2025=◇◇◇
2024September 18, 2024=◇◇◇
2023September 13, 2023=◇◇◇
2022September 13, 2022=◇◇◇
2021September 10, 2021=◇◇◇
2020September 10, 2020=◇◇◇
2019September 12, 2019=◇◇◇
2018August 30, 2018=◇◇◇
2017August 31, 2017=◇◇◇
2016September 1, 2016=◇◇◇

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- Michael Taylor (President & Chief Executive Officer), FY2026 total compensation $2,709,607 (base salary $750,000) [exec_comp, SEC accession 0001437749-26-024581, filed 2026-07-28]

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Citations

Every figure on this page is cited to the document that reported it. Select any figure to see its citation.
118 figures on this page: 108 cited to the filing that reported them, 10 calculated from figures it prints.
108 cited to the filing
10 calculated from the filing

Documents cited

  1. 0001437749-26-024581
  2. 0001437749-25-029681
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  3. 0001437749-25-023662
  4. 0001437749-24-029675
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  5. 0001437749-24-023617
  6. 0001437749-23-025835
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
  7. 0001437749-23-021033
  8. 0001437749-22-022610
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
  9. 0001437749-21-021997
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  10. 0001437749-20-019671
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  11. 0001437749-19-018600
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  12. 0001437749-18-016660
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  13. 0001437749-17-015573
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  14. 0001437749-16-038410
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
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Velarion Company Intelligence. (2026). Velarion database: executive and board compensation data (Version 2026Q3) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854
BibTeX
@misc{velarionData2026,
  author = {{Velarion Company Intelligence}},
  title = {Velarion database: executive and board compensation data},
  year = {2026},
  version = {2026Q3},
  doi = {10.5281/zenodo.22283854},
  publisher = {Zenodo},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854}
}
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