BRID - Bridgford Foods Corporation
Bridgford Foods Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures, markets, and distributes frozen, refrigerated, and snack food products in the United States. It operates in two segments, Frozen Food Products and Snack Food Products. The company primarily offers biscuits, bread dough items, roll dough items, and dry sausage and beef jerky products.
- Sector
- Consumer Defensive
- Industry
- Packaged Foods
- Market Cap
- $71.4M
- Beta
- -0.23
- 52-Week Range
- 7-8.74
- CEO
- Michael W. Bridgford
- Employees
- 648
- IPO Date
- Mar 17, 1980
- Exchange
- NASDAQ
BRID Options Snapshot
Options pricing data for BRID is refreshed daily after the close. When listed contracts exist, this page surfaces the latest at-the-money implied volatility, max pain strike, dealer gamma exposure (GEX), and 25-delta skew. Listed contracts and live snapshots appear once the options chain has been published by the exchange for the most recent session.
What This Page Covers
The BRID overview links into per-metric analysis views: max pain, gamma exposure, volatility skew, expected move, options chain, open interest history, and aggregate Greeks. Microstructure data is available on short interest, short volume, fail-to-deliver, and market structure. Corporate data is on fundamentals, earnings, analyst ratings, and insider trading.
Frequently asked BRID overview questions
- What is BRID?
- BRID is the ticker symbol for Bridgford Foods Corporation, a listed security. Bridgford Foods Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures, markets, and distributes frozen, refrigerated, and snack food products in the United States. It operates in two segments, Frozen Food Products and Snack Food Products. Listed on NASDAQ. BRID is the equity ticker shown on this page; equity options traders use the security for directional, volatility, and income strategies via the listed options chain.
- What are BRID's key statistics?
- Bridgford Foods Corporation (BRID) carries a market capitalization of $71.4M, beta of -0.23 relative to the broader market, 52-week range of 7-8.74. Full income statement, balance sheet, cash flow, and TTM ratio history is on the per-ticker fundamentals page; daily price history and 52-week levels are accessible from the same view. These structural inputs frame how the options market prices implied volatility around earnings windows and capital events.
- What sector or industry does BRID belong to?
- Bridgford Foods Corporation operates in the Consumer Defensive sector, in the Packaged Foods industry. Sector classification affects how the ticker correlates with sector ETFs, how it reacts to macro factors like rate moves and commodity prices, and how its options pricing compares to sector peers. Compare BRID's implied volatility and skew against sector benchmarks to gauge whether the options market is pricing single-name or systemic risk relative to the broader peer group.
- How current is the BRID data on this page?
- Options snapshots refresh after each trading session; if no snapshot is currently posted for BRID, it usually reflects low options liquidity or a recently listed name. Company-profile fields (sector, industry, market cap, P/E, IPO date) refresh from the vendor feed nightly. Financials and earnings refresh as 10-K and 10-Q filings are parsed (typically within several business days of the actual report). FINRA microstructure data refreshes on the source's cadence (daily for short volume, bi-monthly for short interest, weekly for the OTC volume file, twice-monthly for SEC FTD).