Insteel Industries Inc
IIIN NYSE· Steel Works, Blast Furnaces & Rolling & Finishing Mills
Last close · Oct 23, 2026
$27.77
KIRA · Stoqly’s AI analyst, in plain words
- Insteel Industries Inc had $648M of revenue in fiscal 2025, up 22.4% on the year before. Over five years, revenue changed +6.5% a year on average.
- Insteel Industries Inc made $41.0M of net profit in fiscal 2025. From fiscal 2016 to 2025, diluted EPS grew 0.8% a year.
- Free cash flow was $19.0M in fiscal 2025, 2.9% of revenue.
- Insteel Industries Inc returned $24.0M to shareholders in fiscal 2025, 127% of free cash flow. The diluted share count fell 0.1%.
Market cap
$541M
P/E
14.9x
Revenue
$648M
Net income
$41.0M
Free cash flow
$19.0M
Operating margin
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Insteel Industries Inc in 30 seconds · fiscal 2025
Are sales growing?
+22.4%
Yes. Sales grew 22.4% last year.
Does it make a profit?
6.3%
A little. It keeps 6.3% of every sale as profit.
Does profit turn into cash?
2.9%
Partly. 2.9% of sales ends up as free cash.
How healthy are the accounts?
6 / 8
Mixed. It passes 6 of 8 health tests.
How is the share priced?
14.9x
One share costs 14.9 times its yearly profit per share.
What Insteel Industries Inc does
No business description yet.
- Fiscal year ends
- September 27, 2025
- Latest annual report
- 10-K · Oct 23, 2025
- Legal name
- INSTEEL INDUSTRIES INC
- CIK
- 0000764401
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Results and finances
The last 5 fiscal years. Amounts in USD.
| Fiscal year | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales and profit | |||||
| Revenue | $591M | $827M | $649M | $529M | $648M |
| Revenue growth | 25.0% | 40.0% | −21.5% | −18.5% | 22.4% |
| Gross margin | 20.6% | 23.9% | 10.1% | 9.4% | 14.4% |
| Net income | $66.6M | $125M | $32.4M | $19.3M | $41.0M |
| Net margin | 11.3% | 15.1% | 5.0% | 3.6% | 6.3% |
| Diluted EPS | $3.41 | $6.37 | $1.66 | $0.99 | $2.10 |
| Cash | |||||
| Cash from operations | $69.9M | $5.7M | $142M | $58.2M | $27.2M |
| Capital expenditure | $17.5M | $15.9M | $30.7M | $19.1M | $8.2M |
| Free cash flow | $52.4M | −$10.2M | $111M | $39.1M | $19.0M |
| FCF margin | 8.9% | −1.2% | 17.2% | 7.4% | 2.9% |
| Dividends paid | $31.3M | $41.2M | $41.3M | $50.9M | $21.8M |
| Share buybacks | $0.0M | $1.2M | $2.3M | $1.8M | $2.3M |
| Share count change | 0.8% | 0.5% | −0.3% | 0.0% | −0.1% |
| Debt and strength | |||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $89.9M | $48.3M | $126M | $112M | $38.6M |
| Shareholders' equity | $302M | $390M | $382M | $351M | $372M |
| Current ratio | 3.6x | 5.4x | 6.5x | 5.7x | 4.0x |
| Returns and quality | |||||
| Return on equity | 23.5% | 36.1% | 8.4% | 5.3% | 11.4% |
| Return on tangible equity | 23.4% | 33.5% | 8.9% | 5.7% | 12.9% |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 6 |
Insiders bought, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Insiders sold, 12 months
$0.1M
1 insider
Of sales under plans
0%
$0.0M
How to read these numbers
- Revenue:
- Total sales reported in the income statement.
- Operating margin:
- Operating income as a share of revenue.
- Net income:
- Profit after all expenses, interest and tax.
- Free cash flow:
- Cash from operations minus capital spending.
- Net debt / EBITDA:
- Years of EBITDA needed to pay off net debt. Below zero means more cash than debt.
- Return on capital:
- After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
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Charts and comparison
Ten years at a glance, and how it stacks up against similar companies.
Revenue
Net income
Margins, % of revenue
Cash vs debt (incl. leases)
Free cash flow
Dividends and buybacks
KIRA
At $27.77 a share, the company is worth $541M: 14.9 times its earnings of the last four quarters.
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0000764401). Data updated October 24, 2026. For information only — not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.