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Employees: 983
Size Insteel Industries (IIIN) is a United States Industrials company (Metal Fabrication) with a market value of $518M, the 2674th largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $26.74 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 0.8%, against -12.8% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 6th highest of 20 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 14.2% over the last twelve months (peer median +5.9%); the operating margin is 5.2% (peer median 8.5%).
Valuation It trades at 13.7× forward earnings against a peer median of 15.6× (6th cheapest of 14).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 1% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +5%, so the hurdle is -3 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 1.4 points above its cost of capital (7.4% WACC).
Short interest Short interest is 4.3% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).
Next results Next results expected around 21 Jan 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2026 | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $740M | $740M | $648M | $529M | $649M |
| Revenue growth | — | +14% | +22% | -18% | — |
| Gross profit | $75.7M | $75.7M | $93.4M | $49.6M | $65.4M |
| EBITDA | $56.1M | $56.1M | $72.8M | $35.5M | $48.0M |
| Net income | $29.5M | $29.5M | $41.0M | $19.3M | $32.4M |
| Free cash flow | $24.8M | $24.8M | $18.9M | $39.1M | $111M |
| Capital expenditure | $11.8M | $11.8M | $8.21M | $19.1M | $30.7M |
| Total debt | $2.48M | $2.48M | $3.90M | $1.69M | $1.94M |
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| Measure | IIIN | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -9.4% | -11.5% | 10th highest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -0.8% | -12.8% | 6th highest of 20 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -30.5% | -38.5% | 9th highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +14.2% | +5.9% | 7th highest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 5.2% | 8.5% | 7th lowest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 13.7× | 15.6× | 6th cheapest of 14 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 1.4% | 6.6% | 5th least demanding of 12 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +4.6% | +9.3% | 2nd lowest of 12 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | -3.2 pp | -1.9 pp | 6th least demanding of 12 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | +1.4 pp | -0.2 pp | 9th highest of 21 |
| EV / EBITDA | 8.6× | 10.6× | 5th cheapest of 11 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | -0.6× | -1.5× | 6th most indebted of 12 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Insteel Industries IIIN | United States | $518M | -1% | +14% | 5% | 13.7× | 1.4% | +4.6% |
| Suzhou Xianglou New Material 301160.SZ | China | $519M | -22% | +2% | 13% | 26.9× | 14.3% | +16.2% |
| Hunan Huamin 300345.SZ | China | $521M | -8% | -17% | -25% | 147.5× | n/a | n/a |
| SF Oilless Bearing 300817.SZ | China | $524M | -21% | +25% | 8% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| CMR Green Technologies CMRGREEN.NS | India | $502M | n/a | +29% | 4% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| San Shing Fastech 5007.TW | Taiwan | $500M | -3% | -4% | 18% | 15.4× | -5.1% | +4.1% |
| Shanghai Yongmaotai Automotive Technology 605208.SS | China | $537M | -26% | +13% | 1% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Ryobi 5851.T | Japan | $486M | -5% | +3% | 4% | 7.4× | 4.3% | +12.6% |
| Nippon Thompson 6480.T | Japan | $553M | +12% | +21% | 9% | 8.7× | 14.5% | +7.3% |
| HangZhou Radical Energy Saving Technology 300652.SZ | China | $554M | -30% | -13% | 10% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Rolex Rings ROLEXRINGS.NS | India | $558M | +36% | +2% | 17% | 24.3× | 27.0% | +13.2% |
| Jiangsu Tongli Tianqi Technology 605286.SS | China | $559M | -46% | -23% | -14% | 7.9× | n/a | n/a |
| CompX International CIX | United States | $477M | +63% | +6% | 16% | n/a | 6.6% | +6.7% |
| Shenzhen Pacific Union Precision Manufacturing 688210.SS | China | $565M | -48% | -16% | -14% | 38.9× | n/a | n/a |
| Oiles 6282.T | Japan | $473M | -5% | +1% | 10% | n/a | -5.7% | +5.4% |
| ALCONIX 3036.T | Japan | $566M | +19% | +18% | 6% | 13.6× | n/a | n/a |
| Zhejiang Meili High Technology 300611.SZ | China | $586M | -25% | +80% | 8% | 10.9× | n/a | n/a |
| Hwaway Technology 001380.SZ | China | $586M | -24% | +7% | 11% | 15.6× | 1.3% | +30.4% |
| Jiangxi Yuean Advanced Materials 688786.SS | China | $587M | -13% | +12% | 21% | 30.1× | 24.8% | +11.2% |
| Elmet ELMT | United States | $598M | +28% | +6% | 6% | 40.9× | 21.9% | +5.9% |
| G-SHANK Enterprise 2476.TW | Taiwan | $599M | -22% | +24% | 19% | n/a | -0.1% | +9.3% |