IIINInsteel Industries Inc.
Is the business good?
Returns not propped up by debt. That is the only one of 4 checks this filer's data supports, so take it as a single data point rather than a settled answer.
A balanced mix of margins, efficiency, and leverage. ROE 11% = margin × turnover × leverage.
Where this answer is blind. The F-score rewards improvement, so an already-elite company can score mid-pack.
How good a business is IIIN?
Insteel Industries Inc. keeps 5.1% of every revenue dollar as profit after everything, against 6.2% for the median Metal Fabrication name.
Net margin · Metal Fabrication median 6.2% · 12 months to Q3 2026
- Share count, year on year
- −0.30%
Share count, year on year · flat: no meaningful dilution
- Gross margin
- 12%
Gross margin
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- Gross margin12 months to Q3 2026
- 12%
- Net margin12 months to Q3 2026
- 5.1%
- Free cash flow margin
- −1.4%
- Revenue, trailing twelve months
- $708M
- Free cash flow, trailing twelve months
- −$9.8M
- Net income, trailing twelve months
- $36M
Margins, capital and share counts from the statements as filed with the SEC; cash conversion is operating cash flow over operating profit after tax.