Insteel Industries Inc. (IIIN)
Industrials · NYQ · US
Price as at 1 Oct 2026, 02:42 UTC. Quotes are delayed.
Fundamentals
Valuation and ratings
Insteel Industries Inc. trades at $29.13, which is 34% above the $19.19 our fair value estimate puts on the business. On that measure it screens as expensive, which is not the same as saying it will fall.
Our moat model scores it 29 out of 100, which is little in the way of a moat. A moat is a structural reason competitors cannot take the profits away, and it matters more to a long holding period than any single quarter's numbers do.
It changes hands at 15.6 times earnings. Be careful reading that in isolation: for a cyclical business a low P/E arrives at the top of the cycle, when profits are peaking and about to fall, which is exactly when the shares look cheapest and are not.
IIIN dividend history
Dividends per share by year
| Year | Total per share | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | $0.090 | 3 |
| 2025 | $1.12 | 4 |
| 2024 | $1.12 | 4 |
| 2023 | $2.62 | 4 |
| 2022 | $2.12 | 4 |
| 2021 | $2.12 | 4 |
| 2020 | $1.62 | 4 |
| 2019 | $0.120 | 4 |
| 2018 | $0.120 | 4 |
| 2017 | $1.12 | 4 |
| 2016 | $1.37 | 4 |
Split-adjusted amounts in the listing currency, grouped by the calendar year of the ex-dividend date, from the filed record. Growth and streak figures compare complete years only.
IIIN earnings and analyst estimates
Recommendation mix, 1 published rating
Estimates are the published analyst consensus and move often. An earnings date is scheduled, not certain, and a share tends to reprice most violently on the day itself.
About Insteel Industries Inc.
Insteel Industries Inc., together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and markets steel wire reinforcing products for concrete construction applications. The company offers prestressed concrete strand (PC strand) and welded wire reinforcement (WWR) products. Its PC strand, a seven-wire strand that is used to impart compression forces into precast concrete elements and structures providing reinforcement for bridges, parking decks, buildings, and other concrete structures. The company's WWR engineered reinforcing product is used in nonresidential and residential construction. It produces a range of WWR products, such as engineered structural mesh, an engineered made-to-order product that is used as the primary reinforcement for concrete elements or structures serving as a reinforcing solution for hot-rolled rebar; concrete pipe reinforcement, an engineered made-to-order product, which is used as the primary reinforcement in concrete pipe, box culverts, and precast manholes for drainage and sewage systems, water treatment facilities, and other related applications; and standard welded wire reinforcement, a secondary reinforcing product for crack control applications in residential and light nonresidential construction, including driveways, sidewalks, and various slab-on-grade applications. It sells its products through sales representatives to the manufacturers of concrete products, rebar fabricators, distributors, and contractors. Insteel Industries Inc. was founded in 1953 and is headquartered in Mount Airy, North Carolina.
Company profile, industry and headcount are as reported by our data provider and can lag a company's own filings by a reporting period. The annual report is the authority.
IIIN passes 2 of our 30 screens today
Each screen prints the exact criteria it used, and the circumstances in which it is wrong.
Super investor ownership
10 of the funds we track reported a position in their latest SEC 13F filing. Largest first:
- First Eagle, First Eagle Investment Management, LLC$15.45M · 0.0% of book
- Ken Griffin, CITADEL ADVISORS LLC$12.44M · 0.0% of book
- Cliff Asness, AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC$9.10M · 0.0% of book
- Diamond Hill, Diamond Hill Capital Management, LLC (Investment Advisor)$9.02M · 0.1% of book
- Two Sigma, TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP$5.97M · 0.0% of book
A word of warning on reading these figures: a 13F reports the market value of a holding, so a fund that traded nothing at all still appears to have sold when the price fell. We found 102 companies where the standard reading gives the opposite answer. Only the share count is honest.
IIIN peers
The largest companies in the same industry (Metal Fabrication), then in the same sector.
- ATI ATI Inc.
- MLI Mueller Industries, Inc.
- CMC Commercial Metals Company
- ESAB ESAB Corporation
- GPGI GPGI, Inc.
- RYZ Ryerson Holding Corporation
- MEC Mayville Engineering Company, Inc.
- LQMT Liquidmetal Technologies, Inc.
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Common questions
Is Insteel Industries Inc. (IIIN) undervalued?
Against our fair value estimate of $19.19, IIIN at $29.13 is 34% above fair value. That is one model's answer, not a recommendation. It is built from normalized earning power with growth capped deliberately low, which understates companies whose value is mostly future growth.
Which funds own IIIN?
10 of the institutions we track reported a position in IIIN in their most recent SEC 13F filing. A 13F is filed up to 45 days after quarter end, so it tells you what a fund held then, not what it holds now.
What is IIIN's P/E ratio?
IIIN trades at 15.6 times earnings. A low P/E is not automatically cheap: on a cyclical company it is usually a warning that earnings are at a peak.
Does Insteel Industries Inc. (IIIN) pay a dividend?
Yes. Insteel Industries Inc. yields 0.41% at the current share price. It has paid $1.12 per share over the trailing twelve months. It has paid a dividend in each of the last 21 complete calendar years. A dividend is declared by the board and can be cut at any time; a yield is a fact about the current price, not a promise.
When does IIIN report earnings next?
Insteel Industries Inc. is scheduled to report on 22 Oct 2026. Companies move earnings dates, so read it as scheduled rather than certain.
Where does SteadyShares get its IIIN data?
Fundamentals for IIIN come from company filings and exchange data, as listed on NYQ; institutional ownership comes from SEC 13F filings. The share price shown was last refreshed on 1 Oct 2026, 02:42 UTC and is delayed. Our data quality score for this company is 100/100, which is the share of the inputs behind our scores that were actually available rather than assumed. Metrics we do not hold are left out of the page rather than estimated.
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Data from company filings, exchange quotes and SEC EDGAR 13F disclosures. Quotes are delayed. Metrics we do not have are left out rather than estimated. Educational information, not financial advice.