profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Insteel Industries
$27.95+1.67% today
-12.2% in 1 year
1-year low $24.481-year high $38.11
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2022 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $13.19 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
It holds more cash than debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Insteel Industries sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $827 million in 2022 to $648 million in 2025, with $41.0 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Insteel Industries handed back more cash to shareholders than it generated last year.
$22M
Free cash flow 2025$19M
Bought back its own shares$2M
Paid as dividends$22M
Cash vs. debt$39M vs. $4M
Insteel Industries vs. similar companies
Insteel Industries grows in the middle of these 5 and is the cheapest for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Insteel Industries | 13.2× · Cheap | ||
 ATI | 63.0× · Very expensive | ||
 Carpenter Technology | 28.5× · Fair price | ||
 Mueller Industries | 15.7× · Fair price | ||
 GPGI | No profit yet |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Insteel Industries's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 827 | 649 | 529 | 648 | |
| 197 | 65 | 50 | 93 | |
| 161 | 35 | 20 | 54 | |
| 176 | 55 | 41 | 72 | |
| 125 | 32 | 19 | 41 | |
| 6.37 | 1.66 | 0.99 | 2.10 | |
| 23.9% | 10.1% | 9.4% | 14.4% | |
| 19.5% | 5.3% | 3.8% | 8.4% | |
| 15.1% | 5.0% | 3.6% | 6.3% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 472 | 448 | 423 | 463 |
| Cash | 48 | 126 | 112 | 39 |
| Total debt | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Total liabilities | 82 | 66 | 72 | 91 |
| 390 | 382 | 351 | 372 | |
| 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | |
| 32.7% | 8.6% | 5.7% | 11.3% | |
| 32.1% | 8.5% | 5.5% | 11.0% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 142 | 58 | 27 | |
| 16 | 31 | 19 | 8 | |
| -10 | 111 | 39 | 19 | |
| Dividends paid | 41 | 41 | 51 | 22 |
| 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
Valuation
- 13.2×
- 17.1×
- –
- 1.4×
- 0.8×
- 28.5×
- 7.0×
- 3.5%
- 7.6%
- 4.4%
Profitability
- 14.4%
- 8.4%
- 6.3%
- 10.1%
- 10.8%
- 15.7%
- 11.7%
- 9.2%
- 14.1%
- –
Growth
- −7.8%
- −30.9%
- −51.5%
- −7.1%
- +0.2%
Financial health
- -0.2×
- 0.01
- 0.7%
- 888.8×
- 3.71
- 1.47
- 1.50
How it ranks in Industrials
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 28%of 982
Bottom 48%of 988
Top 18%of 870
Bottom 6%of 985
Top 50%of 988
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 2026 | 0.27 | 0.80 | −66.3% |
| Jan 15, 2026 | 0.39 | 0.33 | +18.2% |
| Oct 16, 2025 | 0.74 | 0.75 | −1.3% |
| Jul 17, 2025 | 0.78 | 0.68 | +14.7% |
| Apr 17, 2025 | 0.55 | 0.33 | +66.7% |
| Jan 16, 2025 | 0.10 | 0.09 | +11.1% |
| Oct 17, 2024 | 0.24 | 0.31 | −22.6% |
| Jul 18, 2024 | 0.34 | 0.43 | −20.9% |
4.4%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$44a year at today's yield, before tax
−7.1%2020 to 2025
Raised–not every year
Paid per share, each year
$1.12 in 2015 → $1.12 in 2025
How safe it looks
53.0% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 114.8%
News
No recent news on file.
Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
1/7Passes 1 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
50No pass
Benjamin Graham
85Pass
Philip Fisher
34No pass
Peter Lynch
22No pass
Joel Greenblatt
48No pass
Charlie Munger
43No pass
Terry Smith
27No pass
Questions about Insteel Industries
Is Insteel Industries a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers, and the price looks low. 1 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Insteel Industries AI analysis
What does Insteel Industries do?
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. It is in Manufacturing - Metal Fabrication.
Does Insteel Industries pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 4.4% a year, about 53% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out $21.8 million in dividends.
Is Insteel Industries stock halal?
Yes. Insteel Industries passes our halal screen: its business is permitted and its debt is 0.7% of its market value, under the 30% limit. How we check
How has Insteel Industries stock done over the past year?
Down 12.2% over the past twelve months, to $27.95. It traded between $24.48 and $38.11 and is 26.7% below its high.
Who are Insteel Industries's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are ATI, Carpenter Technology, Mueller Industries and GPGI. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Insteel Industries's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 11, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.