INSTEEL INDUSTRIES INC · Steel Works, Blast Furnaces & Rolling & Finishing Mills

IIIN

Low riskNext report: Around Jan 14, 2027 (est.)

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The short version

A profitable company with steady sales. Institutions are adding.

Going well

Pays a 4.0% dividend yield
Profitable every year for 10 years
Sales up 22% last year

Money moves

No insider buying or selling in the last 30 days
Institutions added 4.4% to their holdings in the quarter ending June 2026 (124 bought, 98 sold)

Facts from SEC filings, not a recommendation.

What the price means

Price as of Oct 26

$28.10+1.3% that day

Company value: $544M; Share price times all shares
Price vs profit (P/E): 15.0x; You pay about $15 for each $1 of yearly profit
Price vs sales: 0.77x; Company value is 0.77 times a year of sales
Dividend yield: 4.0%; Yearly dividend as a share of today's price
Cash vs value: 4%; Cash as a share of company value

From IIIN's last IEX trade and its SEC filings (profits and sales over the last four quarters). A starting point for research, not a verdict.

The business over time

Last 12 quarters, from SEC filings

Sales, Jun '26

$197.7M+9.9% vs a year earlier

Sep '23Tap a barJun '26

Last 12 months: $707.7M, up 17% from the 12 months before. Over 5 years, sales grew about 6.5% a year.

What the price assumes

Your guesses, our math

Move the sliders to your own view of IIIN. Starting points are the company's recent numbers.

Sales growth+17% a yearRecently: +17% a yearProfit margin5%Last 12 months: 5.1%P/E at the end15xToday: 15.0x. Many steady companies trade at 12x to 25xShare count change0% a yearBelow zero means buybacks; above zero means new shares (dilution)

Sales in 5 years$1.6B

Profit in 5 years$78M

Price these guesses point to$60.11+114% vs $28.10 todayAbout +16% a year, before dividends

What today's price needs: with a 5% margin and a 15x P/E, sales would have to grow about 0.5% a year for 5 years just to match today's price.

Simple math on your guesses, not a forecast or a price target. Real results depend on many things these sliders leave out.

Price

Price chart by TradingView.

Business quality

The checklist Warren Buffett-style investors use. Annual numbers for 2025.

3/6Mixed

MissReturn on equity 15%+Earns a lot on the money owners have in the business.11.9%
MissNet margin 10%+Keeps at least 10 cents of profit from each dollar of sales.6.3%
PassProfitable every yearSteady profits, not one good year.10 of 10 years
PassFree cash flow positiveBrings in more cash than it spends to run and grow.$27.2M
PassShare count not growingNot diluting owners. Falling means buybacks.-0.4% in 3 years
MissGross margin 40%+Pricing power: sells for well above what it costs to make.14.4%

Revenue: $647.7M; +22.4% vs prior year
5-year growth: +6.5%/yr; revenue, per year
Current ratio: 3.58x; short-term assets / bills due
Free cash flow: $27.2M; 4.2% of revenue

From annual reports filed with the SEC. Not in this company's SEC data, so not scored: debt under half of equity. A checklist is a starting point for research, not a verdict.