IIIN — Insteel Industries Inc

Stock analysis, trade plans, and proprietary indicators by Trend Edge.

Trend Edge Setup Score

Trend Edge rates IIIN Bearish with a Setup Score of 23, net conviction 23, actionability 24. How the Setup Score works →

Total Setup Score23
Directional BiasBearish
Net Conviction23
Actionability24 (in range)

Key signals behind this score

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 o… Read full Trend Edge analysis →

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Key Metrics

Current Price$29.50
Market Cap$571M
Float18.4M
Shares Outstanding19.4M
P/E (Forward)12.44
P/E (TTM)15.78
Price/Sales (TTM)0.81
vs. Analyst Target+32.2% to analyst PT
Profit Margin5.14%
Operating Margin (TTM)5.86%
Revenue (TTM)$708M
Earnings Growth (YoY)-40.90%
Dividend Rate0.1%
Analyst Target Price$39.00 (1 analysts)

Financial History

Annual Revenue & Earnings History

YearRevenueNet IncomeGross ProfitEBITDA
2020 $473M $19.0M $55.8M $38.5M
2021 $591M $66.6M $122M $101M
2022 $827M $125M $197M $176M
2023 $649M $32.4M $65.4M $55.1M
2024 $529M $19.3M $49.6M $40.8M
2025 $648M $41.0M $93.4M $72.2M

Recent Quarterly Revenue & Net Income

QuarterRevenueNet Income
Sep 2025 $177M $14.6M
Dec 2025 $160M $7.6M
Mar 2026 $173M $5.2M
Jun 2026 $198M $9.0M

Ownership & Float

Insider Ownership5.1%
Institutional Ownership85.0%
Short Float4.0%
% of All Funds Holding2.14%
Number of Funds Holding188

Current Moving Averages

Trend Edge tracks near-term, medium-term, cyclical, and secular moving averages across weekly and monthly timeframes to identify trend structure at every horizon.

TimeframeSMAValueTrend Context
Weekly10-Week SMA$30.64Near-term / short-term trend
Weekly40-Week SMA$31.10Medium-term trend
Weekly80-Week SMA$32.83Cyclical trend (business cycle)
Weekly200-Week SMA$31.83Secular trend (multi-year)
Monthly10-Month SMA$30.73Near-term monthly trend
Monthly20-Month SMA$32.30Medium-term monthly trend
Monthly40-Month SMA$32.27Secular monthly trend

Volume Shelves — Support & Resistance

Trend Edge identifies volume shelves: price zones where historically elevated trading volume creates structural support or resistance. A volume shelf forms when a disproportionate share of cumulative volume was transacted at a specific price level, making it a high-conviction anchor for future price reactions.

Price LevelTypeVolume RatioAge
$27.50 support 2.45x 3 months ago
$33.50 resistance 1.87x 5 months ago
$36.60 resistance 1.34x 6 months ago
$38.00 resistance 1.13x 11 months ago
$26.00 support 1.39x 17 months ago

Historical Earnings Reactions (126 events)

TimeframeAvg ReturnMedianWin RateBestWorst
Gap 0.10% 0.00% 46.83% 12.50% -20.00%
1 Day 0.23% 0.00% 45.24% 23.08% -11.83%
1 Week 0.27% 0.00% 49.21% 31.43% -30.63%
2 Weeks 1.33% 0.00% 48.41% 37.10% -35.12%
1 Month 3.76% 1.69% 54.40% 94.50% -35.20%

Next earnings: October 22, 2026 (12 days away)

Seasonality & Day-of-Week Patterns

Monthly Seasonality

MonthAvg ReturnWin RateSamples
Jan2.8%52.9%34
Feb1.7%52.9%34
Mar2.2%38.2%34
Apr1.6%48.6%35
May1.9%57.1%35
Jun4.9%51.4%35
Jul1.1%40.0%35
Aug-0.1%40.0%35
Sep-2.0%42.9%35
Oct-4.1%32.4%34
Nov7.7%70.6%34
Dec1.8%58.8%34

Day-of-Week Tendencies

DayAvg ReturnWin RateSamples
Monday -0.02% 43.2% 1637
Tuesday 0.23% 44.9% 1786
Wednesday 0.19% 44.6% 1785
Thursday 0.05% 43.7% 1751
Friday 0.01% 43.6% 1739

Top Institutional Holders

Institutional holder breakdown coming soon.

Total institutional ownership: 85.0%

Insider Transactions — Smart Summary

Total insider ownership: 5.1%

12-Month Insider Activity Summary

Total Filings2
Net Value-$112,951.574
Net Shares Change-3,319
% of Float-0.0%
C-Suite Filings2
Clusters Detected0

Key Insiders

NameTitleNet ValueFilingsActivity
Wagner Richard Senior Vice President and COO -$112,951.574 2 2 sell

Significant Filings

DateInsiderTitleNet ValuePrice After
2026-08-27 Wagner Richard Senior Vice President and COO -$49,703.644 Transaction at $30.31, now -2.7%
2026-02-27 Wagner Richard Senior Vice President and COO -$63,247.93 Transaction at $37.67, now -21.7%

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AI Consult Analysis

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