IIIN — Insteel Industries Inc

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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 →

Trend Edge Proprietary Indicators

Key Metrics

Current Price$27.44
Market Cap$509M
Float18.5M
Shares Outstanding19.4M
P/E (Forward)14.81
P/E (TTM)12.08
Price/Sales (TTM)0.74
vs. Analyst Target+34.8% to analyst PT
Profit Margin6.16%
Operating Margin (TTM)3.93%
Revenue (TTM)$690M
Earnings Growth (YoY)-48.50%
Dividend Rate0.1%
Analyst Target Price$37.00 (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
Jun 2025 $180M $15.2M
Sep 2025 $177M $14.6M
Dec 2025 $160M $7.6M
Mar 2026 $173M $5.2M

Ownership & Float

Insider Ownership5.0%
Institutional Ownership84.1%
Short Float1.7%
% of All Funds Holding2.24%
Number of Funds Holding184

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$28.78Near-term / short-term trend
Weekly40-Week SMA$32.85Medium-term trend
Weekly80-Week SMA$32.29Cyclical trend (business cycle)
Weekly200-Week SMA$31.63Secular trend (multi-year)
Monthly10-Month SMA$32.79Near-term monthly trend
Monthly20-Month SMA$31.83Medium-term monthly trend
Monthly40-Month SMA$32.19Secular 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
$33.80 resistance 1.89x 0 months ago
$36.60 resistance 1.34x 1 months ago
$38.00 resistance 1.13x 6 months ago
$26.00 support 1.39x 12 months ago

Historical Earnings Reactions (125 events)

TimeframeAvg ReturnMedianWin RateBestWorst
Gap 0.06% 0.00% 46.40% 12.50% -20.00%
1 Day 0.21% 0.00% 44.80% 23.08% -11.83%
1 Week 0.20% 0.00% 48.80% 31.43% -30.63%
2 Weeks 1.33% 0.00% 48.00% 37.10% -35.12%
1 Month 3.76% 1.69% 54.40% 94.50% -35.20%

Next earnings: July 16, 2026 (49 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
May1.8%55.9%34
Jun4.7%50.0%34
Jul1.1%38.2%34
Aug-0.1%41.2%34
Sep-2.0%44.1%34
Oct-4.1%32.4%34
Nov7.7%70.6%34
Dec1.8%58.8%34

Day-of-Week Tendencies

DayAvg ReturnWin RateSamples
Monday -0.01% 43.2% 1619
Tuesday 0.23% 44.8% 1767
Wednesday 0.20% 44.4% 1766
Thursday 0.04% 43.6% 1732
Friday 0.01% 43.6% 1722

Top Institutional Holders

Institutional holder breakdown coming soon.

Total institutional ownership: 84.1%

Insider Transactions — Smart Summary

Total insider ownership: 5.0%

12-Month Insider Activity Summary

Total Filings4
Net Value-$369,589.65
Net Shares Change-9,645
% of Float-0.1%
C-Suite Filings4
Clusters Detected0

Key Insiders

NameTitleNet ValueFilingsActivity
Wagner Richard Senior Vice President and COO -$230,989.65 2 2 sell
York James R. Senior Vice President -$138,600 2 2 sell

Significant Filings

DateInsiderTitleNet ValuePrice After
2026-02-27 Wagner Richard Senior Vice President and COO -$63,247.93 Transaction at $37.67, now -27.2%
2025-08-28 York James R. Senior Vice President -$115,500 Transaction at $38.50, now -28.7%
2025-08-26 Wagner Richard Senior Vice President and COO -$167,741.72 Transaction at $38.42, now -28.6%
2025-09-05 York James R. Senior Vice President -$23,100 Transaction at $38.50, now -28.7%

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