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Insteel Industries Inc

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Insteel Industries Inc

IIIN·NYSE·Manufacturing·CIK 0000764401

Insteel Industries Inc. is the nation's largest manufacturer of steel wire reinforcing products for concrete construction applications. The company manufactures and markets prestressed concrete strand ("PC strand") and welded wire reinforcement ("WWR"), which includes ESM, concrete pipe reinforcement ("CPR"), and standard welded wire reinforcement ("SWWR"). These products are primarily sold to manufacturers of concrete products used mainly in nonresidential construction. For fiscal 2025, approximately 85% of Insteel's sales were related to nonresidential construction and 15% were related to residential construction. Insteel is the parent holding company for two wholly-owned subsidiaries: Insteel Wire Products Company ("IWP"), an operating subsidiary, and Intercontinental Metals Corporation, an inactive subsidiary. The company was incorporated in 1958 in North Carolina and is headquartered in Mount Airy, North Carolina. Insteel operates eleven manufacturing facilities, all located in the U.S. On October 21, 2024, Insteel, through its wholly-owned subsidiary IWP, purchased substantially all the assets, excluding cash and accounts receivable, of Engineered Wire Products, Inc. ("EWP") and certain related assets of Liberty Steel Georgetown, Inc. ("LSG") for an adjusted purchase price of $67.0 million. EWP was a leading manufacturer of WWR products for nonresidential and residential construction. This acquisition included EWP's inventories, production equipment, and production facilities in Upper Sandusky, Ohio and Warren, Ohio, along with certain equipment from LSG. Following the acquisition, Insteel consolidated its WWR operations by closing the Warren facility and relocating some equipment to existing WWR facilities.

Insteel Industries Inc (NYSE:IIIN) is a publicly traded company in the Manufacturing sector. Wiseek has independently scored 8 items for IIIN at importance 7 or higher on its 1–10 market-impact scale. Its most recent item scored 7 or higher is dated 2026-08-21, rated 7/10. Across its 8 most recent items scored 7 or higher, the top rating is 9/10, with 3 rated 8 or above. Recent SEC coverage for IIIN spans 10-Q, 8-K.

Recent high-impact activity:

  • Insteel to Close Ohio Plant, Cut 65 Jobs in $4.6M Restructuring
  • Insteel Q3 Earnings Drop 41% as Cost Inflation Squeezes Margins
  • Insteel Q3 Profit Falls 41% on Higher Costs Despite Revenue Beat
  • Insteel Industries Reports Significant Q2 Earnings Decline, Gross Profit Halved
  • Insteel Industries Q2 EPS Misses by Over 50% as Weather Slams Shipments

Financial Snapshot

Fiscal year ended September 27, 2025
Revenue
$647.71M
Net Income
$41.02M
Diluted EPS
$2.10
Op. Cash Flow
$27.16M
Free Cash Flow
$18.95M
Gross Profit
$93.44M
Cash & Equivalents
$38.63M
Debt / Equity
0.00×
Net Margin
6.3%
Shares Outstanding
19.42M sh
Source: 10-K · filed 2025-10-23 · accession 0001437749-25-031597

Short Interest & Short Volume

5.63 days to cover

FINRA reported short interest of 814,103 shares in IIIN as of the September 15, 2026 settlement, a 9.6% increase from the prior period — about 5.6 days to cover at its recent average daily volume. On October 2, 2026, 58.7% of IIIN volume reported to FINRA trade-reporting facilities was marked short.

Short interest (bi-monthly positions)814,103 shares as of September 15, 2026
Change vs prior period▲ 9.6%
Days to cover5.63 at avg daily volume of 144,514
Daily short volume (FINRA facilities)58.7% of 44,096 shares on October 2, 2026
5-day average short volume42.9%

Daily short sale volume covers trades reported to FINRA trade-reporting facilities and is not the same as short interest (bi-monthly reported positions). Source: FINRA — FINRA is the owner and source of this short interest and short sale volume data; it may not be redistributed.

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52-week range · as of 2026-07-16 $24.35 – $41.64
Market cap
$572.23M
Volume
121.8K (0.8× avg)
3-mo avg 147.1K
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