IIIN vs LXFR vs PKOH Stock Comparison

Insteel Industries, Luxfer Holdings and Park Ohio Holdings Prices as of Nov 4, 2026 Peers: Industry group
IIIN Insteel Industries Inc
$28.97 -2.8% 1M -7.6% 1Y
Market cap
$542.68M
P/E
18.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$739.51M
Div. yield
0.04%
Metal Fabrication Industrials
4 wins
LXFR Luxfer Holdings Plc
$17.31 +0.3% 1M +40.0% 1Y
Market cap
$463.21M
P/E
74.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$355.20M
Div. yield
–
Metal Fabrication Industrials
2 wins
PKOH Park Ohio Holdings Corp
$43.50 -8.9% 1M +118.5% 1Y
Market cap
$596.59M
P/E
22.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.65B
Div. yield
–
Metal Fabrication Industrials
5 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Park Ohio Holdings leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Park Ohio Holdings 5, Insteel Industries 4, Luxfer Holdings 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionIIINLXFRPKOHLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $542.68M $463.21M $596.59M PKOH
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 18.4x 74.7x 22.5x IIIN
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 14.1x 17.5x 12.8x PKOH
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +14.2% -11.8% +2.7% IIIN
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 4.0% 1.7% 1.6% IIIN
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 5.2% 6.1% PKOH
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 1.2x 5.8x LXFR
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.04% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -7.6% +40.0% +118.5% PKOH
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -7.5%/yr -4.7%/yr +11.3%/yr PKOH
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 41.6% 32.5% 44.6% LXFR
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 56/100 52/100 52/100 IIIN

Percentile Scorecard

IIINLXFRPKOH

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisIIINLXFRPKOH
Valuation 91 #19 of 204 59 #84 of 204 87 #28 of 204
Growth 31 #132 of 191 17 #158 of 191 76 #47 of 191
Profitability 45 #104 of 189 38 #117 of 189 41 #112 of 189
Financial Health 89 #26 of 221 66 #77 of 221 13 #192 of 221
Shareholder Returns 25 #119 of 159 79 #34 of 159 45 #88 of 159
Overall 56 52 52
  • IIIN ranked among 223 companies in Machinery
  • LXFR ranked among 223 companies in Machinery
  • PKOH ranked among 223 companies in Machinery

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodIIINLXFRPKOHSPY
1 month -2.8%+0.3%-8.9% -1.0%
3 months -11.8%+1.2%+4.5% -0.4%
6 months +8.5%+9.4%+43.8% +4.5%
Year to date -8.5%+27.9%+107.7% +12.4%
1 year -7.6%+40.0%+118.5% +13.6%
3 years -2.7%+100.8%+71.6% +76.4%
3 years, per year -0.9%+26.2%+19.7% +20.8%
5 years -32.4%-21.4%+70.7% +63.7%
5 years, per year -7.5%-4.7%+11.3% +10.4%
10 years +9.3%—+41.2% +267.7%
10 years, per year +0.9%—+3.5% +13.9%

Risk

MeasureIIINLXFRPKOHSPY
Volatility, 1Y 41.6%32.5%44.6% 12.8%
Downside volatility, 1Y 51.2%37.9%43.7% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.990.901.30 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.181.232.65 1.06
Max drawdown, 5Y -49.9%-67.3%-62.4% -25.4%
From 52-week high -24.0%-9.3%-17.2% -1.6%
52-week high $38.11$19.08$52.51 $779.14
52-week low $24.48$11.51$18.74 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleIIINLXFRPKOH
P/E now vs peer median 19.1xmedian 25.5x 74.7xmedian 25.5x 22.8xmedian 25.5x
P/S now vs peer median 0.8xmedian 1.9x 1.3xmedian 1.9x 0.4xmedian 1.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 9.5xmedian 14.4x 15.6xmedian 14.4x 11.8xmedian 14.4x
P/FCF now vs peer median 22.6xmedian 23.3x 24.5xmedian 23.3x 30.7xmedian 23.3x
P/B now vs peer median 1.5xmedian 2.2x 2.1xmedian 2.2x 1.6xmedian 2.2x
PEG now vs peer median -6.43median 1.16 56.62median 1.16 0.37median 1.16

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsIIINLXFRPKOH
Revenue $739.51M $355.20M $1.65B
Gross profit $75.68M $89.00M $286.50M
Operating income $37.57M $22.40M $71.50M
Net income $29.55M $6.20M $26.50M
Free cash flow $24.84M $18.90M $20.50M
R&D – $5.60M –
EPS (diluted) $1.51 $0.23 $1.87
Cash & equivalents $37.48M $19.90M $48.30M
Total debt – $57.70M $652.60M
Shares (diluted) 19.52M 27.30M 14.20M
Enterprise value $451.58M $408.71M $405.99M

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricIIINLXFRPKOH
P/E 19.1x 74.7x 22.8x
P/FCF 22.6x 24.5x 30.7x
P/Operating cash flow 15.3x 15.4x 9.4x
P/S 0.8x 1.3x 0.4x
P/B 1.5x 2.1x 1.6x
P/Tangible book 1.5x 2.2x 1.6x
EV/EBITDA 9.5x 15.6x 11.8x
EV/EBIT 13.9x 22.4x 17.3x
EV/Revenue 0.7x 1.4x 0.7x
EV/FCF 21.1x 26.5x 60.2x
EV/Operating cash flow 14.3x 16.7x 18.3x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -6.43 56.62 0.37

Growth

14 metrics
MetricIIINLXFRPKOH
Revenue growth (1Y) 14.2% -11.8% 2.7%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 4.4% -5.9% 0.8%
Gross profit growth (1Y) -19.0% -3.1% 4.9%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 5.0% 2.9% 5.6%
Operating income growth (1Y) -27.9% 0.0% -7.1%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 2.7% -4.2% 10.1%
Net income growth (1Y) -28.0% -56.6% -4.7%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -3.0% 1.7% 66.6%
EPS growth (1Y) -27.8% -56.9% -6.0%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -3.0% 1.3% 62.5%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 34.8% -31.4% 476.1%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -36.4% 0.7% 93.5%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 31.1% -47.6% 187.6%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -39.4% 0.2% 46.1%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricIIINLXFRPKOH
Gross margin 10.2% 25.1% 17.3%
EBITDA margin 7.5% 9.1% 6.3%
Operating margin 5.1% 6.3% 4.3%
Pretax margin 5.2% 5.2% 1.6%
Net margin 4.0% 1.7% 1.6%
FCF margin 3.4% 5.3% 1.2%
Operating cash flow margin 5.0% 8.4% 4.1%
Return on equity 7.9% 2.8% 6.9%
Return on assets 6.2% 1.6% 1.8%
Return on invested capital – 5.2% 6.1%
Return on capital employed 9.4% 7.3% 6.6%
Asset turnover 1.5x 0.9x 1.1x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.2x 4.8x 2.5x
Stock comp / revenue 0.5% 1.1% 0.3%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricIIINLXFRPKOH
Debt / assets – 15.1% 44.4%
Debt / equity – 0.3x 1.7x
Net debt / EBITDA – 1.2x 5.8x
Debt / FCF – 3.1x 31.8x
Liabilities / assets 21.0% 42.1% 73.3%
Equity / assets 79.0% 57.9% 26.7%
Interest coverage 596.3x 6.6x 1.4x
Current ratio 3.7x 2.5x 2.4x
Quick ratio 1.6x 1.1x 1.1x
Cash ratio 0.5x 0.3x 0.1x
Altman Z-score 6.44 3.57 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricIIINLXFRPKOH
Dividend yield 3.9% 2.3% 1.2%
Net buyback yield 0.6% 0.6% –
Shareholder yield 4.4% 2.8% 1.2%
Payout ratio (earnings) 73.5% – –
Payout ratio (FCF) 87.5% – –
Dividend growth (1Y) -0.2% – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) -19.2% – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusIIINLXFRPKOH
Forward P/E 14.1xFY2027 17.5xFY2026 12.8xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $2.05FY2027 $0.99FY2026 $3.41FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +35.8%FY2027 -10.8%FY2026 +26.3%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +7.8% +41.4% +13.2%
Revenue, next fiscal year $759.46MFY2027 $386.72MFY2026 $1.78BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +2.7%FY2027 +4.2%FY2026 +11.5%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +4.4% +2.6% +5.8%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersIIINLXFRPKOH
Held by institutions 82.1% 91.6% 55.8%
Institutions holding 187 138 104
Change in shares held, QoQ +0.9% -1.6% +6.4%
Institutions buying 122 76 58
Institutions selling 48 42 27
Buyers to sellers 2.54 1.81 2.15

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

IIINLXFRPKOH
IIIN 1.00 0.29 0.28
LXFR 0.29 1.00 0.36
PKOH 0.28 0.36 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, IIIN, LXFR and PKOH?

Park Ohio Holdings (PKOH) is the largest by market capitalisation: Insteel Industries (IIIN) $542.68M, Luxfer Holdings (LXFR) $463.21M, Park Ohio Holdings (PKOH) $596.59M.

Which stock is cheaper, IIIN, LXFR and PKOH?

Insteel Industries (IIIN) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Insteel Industries (IIIN) 18.4x, Luxfer Holdings (LXFR) 74.7x, Park Ohio Holdings (PKOH) 22.5x). On next year's consensus earnings, Park Ohio Holdings (PKOH) is cheapest (Insteel Industries (IIIN) 14.1x, Luxfer Holdings (LXFR) 17.5x, Park Ohio Holdings (PKOH) 12.8x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Insteel Industries (IIIN) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Insteel Industries (IIIN) +14.2%, Luxfer Holdings (LXFR) -11.8%, Park Ohio Holdings (PKOH) +2.7%.

Which company is more profitable?

Insteel Industries (IIIN) has the highest net margin (Insteel Industries (IIIN) 4.0%, Luxfer Holdings (LXFR) 1.7%, Park Ohio Holdings (PKOH) 1.6%). On return on invested capital, Park Ohio Holdings (PKOH) leads (Luxfer Holdings (LXFR) 5.2%, Park Ohio Holdings (PKOH) 6.1%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Park Ohio Holdings (PKOH) returned the most: Insteel Industries (IIIN) -7.6%, Luxfer Holdings (LXFR) +40.0%, Park Ohio Holdings (PKOH) +118.5%. Over five years, Park Ohio Holdings (PKOH) compounded fastest (Insteel Industries (IIIN) -7.5%/yr, Luxfer Holdings (LXFR) -4.7%/yr, Park Ohio Holdings (PKOH) +11.3%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Insteel Industries (IIIN) 0.04%, Luxfer Holdings (LXFR) 0.00%, Park Ohio Holdings (PKOH) 0.00%. Luxfer Holdings (LXFR) and Park Ohio Holdings (PKOH) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Luxfer Holdings (LXFR) has been the steadiest (Insteel Industries (IIIN) 41.6%, Luxfer Holdings (LXFR) 32.5%, Park Ohio Holdings (PKOH) 44.6%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, IIIN, LXFR and PKOH?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Park Ohio Holdings (PKOH) leads on 5. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.