IIIN vs TS vs PKOH Stock Comparison

Insteel Industries, Tenaris and Park Ohio Holdings Prices as of Nov 4, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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IIIN Insteel Industries Inc
$28.97 -2.8% 1M -7.6% 1Y
Market cap
$528.67M
P/E
17.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$739.51M
Div. yield
0.04%
Metal Fabrication Industrials
2 wins
TS Tenaris Sa
$55.96 -4.3% 1M +40.6% 1Y
Market cap
$59.79B
P/E
31.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$12.04B
Div. yield
–
Metal Fabrication Industrials
7 wins
PKOH Park Ohio Holdings Corp
$43.50 -8.9% 1M +118.5% 1Y
Market cap
$551.27M
P/E
20.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.65B
Div. yield
–
Metal Fabrication Industrials
2 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Tenaris leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Tenaris 7, Insteel Industries 2, Park Ohio Holdings 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionIIINTSPKOHLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $528.67M $59.79B $551.27M TS
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 17.9x 31.3x 20.8x IIIN
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 14.1x 14.1x 12.8x PKOH
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +14.2% +2.3% +2.7% IIIN
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 4.0% 15.9% 1.6% TS
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 12.7% 6.1% TS
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — -3.1x 5.8x TS
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.04% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -7.6% +40.6% +118.5% PKOH
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -7.5%/yr +17.8%/yr +11.3%/yr TS
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 41.6% 28.9% 44.6% TS
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 56/100 59/100 52/100 TS

Percentile Scorecard

IIINTSPKOH

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

AxisIIINTSPKOH
Valuation 91 #19 of 204 45 #112 of 204 87 #28 of 204
Growth 31 #132 of 191 16 #161 of 191 76 #47 of 191
Profitability 45 #104 of 189 79 #40 of 189 41 #112 of 189
Financial Health 89 #26 of 221 99 #4 of 221 13 #192 of 221
Shareholder Returns 25 #119 of 159 55 #72 of 159 45 #88 of 159
Overall 56 59 52
  • IIIN ranked among 223 companies in Machinery
  • TS 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

PeriodIIINTSPKOHSPY
1 month -2.8%-4.3%-8.9% -1.0%
3 months -11.8%-1.9%+4.5% -0.4%
6 months +8.5%-10.4%+43.8% +4.5%
Year to date -8.5%+45.5%+107.7% +12.4%
1 year -7.6%+40.6%+118.5% +13.6%
3 years -2.7%+60.7%+71.6% +76.4%
3 years, per year -0.9%+17.1%+19.7% +20.8%
5 years -32.4%+126.5%+70.7% +63.7%
5 years, per year -7.5%+17.8%+11.3% +10.4%
10 years +9.3%+96.1%+41.2% +267.7%
10 years, per year +0.9%+7.0%+3.5% +13.9%

Risk

MeasureIIINTSPKOHSPY
Volatility, 1Y 41.6%28.9%44.6% 12.8%
Downside volatility, 1Y 51.2%30.0%43.7% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.990.331.30 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.181.402.65 1.06
Max drawdown, 5Y -49.9%-33.7%-62.4% -25.4%
From 52-week high -24.0%-12.6%-17.2% -1.6%
52-week high $38.11$64.02$52.51 $779.14
52-week low $24.48$37.76$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.

MultipleIIINTSPKOH
P/E now vs peer median 19.1xmedian 25.5x 30.9xmedian 25.5x 22.8xmedian 25.5x
P/S now vs peer median 0.8xmedian 1.9x 5.0xmedian 1.9x 0.4xmedian 1.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 9.5xmedian 14.4x 18.0xmedian 14.4x 11.8xmedian 14.4x
P/FCF now vs peer median 22.6xmedian 23.3x 21.5xmedian 23.3x 30.7xmedian 23.3x
P/B now vs peer median 1.5xmedian 2.2x 3.5xmedian 2.2x 1.6xmedian 2.2x
PEG now vs peer median -6.43median 1.16 —median 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 monthsIIINTSPKOH
Revenue $739.51M $12.04B $1.65B
Gross profit $75.68M $4.08B $286.50M
Operating income $37.57M $2.23B $71.50M
Net income $29.55M $1.97B $26.50M
Free cash flow $24.84M $2.78B $20.50M
EPS (diluted) $1.51 – $1.87
Cash & equivalents $37.48M $9.02B $48.30M
Total debt – $301.89M $652.60M
Shares (diluted) 19.52M – 14.20M
Enterprise value $437.57M $31.24B $360.67M

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
MetricIIINTSPKOH
P/E 19.1x 30.9x 22.8x
P/FCF 22.6x 21.5x 30.7x
P/Operating cash flow 15.3x 26.8x 9.4x
P/S 0.8x 5.0x 0.4x
P/B 1.5x 3.5x 1.6x
P/Tangible book 1.5x 3.5x 1.6x
EV/EBITDA 9.5x 18.0x 11.8x
EV/EBIT 13.9x 23.0x 17.3x
EV/Revenue 0.7x 4.3x 0.7x
EV/FCF 21.1x 18.4x 60.2x
EV/Operating cash flow 14.3x 22.9x 18.3x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -6.43 – 0.37

Growth

14 metrics
MetricIIINTSPKOH
Revenue growth (1Y) 14.2% 2.3% 2.7%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 4.4% -6.7% 0.8%
Gross profit growth (1Y) -19.0% 2.7% 4.9%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 5.0% -13.9% 5.6%
Operating income growth (1Y) -27.9% 0.0% -7.1%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 2.7% -20.6% 10.1%
Net income growth (1Y) -28.0% -3.3% -4.7%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -3.0% -18.8% 66.6%
EPS growth (1Y) -27.8% – -6.0%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -3.0% – 62.5%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 34.8% -11.7% 476.1%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -36.4% -9.6% 93.5%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 31.1% -13.2% 187.6%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -39.4% -7.8% 46.1%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricIIINTSPKOH
Gross margin 10.2% 33.9% 17.3%
EBITDA margin 7.5% 23.7% 6.3%
Operating margin 5.1% 18.5% 4.3%
Pretax margin 5.2% 20.5% 1.6%
Net margin 4.0% 15.9% 1.6%
FCF margin 3.4% 23.1% 1.2%
Operating cash flow margin 5.0% 18.6% 4.1%
Return on equity 7.9% 11.4% 6.9%
Return on assets 6.2% 9.7% 1.8%
Return on invested capital – 12.7% 6.1%
Return on capital employed 9.4% 11.0% 6.6%
Asset turnover 1.5x 0.6x 1.1x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.2x 1.1x 2.5x
Stock comp / revenue 0.5% – 0.3%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricIIINTSPKOH
Debt / assets – 1.5% 44.4%
Debt / equity – 0.0x 1.7x
Net debt / EBITDA – -3.1x 5.8x
Debt / FCF – 0.1x 31.8x
Liabilities / assets 21.0% 15.2% 73.3%
Equity / assets 79.0% 84.8% 26.7%
Interest coverage 596.3x 45.4x 1.4x
Current ratio 3.7x – 2.4x
Quick ratio 1.6x 70.8x 1.1x
Cash ratio 0.5x 58.2x 0.1x
Altman Z-score 6.44 – –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricIIINTSPKOH
Dividend yield 3.9% 3.2% 1.2%
Net buyback yield 0.6% -1.6% –
Shareholder yield 4.4% 1.6% 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.

ConsensusIIINTSPKOH
Forward P/E 14.1xFY2027 14.1xFY2026 12.8xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $2.05FY2027 $3.97FY2026 $3.41FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +35.8%FY2027 +8.5%FY2026 +26.3%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +7.8% +1.5% +13.2%
Revenue, next fiscal year $759.46MFY2027 $12.99BFY2026 $1.78BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +2.7%FY2027 +8.4%FY2026 +11.5%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +4.4% -6.1% +5.8%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersIIINTSPKOH
Held by institutions 82.1% 3.6% 55.8%
Institutions holding 187 285 104
Change in shares held, QoQ +0.9% -2.4% +6.4%
Institutions buying 122 154 58
Institutions selling 48 80 27
Buyers to sellers 2.54 1.93 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.

IIINTSPKOH
IIIN 1.00 0.08 0.27
TS 0.08 1.00 0.02
PKOH 0.27 0.02 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, IIIN, TS and PKOH?

Tenaris (TS) is the largest by market capitalisation: Insteel Industries (IIIN) $528.67M, Tenaris (TS) $59.79B, Park Ohio Holdings (PKOH) $551.27M.

Which stock is cheaper, IIIN, TS and PKOH?

Insteel Industries (IIIN) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Insteel Industries (IIIN) 17.9x, Tenaris (TS) 31.3x, Park Ohio Holdings (PKOH) 20.8x). On next year's consensus earnings, Park Ohio Holdings (PKOH) is cheapest (Insteel Industries (IIIN) 14.1x, Tenaris (TS) 14.1x, 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%, Tenaris (TS) +2.3%, Park Ohio Holdings (PKOH) +2.7%.

Which company is more profitable?

Tenaris (TS) has the highest net margin (Insteel Industries (IIIN) 4.0%, Tenaris (TS) 15.9%, Park Ohio Holdings (PKOH) 1.6%). On return on invested capital, Tenaris (TS) leads (Tenaris (TS) 12.7%, 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%, Tenaris (TS) +40.6%, Park Ohio Holdings (PKOH) +118.5%. Over five years, Tenaris (TS) compounded fastest (Insteel Industries (IIIN) -7.5%/yr, Tenaris (TS) +17.8%/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%, Tenaris (TS) 0.00%, Park Ohio Holdings (PKOH) 0.00%. Tenaris (TS) and Park Ohio Holdings (PKOH) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Tenaris (TS) has been the steadiest (Insteel Industries (IIIN) 41.6%, Tenaris (TS) 28.9%, 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, TS 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, Tenaris (TS) leads on 7. 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.