Growth Metrics

Insteel Industries (IIIN) Gross Margin (2010 - 2026)

Insteel Industries (IIIN) reported Gross Margin of 9.55% for Q1 2026, down 572.0% year-over-year from 2.02% in Q1 2025, and down 15.41% on a QoQ basis from 11.29% in Q4 2025.

Insteel Industries (IIIN) has 17 years of Gross Margin data on file, last reported at 9.55% in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Gross Margin fell 572.0% year-over-year to 9.55% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 13.62% (up 280.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 14.43%, up 505.0% from the prior year.
  • Gross Margin declined to 9.55% in Q1 2026 per IIIN's latest filing, from 11.29% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Gross Margin topped out at 26.77% in Q2 2022 and bottomed at 5.15% in Q4 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Gross Margin is 11.79% (2025), against an average of 13.85%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Gross Margin soared 714 bps; it then sank 1843 bps in 2023.
  • Tracing IIIN's Gross Margin over 5 years: stood at 10.66% in 2022, then slumped by 52 bps to 5.15% in 2023, then soared by 43 bps to 7.35% in 2024, then jumped by 54 bps to 11.29% in 2025, then slipped by 15 bps to 9.55% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest IIIN Gross Margin figures stand at 9.55% (Q1 2026), 11.29% (Q4 2025), and 16.12% (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Gross Margin (Qtr)
1 Ati 22.19 Bn 21.90 Bn 262.90 Mn 22.83%
2 Carpenter Technology 21.71 Bn 21.41 Bn 251.80 Mn 31.03%
3 Mueller Industries 14.55 Bn 13.18 Bn 358.44 Mn 30.05%
4 Esab 5.57 Bn 5.43 Bn 257.79 Mn 35.76%
5 Worthington Enterprises 2.71 Bn 2.70 Bn 109.47 Mn 28.91%
6 Proto Labs 1.70 Bn 1.56 Bn 63.59 Mn 45.64%
7 Mayville Engineering Company 520.33 Mn 518.26 Mn 10.96 Mn 7.57%
8 Insteel Industries 517.83 Mn 502.74 Mn 16.49 Mn 9.55%
9 Tredegar 271.32 Mn 255.71 Mn 28.99 Mn 15.55%
10 Techprecision 38.93 Mn 38.86 Mn 381,000.00 5.37%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 28, 2026 9.55%
Dec 27, 2025 11.29%
Sep 27, 2025 16.12%
Jun 28, 2025 17.11%
Mar 29, 2025 15.27%
Dec 28, 2024 7.35%
Sep 28, 2024 9.13%
Jun 29, 2024 10.56%
Mar 30, 2024 12.34%
Dec 30, 2023 5.15%
Sep 30, 2023 8.88%
Jul 1, 2023 12.29%
Apr 1, 2023 8.34%
Dec 31, 2022 10.66%
Oct 1, 2022 19.13%
Jul 2, 2022 25.57%
Apr 2, 2022 26.77%
Jan 1, 2022 23.74%
Oct 2, 2021 23.31%
Jul 3, 2021 19.63%
Apr 3, 2021 21.75%
Jan 2, 2021 16.60%
Oct 3, 2020 14.08%
Jun 27, 2020 12.14%
Mar 28, 2020 13.31%
Dec 28, 2019 6.39%
Sep 28, 2019 3.38%
Jun 29, 2019 6.52%
Mar 30, 2019 6.27%
Dec 29, 2018 10.54%
Sep 29, 2018 16.10%
Jun 30, 2018 19.09%
Mar 31, 2018 14.35%
Dec 30, 2017 11.93%
Sep 30, 2017 12.18%
Jul 1, 2017 17.20%
Apr 1, 2017 18.08%
Dec 31, 2016 13.86%
Oct 1, 2016 21.92%
Jul 2, 2016 23.82%
Apr 2, 2016 17.33%
Jan 2, 2016 17.78%
Oct 3, 2015 18.54%
Jun 27, 2015 13.41%
Mar 28, 2015 8.55%
Dec 27, 2014 10.89%
Sep 27, 2014 11.83%
Jun 28, 2014 12.60%
Mar 29, 2014 12.69%
Dec 28, 2013 10.38%
Sep 28, 2013 8.84%
Jun 29, 2013 11.25%
Mar 30, 2013 13.33%
Dec 29, 2012 10.01%
Sep 29, 2012 6.03%
Jun 30, 2012 6.84%
Mar 31, 2012 6.31%
Dec 31, 2011 5.49%
Oct 1, 2011 7.82%
Jul 2, 2011 12.71%
Apr 2, 2011 13.35%
Jan 1, 2011 -0.26%
Oct 2, 2010 4.17%
Jul 3, 2010 12.41%