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% quarter-over-quarter from 11.29% in Q4 2025.

Insteel Industries (IIIN) Gross Margin (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

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

  • Gross Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 9.55%, down 572.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 13.62% (up 280.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 14.43%, up 505.0% from the prior year.
  • Gross Margin eased to 9.55% in Q1 2026 per IIIN's latest filing, from 11.29% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Gross Margin peaked at 26.77% in Q2 2022 and troughed at 5.15% in Q4 2023.
  • A 5-year average of 13.85% and a median of 11.79% in 2025 frame the typical range for Gross Margin.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: Gross Margin surged 714 bps in 2022, then tumbled 1843 bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Gross Margin shows it stood at 10.66% in 2022, then plunged by 52 bps to 5.15% in 2023, then surged by 43 bps to 7.35% in 2024, then soared by 54 bps to 11.29% in 2025, then declined by 15 bps to 9.55% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows IIIN's Gross Margin at 9.55% in Q1 2026, 11.29% in Q4 2025, and 16.12% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Gross Margin (Qtr)
1 Carpenter Technology 29.34 Bn 29.04 Bn 251.80 Mn 31.03%
2 Ati 27.51 Bn 27.23 Bn 262.90 Mn 22.83%
3 Mueller Industries 14.99 Bn 13.61 Bn 358.44 Mn 30.05%
4 Commercial Metals 8.04 Bn 7.54 Bn 387.91 Mn 18.19%
5 Esab 6.48 Bn 6.34 Bn 257.79 Mn 35.76%
6 Gpgi 3.86 Bn 3.85 Bn - -
7 Worthington Enterprises 2.96 Bn 2.95 Bn 109.47 Mn 28.91%
8 Proto Labs 1.93 Bn 1.79 Bn 63.59 Mn 45.64%
9 Ryerson Holding 1.17 Bn 1.15 Bn 288.80 Mn 18.44%
10 Insteel Industries 565.95 Mn 550.86 Mn 16.49 Mn 9.55%

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%