Growth Metrics

Insteel Industries (IIIN) Operating Expenses (2010 - 2026)

Insteel Industries (IIIN) reported Operating Expenses of $9.7 million for Q1 2026, down 15.27% year-over-year from $11.5 million in Q1 2025, and up 10.83% on a QoQ basis from $8.8 million in Q4 2025.

Insteel Industries (IIIN) has 17 years of Operating Expenses data on file, last reported at $9.7 million in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Operating Expenses fell 15.27% year-over-year to $9.7 million in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $40.8 million (up 16.93% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $41.3 million, up 39.59% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses grew to $9.7 million in Q1 2026 per IIIN's latest filing, from $8.8 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Operating Expenses topped out at $12.3 million in Q1 2022 and bottomed at $6.4 million in Q4 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Expenses is $8.1 million (2023), against an average of $8.7 million.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Operating Expenses plunged 42.2%; it then jumped 56.45% in 2025.
  • Tracing IIIN's Operating Expenses over 5 years: stood at $7.1 million in 2022, then slipped by 10.65% to $6.4 million in 2023, then advanced by 26.89% to $8.1 million in 2024, then advanced by 8.47% to $8.8 million in 2025, then gained by 10.83% to $9.7 million in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest IIIN Operating Expenses figures stand at $9.7 million (Q1 2026), $8.8 million (Q4 2025), and $11.7 million (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 Ati 22.19 Bn 21.90 Bn 262.90 Mn 99.10 Mn
2 Carpenter Technology 21.71 Bn 21.41 Bn 251.80 Mn 65.30 Mn
3 Mueller Industries 14.55 Bn 13.18 Bn 358.44 Mn 83.44 Mn
4 Esab 5.57 Bn 5.43 Bn 257.79 Mn 171.18 Mn
5 Worthington Enterprises 2.71 Bn 2.70 Bn 109.47 Mn 77.93 Mn
6 Proto Labs 1.70 Bn 1.56 Bn 63.59 Mn 53.75 Mn
7 Mayville Engineering Company 520.33 Mn 518.26 Mn 10.96 Mn -
8 Insteel Industries 517.83 Mn 502.74 Mn 16.49 Mn 9.71 Mn
9 Tredegar 271.32 Mn 255.71 Mn 28.99 Mn 180.43 Mn
10 Techprecision 38.93 Mn 38.86 Mn 381,000.00 1.73 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 28, 2026 9.71 Mn
Dec 27, 2025 8.76 Mn
Sep 27, 2025 11.69 Mn
Jun 28, 2025 10.63 Mn
Mar 29, 2025 11.46 Mn
Dec 28, 2024 8.08 Mn
Sep 28, 2024 7.47 Mn
Jun 29, 2024 7.88 Mn
Mar 30, 2024 7.88 Mn
Dec 30, 2023 6.37 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 8.13 Mn
Jul 1, 2023 7.92 Mn
Apr 1, 2023 7.51 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 7.13 Mn
Oct 1, 2022 8.33 Mn
Jul 2, 2022 8.24 Mn
Apr 2, 2022 7.20 Mn
Jan 1, 2022 12.33 Mn
Oct 2, 2021 7.39 Mn
Jul 3, 2021 7.78 Mn
Apr 3, 2021 10.88 Mn
Jan 2, 2021 9.21 Mn
Oct 3, 2020 8.55 Mn
Jun 27, 2020 6.70 Mn
Mar 28, 2020 9.75 Mn
Dec 28, 2019 5.74 Mn
Sep 28, 2019 5.90 Mn
Jun 29, 2019 5.52 Mn
Mar 30, 2019 6.56 Mn
Dec 29, 2018 6.53 Mn
Sep 29, 2018 7.53 Mn
Jun 30, 2018 7.54 Mn
Mar 31, 2018 7.48 Mn
Dec 30, 2017 5.76 Mn
Sep 30, 2017 6.00 Mn
Jul 1, 2017 6.28 Mn
Apr 1, 2017 7.08 Mn
Dec 31, 2016 6.31 Mn
Oct 1, 2016 4.69 Mn
Jul 2, 2016 6.91 Mn
Apr 2, 2016 7.74 Mn
Jan 2, 2016 6.41 Mn
Oct 3, 2015 7.77 Mn
Jun 27, 2015 6.77 Mn
Mar 28, 2015 6.31 Mn
Dec 27, 2014 5.65 Mn
Sep 27, 2014 7.08 Mn
Jun 28, 2014 6.22 Mn
Mar 29, 2014 5.98 Mn
Dec 28, 2013 4.71 Mn
Sep 28, 2013 5.22 Mn
Jun 29, 2013 5.37 Mn
Mar 30, 2013 5.25 Mn
Dec 29, 2012 4.84 Mn
Sep 29, 2012 4.58 Mn
Jun 30, 2012 4.87 Mn
Mar 31, 2012 5.11 Mn
Dec 31, 2011 5.19 Mn
Oct 1, 2011 5.72 Mn
Jul 2, 2011 6.92 Mn
Apr 2, 2011 6.74 Mn
Jan 1, 2011 8.56 Mn
Oct 2, 2010 3.78 Mn
Jul 3, 2010 4.32 Mn