Insteel Industries (IIIN) Operating Margin (2010 - 2026)
Insteel Industries (IIIN) reported Operating Margin of 3.93% for Q1 2026, down 421.0% year-over-year from 1.22% in Q1 2025, and down 32.44% quarter-over-quarter from 5.81% in Q4 2025.
Insteel Industries (IIIN) Operating Margin (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Insteel Industries (IIIN) has 17 years of Operating Margin data on file, last reported at 3.93% in Q1 2026.
- Operating Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 3.93%, down 421.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 7.7% (up 300.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 1.74%, up 74.0% from the prior year.
- Operating Margin fell to 3.93% in Q1 2026 per IIIN's latest filing, from 5.81% in the prior quarter.
- Over five years, Operating Margin peaked at 23.39% in Q2 2022 and troughed at 0.08% in Q4 2023.
- A 5-year average of 8.5% and a median of 6.27% in 2022 frame the typical range for Operating Margin.
- The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: Operating Margin jumped 947 bps in 2022, then sank 1977 bps in 2023.
- A 5-year view of Operating Margin shows it stood at 6.39% in 2022, then plunged by 101 bps to 0.08% in 2023, then soared by 1503 bps to 1.12% in 2024, then soared by 420 bps to 5.81% in 2025, then tumbled by 32 bps to 3.93% in 2026.
- Business Quant data shows IIIN's Operating Margin at 3.93% in Q1 2026, 5.81% in Q4 2025, and 9.54% in Q3 2025.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Operating Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carpenter Technology | 29.34 Bn | 29.04 Bn | 251.80 Mn | 22.98% |
| 2 | Ati | 27.51 Bn | 27.23 Bn | 262.90 Mn | 14.22% |
| 3 | Mueller Industries | 14.99 Bn | 13.61 Bn | 358.44 Mn | 26.17% |
| 4 | Commercial Metals | 8.04 Bn | 7.54 Bn | 387.91 Mn | -76.66% |
| 5 | Esab | 6.48 Bn | 6.34 Bn | 257.79 Mn | 12.01% |
| 6 | Gpgi | 3.86 Bn | 3.85 Bn | - | - |
| 7 | Worthington Enterprises | 2.96 Bn | 2.95 Bn | 109.47 Mn | 8.33% |
| 8 | Proto Labs | 1.93 Bn | 1.79 Bn | 63.59 Mn | 7.06% |
| 9 | Ryerson Holding | 1.17 Bn | 1.15 Bn | 288.80 Mn | 1.48% |
| 10 | Insteel Industries | 565.95 Mn | 550.86 Mn | 16.49 Mn | 3.93% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 28, 2026 | 3.93% |
| Dec 27, 2025 | 5.81% |
| Sep 27, 2025 | 9.54% |
| Jun 28, 2025 | 11.19% |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 8.13% |
| Dec 28, 2024 | 1.12% |
| Sep 28, 2024 | 3.57% |
| Jun 29, 2024 | 5.15% |
| Mar 30, 2024 | 6.15% |
| Dec 30, 2023 | -0.08% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 3.72% |
| Jul 1, 2023 | 7.51% |
| Apr 1, 2023 | 3.62% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 6.39% |
| Oct 1, 2022 | 15.13% |
| Jul 2, 2022 | 21.94% |
| Apr 2, 2022 | 23.39% |
| Jan 1, 2022 | 16.83% |
| Oct 2, 2021 | 18.99% |
| Jul 3, 2021 | 14.79% |