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

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DateValue
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%