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% on a QoQ basis from 5.81% in Q4 2025.
Insteel Industries (IIIN) has 17 years of Operating Margin data on file, last reported at 3.93% in Q1 2026.
- Quarterly Operating Margin fell 421.0% year-over-year to 3.93% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 7.7% (up 300.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 1.74%, up 74.0% from the prior year.
- Operating Margin retreated to 3.93% in Q1 2026 per IIIN's latest filing, from 5.81% in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, Operating Margin topped out at 23.39% in Q2 2022 and bottomed at 0.08% in Q4 2023.
- The 5-year median for Operating Margin is 6.27% (2022), against an average of 8.5%.
- The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Operating Margin surged 947 bps; it then tumbled 1977 bps in 2023.
- Tracing IIIN's Operating Margin over 5 years: stood at 6.39% in 2022, then slumped by 101 bps to 0.08% in 2023, then jumped by 1503 bps to 1.12% in 2024, then jumped by 420 bps to 5.81% in 2025, then sank by 32 bps to 3.93% in 2026.
- Per Business Quant, the three latest IIIN Operating Margin figures stand at 3.93% (Q1 2026), 5.81% (Q4 2025), and 9.54% (Q3 2025).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Operating Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ati | 22.19 Bn | 21.90 Bn | 262.90 Mn | 14.22% |
| 2 | Carpenter Technology | 21.71 Bn | 21.41 Bn | 251.80 Mn | 22.98% |
| 3 | Mueller Industries | 14.55 Bn | 13.18 Bn | 358.44 Mn | 26.17% |
| 4 | Esab | 5.57 Bn | 5.43 Bn | 257.79 Mn | 12.01% |
| 5 | Worthington Enterprises | 2.71 Bn | 2.70 Bn | 109.47 Mn | 8.33% |
| 6 | Proto Labs | 1.70 Bn | 1.56 Bn | 63.59 Mn | 7.06% |
| 7 | Mayville Engineering Company | 520.33 Mn | 518.26 Mn | 10.96 Mn | -5.31% |
| 8 | Insteel Industries | 517.83 Mn | 502.74 Mn | 16.49 Mn | 3.93% |
| 9 | Tredegar | 271.32 Mn | 255.71 Mn | 28.99 Mn | -81.20% |
| 10 | Techprecision | 38.93 Mn | 38.86 Mn | 381,000.00 | -19.06% |
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% |
| Apr 3, 2021 | 13.92% |
| Jan 2, 2021 | 8.90% |
| Oct 3, 2020 | 7.90% |
| Jun 27, 2020 | 6.64% |
| Mar 28, 2020 | 4.82% |
| Dec 28, 2019 | 0.51% |
| Sep 28, 2019 | -1.83% |
| Jun 29, 2019 | 2.15% |
| Mar 30, 2019 | 0.42% |
| Dec 29, 2018 | 4.27% |
| Sep 29, 2018 | 9.90% |
| Jun 30, 2018 | 13.14% |
| Mar 31, 2018 | 7.39% |
| Dec 30, 2017 | 6.03% |
| Sep 30, 2017 | 5.98% |
| Jul 1, 2017 | 10.73% |
| Apr 1, 2017 | 11.09% |
| Dec 31, 2016 | 7.13% |
| Oct 1, 2016 | 17.38% |
| Jul 2, 2016 | 17.85% |
| Apr 2, 2016 | 10.13% |
| Jan 2, 2016 | 10.84% |
| Oct 3, 2015 | 11.96% |
| Jun 27, 2015 | 7.62% |
| Mar 28, 2015 | 2.35% |
| Dec 27, 2014 | 5.78% |
| Sep 27, 2014 | 5.78% |
| Jun 28, 2014 | 7.10% |
| Mar 29, 2014 | 6.15% |
| Dec 28, 2013 | 4.99% |
| Sep 28, 2013 | 3.52% |
| Jun 29, 2013 | 5.71% |
| Mar 30, 2013 | 7.01% |
| Dec 29, 2012 | 4.37% |
| Sep 29, 2012 | 1.35% |
| Jun 30, 2012 | 1.64% |
| Mar 31, 2012 | 0.44% |
| Dec 31, 2011 | -0.63% |
| Oct 1, 2011 | 2.05% |
| Jul 2, 2011 | 5.69% |
| Apr 2, 2011 | 5.60% |
| Jan 1, 2011 | -16.62% |
| Oct 2, 2010 | -2.57% |
| Jul 3, 2010 | 5.44% |