Growth Metrics

Insteel Industries (IIIN) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2026)

Insteel Industries (IIIN) reported Return on Capital Employed of 13.72% for Q1 2026, up 625.0% year-over-year from 1.89% in Q1 2025, and down 10.6% on a QoQ basis from 15.35% in Q4 2025.

Insteel Industries (IIIN) has 16 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 13.72% in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Return on Capital Employed rose 625.0% year-over-year to 13.72% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 13.72% (up 625.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 3.0%, up 163.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed retreated to 13.72% in Q1 2026 per IIIN's latest filing, from 15.35% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 45.61% in Q3 2022 and bottomed at 5.39% in Q3 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 13.29% (2025), against an average of 18.7%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Return on Capital Employed soared 2390 bps; it then plunged 3029 bps in 2023.
  • Tracing IIIN's Return on Capital Employed over 5 years: stood at 35.21% in 2022, then sank by 82 bps to 6.21% in 2023, then fell by 5 bps to 5.89% in 2024, then soared by 161 bps to 15.35% in 2025, then dropped by 11 bps to 13.72% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest IIIN Return on Capital Employed figures stand at 13.72% (Q1 2026), 15.35% (Q4 2025), and 12.85% (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 Ati 22.19 Bn 21.90 Bn 262.90 Mn 15.98%
2 Carpenter Technology 21.71 Bn 21.41 Bn 251.80 Mn 20.96%
3 Mueller Industries 14.55 Bn 13.18 Bn 358.44 Mn 31.89%
4 Esab 5.57 Bn 5.43 Bn 257.79 Mn 9.92%
5 Worthington Enterprises 2.71 Bn 2.70 Bn 109.47 Mn 1.44%
6 Proto Labs 1.70 Bn 1.56 Bn 63.59 Mn 4.34%
7 Mayville Engineering Company 520.33 Mn 518.26 Mn 10.96 Mn -2.54%
8 Insteel Industries 517.83 Mn 502.74 Mn 16.49 Mn 13.72%
9 Tredegar 271.32 Mn 255.71 Mn 28.99 Mn 104.94%
10 Techprecision 38.93 Mn 38.86 Mn 381,000.00 7.04%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 28, 2026 13.72%
Dec 27, 2025 15.35%
Sep 27, 2025 12.85%
Jun 28, 2025 11.04%
Mar 29, 2025 7.47%
Dec 28, 2024 5.89%
Sep 28, 2024 5.39%
Jun 29, 2024 5.84%
Mar 30, 2024 7.22%
Dec 30, 2023 6.21%
Sep 30, 2023 8.67%
Jul 1, 2023 15.64%
Apr 1, 2023 25.66%
Dec 31, 2022 35.21%
Oct 1, 2022 38.96%
Jul 2, 2022 45.61%
Apr 2, 2022 42.45%
Jan 1, 2022 33.32%
Oct 2, 2021 27.62%
Jul 3, 2021 23.20%
Apr 3, 2021 18.55%
Jan 2, 2021 12.70%
Oct 3, 2020 8.83%
Jun 27, 2020 4.50%
Mar 28, 2020 2.52%
Dec 28, 2019 0.62%
Sep 28, 2019 2.05%
Jun 29, 2019 7.26%
Mar 30, 2019 12.42%
Dec 29, 2018 15.06%
Sep 29, 2018 17.81%
Jun 30, 2018 15.26%
Mar 31, 2018 12.48%
Dec 30, 2017 14.62%
Sep 30, 2017 13.90%
Jul 1, 2017 20.44%
Apr 1, 2017 24.13%
Dec 31, 2016 24.83%
Oct 1, 2016 25.58%
Jul 2, 2016 26.16%
Apr 2, 2016 20.06%
Jan 2, 2016 17.67%
Oct 3, 2015 15.25%
Jun 27, 2015 11.76%
Mar 28, 2015 11.35%
Dec 27, 2014 12.63%
Sep 27, 2014 12.96%
Jun 28, 2014 12.28%
Mar 29, 2014 10.64%
Dec 28, 2013 10.98%
Sep 28, 2013 10.48%
Jun 29, 2013 9.88%
Mar 30, 2013 7.69%
Dec 29, 2012 4.22%
Sep 29, 2012 1.54%
Jun 30, 2012 1.98%
Mar 31, 2012 4.47%
Dec 31, 2011 6.74%
Oct 1, 2011 2.24%