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% quarter-over-quarter from 15.35% in Q4 2025.

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

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

  • Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 came in at 13.72%, up 625.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 13.72% (up 625.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 3.0%, up 163.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed fell to 13.72% in Q1 2026 per IIIN's latest filing, from 15.35% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Return on Capital Employed peaked at 45.61% in Q3 2022 and troughed at 5.39% in Q3 2024.
  • A 5-year average of 18.7% and a median of 13.29% in 2025 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: Return on Capital Employed surged 2390 bps in 2022, then slumped 3029 bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 35.21% in 2022, then tumbled by 82 bps to 6.21% in 2023, then decreased by 5 bps to 5.89% in 2024, then surged by 161 bps to 15.35% in 2025, then fell by 11 bps to 13.72% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows IIIN's Return on Capital Employed at 13.72% in Q1 2026, 15.35% in Q4 2025, and 12.85% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 Carpenter Technology 29.34 Bn 29.04 Bn 251.80 Mn 20.96%
2 Ati 27.51 Bn 27.23 Bn 262.90 Mn 15.98%
3 Mueller Industries 14.99 Bn 13.61 Bn 358.44 Mn 31.89%
4 Commercial Metals 8.04 Bn 7.54 Bn 387.91 Mn -78.46%
5 Esab 6.48 Bn 6.34 Bn 257.79 Mn 9.92%
6 Gpgi 3.86 Bn 3.85 Bn - 3.49%
7 Worthington Enterprises 2.96 Bn 2.95 Bn 109.47 Mn 1.44%
8 Proto Labs 1.93 Bn 1.79 Bn 63.59 Mn 4.34%
9 Ryerson Holding 1.17 Bn 1.15 Bn 288.80 Mn 0.28%
10 Insteel Industries 565.95 Mn 550.86 Mn 16.49 Mn 13.72%

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%