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Insteel Industries IIIN Free cash flow

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Income statement

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Revenue$172.7M+7.5%
Gross profit$23.4M+88.3%
Net income$5.2M-49.1%
EPS (diluted)$0.53+112%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$15.1M-46.9%
Total debt$1.7M+5.3%
Total equity$364.5M+6.8%
Total assets$460.5M+9.2%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$5.1M—
CapEx$4.4M+97.7%

Valuation

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Market cap$602.43M-11.4%
Enterprise value$589.02M-9.8%
P/E18.1×-4.5×
P/S0.9×-0.3×

Profitability

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Gross margin14.4%+5.0pp
Net margin4.8%-0.5pp
FCF margin8.6%-7.3pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity9.4%+0.6pp
Debt / equity0×0.0×
Current ratio3.7×-0.2×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Insteel Industries’s reported figures.

−$701.0Knet cash from operating−$1.5Mcapital expenditures=-$2.2M

The official record: Insteel Industries’s 10-Q, filed January 15, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Insteel Industries's free cash flow?
Insteel Industries (IIIN) reported free cash flow of -$2.2M in Q4 2025.
How has Insteel Industries's free cash flow changed year-over-year?
Insteel Industries's free cash flow decreased by 113.5% year-over-year, from $16.32M to -$2.2M.
What is the long-term trend for Insteel Industries's free cash flow?
Over 2 years (2021 to 2024), Insteel Industries's free cash flow has grown at a -13.0% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $52.38M to $39.64M.
What does free cash flow mean?
Free cash flow represents the cash generated by a company after accounting for cash outflows to support operations and maintain or expand its capital asset base. It serves as a critical indicator of a company's ability to fund organic growth, pay down debt, or return capital to shareholders without relying on external financing.