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Insteel Industries IIIN Return on invested capital

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Other financials

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%
Free cash flow-$2.2M-113%

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×
Current ratio3.7×-0.2×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Insteel Industries’s reported figures.

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: Insteel Industries’s 10-Q, filed April 16, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Insteel Industries's return on invested capital?
Insteel Industries (IIIN) reported return on invested capital of 14.2% in Q3 2025.
How has Insteel Industries's return on invested capital changed year-over-year?
Insteel Industries's return on invested capital increased by 83.0% year-over-year, from 7.8% to 14.2%.
What is the long-term trend for Insteel Industries's return on invested capital?
Over 2 years (2021 to 2025), Insteel Industries's return on invested capital has grown at a -33.9% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 32.5% to 14.2%.
What does return on invested capital mean?
Net operating profit after tax (operating income taxed at the effective rate) divided by average invested capital (debt plus equity minus cash). Measures the after-tax return on all capital put to work in the business, independent of capital structure.