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Quality50

Growth is the primary weakness (avg 25/100). Valuation is the relative bright spot.

Broad-market heuristics · Not a buy/sell signal

Valuation and growth

Earnings Multiple
90/100
18.7x

Under 20x, reasonable relative to earnings

Cash Flow Multiple
80/100
22.0x

20–25x, moderate cash flow premium

Revenue Growth
50/100
4.4%

2–5% CAGR, growing but slowly

Cash Flow Growth
0/100
-39.4%

Below 2%, essentially flat

Business Quality & Capital Allocation

Share Dilution
80/100
-0.2%

Roughly flat, no meaningful dilution

Margin Trend
20/100
-0.2pp

Modest contraction, within normal range

Capital Structure
100/100
-$35M

Net cash position, no leverage concern

2023
$126M
$2.00M
2024
$112M
$2.00M
2025
$39.0M
$4.00M
2026
$37.0M
$2.00M
CashDebt
Return on Capital
0/100
7.8%

Below 8%, may not cover cost of capital

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Insteel Industries (IIIN) quality: score, margins and returns

Insteel Industries (IIIN) scores 50/100 on Intrinsiqq's quality score (a mixed business), a weighted blend of 8 metrics each scored 0 to 100, on 5.2% operating margins and 7.8% ROIC. Every metric is computed from SEC filings; this is analysis, not investment advice.

Frequently asked

Is Insteel Industries (IIIN) a high-quality business?+

Insteel Industries scores 50 out of 100 on Intrinsiqq's quality score, a weighted blend of 8 metrics each scored 0 to 100, which rates it a mixed business on these measures. Recent figures include a 5.2% operating margin and a 7.8% return on invested capital. Quality and price are separate questions: even a great business can be a poor investment if you overpay, so read this score alongside the valuation. The metric-by-metric breakdown is on this scorecard.

What does Insteel Industries's quality score measure?+

Intrinsiqq's quality score weighs revenue and free-cash-flow growth, operating margins, return on invested capital, change in share count, and balance-sheet strength, each computed from IIIN's SEC filings rather than opinion or sentiment. A higher score means a more durable, capital-efficient business; it is not a buy or sell signal. Open each metric on this page to see exactly where Insteel Industries scores well and where it falls behind.

What is Insteel Industries's return on invested capital (ROIC)?+

Insteel Industries earns about 7.8% on its invested capital, which is modest. ROIC measures how much profit a company generates per dollar put to work; sustained ROIC above its cost of capital is one of the clearest signs of a real competitive moat. Compare it to IIIN's margins and growth on this scorecard to judge durability.

How profitable is Insteel Industries?+

Insteel Industries runs an operating margin of about 5.2% and a net margin of about 4.0%. Revenue has grown at roughly 4.6% a year recently. High, stable margins usually point to pricing power and operating discipline. Margins are most telling next to growth and returns on capital, all of which feed this quality score. This is analysis from SEC filings, not investment advice.

How the market compares: US profitability statistics

SourceQuality score computed from the 10-Q filed 27 Oct 2026, covering the period ending 3 Oct 2026, as reported to the SEC. Data last refreshed 31 Oct 2026. How this is calculated.

Fiscal year ends Oct. Sector medians are approximate S&P 500 benchmarks and update periodically. Checks use broad-market heuristics, so sector norms may differ, and the valuation checks are more cyclical than the quality checks.

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IIIN is in 36 US ETFs. The largest of them, with IIIN's weight in each:

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