Insteel Industries (IIIN) Competitors $33.73 -0.18 (-0.52%) Closing price 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$33.76 +0.03 (+0.08%) As of 04:20 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsSustainabilityTrendsBuy This Stock IIIN vs. ROCK, APOG, AMWD, NX, LII, BLDR, MAS, OC, AOS, and AAONShould you be buying Insteel Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Insteel Industries include Gibraltar Industries (ROCK), Apogee Enterprises (APOG), American Woodmark (AMWD), Quanex Building Products (NX), Lennox International (LII), Builders FirstSource (BLDR), Masco (MAS), Owens Corning (OC), A. O. Smith (AOS), and AAON (AAON). These companies are all part of the "building products" industry. Insteel Industries vs. Gibraltar Industries Apogee Enterprises American Woodmark Quanex Building Products Lennox International Builders FirstSource Masco Owens Corning A. O. Smith AAON Insteel Industries (NASDAQ:IIIN) and Gibraltar Industries (NASDAQ:ROCK) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, earnings, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends and risk. Does the media refer more to IIIN or ROCK? In the previous week, Gibraltar Industries had 19 more articles in the media than Insteel Industries. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Gibraltar Industries and 7 mentions for Insteel Industries. Insteel Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Gibraltar Industries' score of 0.99 indicating that Insteel Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Insteel Industries 3 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Gibraltar Industries 11 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 10 Neutral mention(s) 1 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Do institutionals and insiders believe in IIIN or ROCK? 83.3% of Insteel Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.4% of Gibraltar Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.0% of Insteel Industries shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Gibraltar Industries shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. Does the MarketBeat Community favor IIIN or ROCK? Gibraltar Industries received 80 more outperform votes than Insteel Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.07% of users gave Gibraltar Industries an outperform vote while only 61.93% of users gave Insteel Industries an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformInsteel IndustriesOutperform Votes20561.93% Underperform Votes12638.07% Gibraltar IndustriesOutperform Votes28565.07% Underperform Votes15334.93% Which has preferable earnings & valuation, IIIN or ROCK? Gibraltar Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Insteel Industries. Gibraltar Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Insteel Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioInsteel Industries$570.46M1.15$19.31M$1.1629.08Gibraltar Industries$1.31B1.26$110.53M$4.4712.42 Which has more volatility & risk, IIIN or ROCK? Insteel Industries has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gibraltar Industries has a beta of 1.22, suggesting that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Is IIIN or ROCK more profitable? Gibraltar Industries has a net margin of 10.49% compared to Insteel Industries' net margin of 3.58%. Gibraltar Industries' return on equity of 13.19% beat Insteel Industries' return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Insteel Industries3.58% 5.91% 4.93% Gibraltar Industries 10.49%13.19%9.44% SummaryGibraltar Industries beats Insteel Industries on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Insteel Industries News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for IIIN and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart IIIN vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricInsteel IndustriesSteel works, blast furnaces, & rolling & finishing mills IndustryIndustrials SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$654.81M$4.64B$7.21B$7.95BDividend Yield0.36%3.38%3.56%4.22%P/E Ratio34.0715.0021.0018.58Price / Sales1.150.6181.73103.49Price / Cash16.766.7826.9034.62Price / Book1.981.143.754.25Net Income$19.31M$1.00B$808.20M$248.18M7 Day Performance1.57%1.33%3.94%1.36%1 Month Performance27.87%2.67%2.61%3.85%1 Year Performance6.04%-10.16%15.03%5.37% Insteel Industries Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)IIINInsteel Industries1.6938 of 5 stars$33.73-0.5%N/A+5.8%$654.81M$570.46M34.07960Positive NewsROCKGibraltar Industries2.2215 of 5 stars$50.20-3.1%N/A-25.9%$1.49B$1.31B11.232,140Earnings ReportNews CoverageAPOGApogee Enterprises4.7336 of 5 stars$44.49-2.3%$62.00+39.4%-35.8%$976.69M$1.38B9.935,500Earnings ReportAnalyst RevisionAMWDAmerican Woodmark4.1307 of 5 stars$54.03-4.0%$114.00+111.0%-35.9%$801.54M$1.76B8.0810,000Analyst ForecastNews CoverageNXQuanex Building Products4.7846 of 5 stars$15.53-4.0%$38.00+144.7%-50.5%$733.16M$1.44B13.873,880LIILennox International3.9323 of 5 stars$542.64-2.4%$606.15+11.7%+17.9%$19.26B$5.34B24.0713,200Analyst RevisionBLDRBuilders FirstSource4.9015 of 5 stars$114.26-2.3%$186.84+63.5%-34.8%$13.00B$16.40B12.6129,000Earnings ReportAnalyst DowngradeNews CoverageGap DownMASMasco4.6498 of 5 stars$60.06-2.5%$83.37+38.8%-11.5%$12.71B$7.83B15.9719,000Short Interest ↑OCOwens Corning4.9405 of 5 stars$134.47-2.4%$194.58+44.7%-13.6%$11.50B$10.98B11.4419,000AOSA. O. Smith4.7725 of 5 stars$61.74-2.2%$76.50+23.9%-17.9%$8.89B$3.82B17.0112,000Earnings ReportAnalyst ForecastAAONAAON4.5182 of 5 stars$77.92-5.5%$115.50+48.2%-3.0%$6.36B$1.20B34.333,670News CoveragePositive NewsGap Up Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Gibraltar Industries Competitors Apogee Enterprises Competitors American Woodmark Competitors Quanex Building Products Competitors Lennox International Competitors Builders FirstSource Competitors Masco Competitors Owens Corning Competitors A. O. 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