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Insteel Industries (IIIN) Competitors

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$30.82 -0.29 (-0.94%)
Closing price 10/23/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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IIIN vs. ROCK, AMWD, APOG, NX, LII, MAS, BLDR, OC, AOS, and AWI

Should you be buying Insteel Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Insteel Industries include Gibraltar Industries (ROCK), American Woodmark (AMWD), Apogee Enterprises (APOG), Quanex Building Products (NX), Lennox International (LII), Masco (MAS), Builders FirstSource (BLDR), Owens Corning (OC), A. O. Smith (AOS), and Armstrong World Industries (AWI). These companies are all part of the "building products" industry.

Insteel Industries vs. Its Competitors

Gibraltar Industries (NASDAQ:ROCK) and Insteel Industries (NASDAQ:IIIN) are both building products companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment and dividends.

98.4% of Gibraltar Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.3% of Insteel Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Gibraltar Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.0% of Insteel Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Gibraltar Industries has a net margin of 10.08% compared to Insteel Industries' net margin of 3.58%. Gibraltar Industries' return on equity of 12.91% beat Insteel Industries' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Gibraltar Industries10.08% 12.91% 9.18%
Insteel Industries 3.58%5.91%4.93%

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Gibraltar Industries
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.50
Insteel Industries
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Gibraltar Industries has a beta of 1.3, meaning that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Insteel Industries has a beta of 0.79, meaning that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Gibraltar Industries had 6 more articles in the media than Insteel Industries. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Gibraltar Industries and 2 mentions for Insteel Industries. Gibraltar Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.40 beat Insteel Industries' score of 0.16 indicating that Gibraltar Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Gibraltar Industries
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Insteel Industries
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Gibraltar Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Insteel Industries. Insteel Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gibraltar Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Gibraltar Industries$1.31B1.53$137.34M$4.1716.26
Insteel Industries$647.71M0.92$19.31M$2.1014.68

Summary

Gibraltar Industries beats Insteel Industries on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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IIIN vs. The Competition

MetricInsteel IndustriesSteel works, blast furnaces, & rolling & finishing mills IndustryIndustrials SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$598.18M$1.62B$7.84B$10.59B
Dividend Yield0.39%1.11%4.58%4.86%
P/E Ratio31.1314.3125.0528.46
Price / Sales0.920.351,265.73225.64
Price / Cash16.768.6527.8760.64
Price / Book1.811.014.916.53
Net Income$19.31M$1.21B$790.14M$276.75M
7 Day Performance-0.17%1.10%1.16%0.93%
1 Month Performance-20.34%-18.45%1.96%1.41%
1 Year Performance8.42%-9.19%29.35%31.59%

Insteel Industries Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
IIIN
Insteel Industries
2.0736 of 5 stars
$30.82
-0.9%
N/A+8.4%$598.18M$647.71M31.13960
ROCK
Gibraltar Industries
1.5201 of 5 stars
$63.55
-0.8%
N/A+4.1%$1.89B$1.31B15.242,107News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
AMWD
American Woodmark
3.2004 of 5 stars
$64.66
+0.4%
$70.00
+8.3%
-29.9%$938.10M$1.71B11.577,800
APOG
Apogee Enterprises
4.4048 of 5 stars
$38.75
-2.1%
$45.00
+16.1%
-48.0%$851.83M$1.36B19.004,500Positive News
NX
Quanex Building Products
4.0597 of 5 stars
$13.50
-0.1%
N/A-48.3%$619.80M$1.28B-2.177,068
LII
Lennox International
4.4201 of 5 stars
$524.55
+0.0%
$615.00
+17.2%
-18.9%$18.42B$5.34B22.4314,200Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
MAS
Masco
4.6576 of 5 stars
$65.99
+1.4%
$74.60
+13.0%
-15.2%$13.63B$7.83B17.5018,000Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Revision
BLDR
Builders FirstSource
4.4476 of 5 stars
$120.69
-1.5%
$147.29
+22.0%
-30.8%$13.54B$16.40B18.3129,000Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
OC
Owens Corning
4.8045 of 5 stars
$125.16
-1.0%
$178.31
+42.5%
-29.0%$10.57B$10.98B32.5125,000Positive News
AOS
A. O. Smith
4.8158 of 5 stars
$67.70
-0.1%
$77.43
+14.4%
-10.6%$9.49B$3.82B18.8612,700Upcoming Earnings
AWI
Armstrong World Industries
3.9883 of 5 stars
$195.83
+1.1%
$197.14
+0.7%
+47.0%$8.38B$1.45B28.973,600Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Increase
Analyst Revision

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