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Insteel Industries (IIIN) Competitors

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$37.28 -0.59 (-1.57%)
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IIIN vs. ROCK, NX, APOG, AMWD, LII, BLDR, MAS, 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), Quanex Building Products (NX), Apogee Enterprises (APOG), American Woodmark (AMWD), Lennox International (LII), Builders FirstSource (BLDR), Masco (MAS), 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

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

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 stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Gibraltar Industries had 8 more articles in the media than Insteel Industries. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Gibraltar Industries and 1 mentions for Insteel Industries. Gibraltar Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.07 beat Insteel Industries' score of 0.00 indicating that Gibraltar Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

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
Insteel Industries3.58% 5.91% 4.93%
Gibraltar Industries 10.08%12.91%9.18%

Insteel Industries has a beta of 0.74, suggesting that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gibraltar Industries has a beta of 1.32, suggesting that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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 Ratio
Insteel Industries$604.57M1.20$19.31M$1.6023.30
Gibraltar Industries$1.35B1.35$137.34M$4.1714.78

Summary

Gibraltar Industries beats Insteel Industries on 11 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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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$723.55M$2.27B$7.65B$9.82B
Dividend Yield0.34%1.09%4.56%4.11%
P/E Ratio37.6515.4125.8925.72
Price / Sales1.200.4299.4280.32
Price / Cash16.768.6528.3558.93
Price / Book2.181.114.356.01
Net Income$19.31M$1.21B$797.05M$265.06M
7 Day Performance5.31%5.23%0.87%2.80%
1 Month Performance-5.20%1.76%1.82%1.68%
1 Year Performance17.59%2.36%33.20%29.59%

Insteel Industries Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
IIIN
Insteel Industries
2.2403 of 5 stars
$37.28
-1.6%
N/A+18.6%$723.55M$604.57M37.65960
ROCK
Gibraltar Industries
3.282 of 5 stars
$58.09
-0.1%
N/A-3.2%$1.72B$1.31B13.932,107Analyst Revision
NX
Quanex Building Products
4.8315 of 5 stars
$19.32
-1.6%
$38.00
+96.6%
-16.8%$902.45M$1.28B32.757,068Gap Down
APOG
Apogee Enterprises
4.0589 of 5 stars
$41.13
-0.9%
$45.00
+9.4%
-28.7%$893.91M$1.36B17.584,500
AMWD
American Woodmark
2.785 of 5 stars
$59.54
-1.7%
$83.33
+40.0%
-25.5%$878.03M$1.71B9.197,800Gap Down
LII
Lennox International
3.9622 of 5 stars
$582.18
0.0%
$635.33
+9.1%
+6.8%$20.45B$5.34B24.8914,200Gap Down
BLDR
Builders FirstSource
4.6847 of 5 stars
$128.96
-2.5%
$154.44
+19.8%
-10.2%$14.61B$16.40B19.5729,000Positive News
Gap Down
MAS
Masco
4.6407 of 5 stars
$68.94
-0.5%
$74.13
+7.5%
+0.6%$14.51B$7.83B18.2918,000Positive News
OC
Owens Corning
4.52 of 5 stars
$141.93
-1.4%
$184.60
+30.1%
-2.6%$12.03B$10.98B36.8625,000News Coverage
Short Interest ↑
Gap Down
AOS
A. O. Smith
4.6561 of 5 stars
$70.55
-0.4%
$77.43
+9.8%
-7.4%$9.93B$3.82B19.6512,700Positive News
AWI
Armstrong World Industries
4.1803 of 5 stars
$189.55
+0.7%
$177.13
-6.6%
+63.2%$8.14B$1.45B28.043,600News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Revision

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This page (NASDAQ:IIIN) was last updated on 8/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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