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Insteel Industries (IIIN) Competitors

$37.29 -0.58 (-1.53%)
As of 08/14/2025 03:58 PM Eastern

IIIN vs. CSTM, SID, WS, SPLP, MTUS, ASTL, UAMY, HUHU, ACNT, and LUD

Should you be buying Insteel Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Insteel Industries include Constellium (CSTM), National Steel (SID), Worthington Steel (WS), Steel Partners (SPLP), Metallus (MTUS), Algoma Steel Group (ASTL), United States Antimony (UAMY), HUHUTECH International Group (HUHU), Ascent Industries (ACNT), and Luda Technology Group (LUD). These companies are all part of the "steel works" industry.

Insteel Industries vs. Its Competitors

Insteel Industries (NYSE:IIIN) and Constellium (NYSE:CSTM) are both small-cap steel works companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.

Constellium has a consensus price target of $19.00, suggesting a potential upside of 34.99%. Given Constellium's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Constellium is more favorable than Insteel Industries.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Insteel Industries
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Constellium
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

In the previous week, Constellium had 1 more articles in the media than Insteel Industries. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Constellium and 0 mentions for Insteel Industries. Constellium's average media sentiment score of 1.67 beat Insteel Industries' score of 0.00 indicating that Constellium is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Insteel Industries Neutral
Constellium Very Positive

Insteel Industries has a beta of 0.74, meaning that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Constellium has a beta of 1.69, meaning that its share price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500.

83.3% of Insteel Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.6% of Constellium shares are held by institutional investors. 6.0% of Insteel Industries shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Constellium shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Insteel Industries has a net margin of 5.15% compared to Constellium's net margin of 0.37%. Insteel Industries' return on equity of 9.50% beat Constellium's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Insteel Industries5.15% 9.50% 7.62%
Constellium 0.37%3.43%0.55%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Insteel Industries$529.20M1.37$19.31M$1.6023.31
Constellium$7.34B0.27$56M$0.1974.08

Summary

Constellium beats Insteel Industries on 10 of the 16 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 IndustriesBlast Furnaces & Steel Works IndustryManufacturing SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$735.05M$419.60M$2.54B$21.04B
Dividend Yield0.32%0.32%2.55%3.57%
P/E Ratio23.3111.6522.2328.08
Price / Sales1.371.8484.4857.05
Price / Cash21.1921.1923.7323.95
Price / Book2.032.0333.045.26
Net Income$19.31M$19.31M$31.01M$994.11M
7 Day Performance4.16%-4.78%0.67%2.09%
1 Month PerformanceN/A13.61%1.98%2.35%
1 Year PerformanceN/AN/A30.01%13.36%

Insteel Industries Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
IIIN
Insteel Industries
1.2458 of 5 stars
$37.29
-1.5%
N/AN/A$735.05M$529.20M23.31960
CSTM
Constellium
3.8788 of 5 stars
$13.42
+0.3%
$19.00
+41.5%
-11.4%$1.88B$7.34B70.6612,000Positive News
Gap Down
SID
National Steel
1.6075 of 5 stars
$1.38
+0.7%
$1.30
-5.8%
-38.5%$1.83B$8.10B0.0029,695Gap Down
WS
Worthington Steel
3.3244 of 5 stars
$29.91
+0.7%
$34.00
+13.7%
-1.2%$1.52B$3.09B13.724,800Positive News
SPLP
Steel Partners
3.404 of 5 stars
$40.01
-4.7%
N/A+12.3%$800.28M$2.03B4.104,500Positive News
Short Interest ↓
MTUS
Metallus
3.3413 of 5 stars
$15.57
+3.2%
$24.00
+54.1%
-2.4%$651.24M$1.08B-30.531,880Analyst Revision
ASTL
Algoma Steel Group
3.4002 of 5 stars
$4.54
-3.8%
N/A-50.1%$476.40M$2.07B0.002,844
UAMY
United States Antimony
1.3521 of 5 stars
$3.64
+3.4%
$3.38
-7.3%
+974.4%$433.53M$18.87M-91.0070News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
HUHU
HUHUTECH International Group
N/A$6.42
+2.1%
N/AN/A$135.98M$18.15M0.00N/A
ACNT
Ascent Industries
0.9476 of 5 stars
$13.11
+1.2%
N/A+22.5%$122.81M$177.87M0.00710
LUD
Luda Technology Group
N/A$5.32
+5.3%
N/AN/A$120.71M$44.86M0.00161Gap Up

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