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Insteel Industries (IIIN) Competitors

$38.27 -0.35 (-0.91%)
As of 12:48 PM Eastern

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

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), United States Antimony (UAMY), Metallus (MTUS), Algoma Steel Group (ASTL), Luda Technology Group (LUD), HUHUTECH International Group (HUHU), and Friedman Industries (FRD). These companies are all part of the "steel works" industry.

Insteel Industries vs. Its Competitors

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

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
Constellium0.37% 3.43% 0.55%
Insteel Industries 5.15%9.50%7.62%

92.6% of Constellium shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.3% of Insteel Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Constellium shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.0% of Insteel Industries shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Constellium has a beta of 1.7, meaning that its stock price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Insteel Industries has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Constellium had 1 more articles in the media than Insteel Industries. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Constellium and 2 mentions for Insteel Industries. Constellium's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Insteel Industries' score of -0.74 indicating that Constellium is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Constellium presently has a consensus target price of $19.00, indicating a potential upside of 25.66%. Given Constellium's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Constellium is more favorable than Insteel Industries.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Constellium
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Insteel Industries
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

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
Constellium$7.34B0.29$56M$0.1979.58
Insteel Industries$529.20M1.40$19.31M$1.6023.92

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$742.82M$522.88M$2.53B$21.35B
Dividend Yield0.31%0.31%2.49%3.52%
P/E Ratio23.9211.9826.5429.14
Price / Sales1.404.07102.3983.50
Price / Cash21.7321.7348.6424.47
Price / Book2.122.1234.224.52
Net Income$19.31M$19.31M$13.51M$1.00B
7 Day Performance-2.55%4.92%-0.61%-1.28%
1 Month Performance-0.62%75.71%3.20%2.06%
1 Year PerformanceN/AN/A68.15%13.77%

Insteel Industries Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
IIIN
Insteel Industries
1.5586 of 5 stars
$38.27
-0.9%
N/AN/A$742.82M$529.20M23.92960
CSTM
Constellium
3.8988 of 5 stars
$15.41
-5.8%
$19.00
+23.3%
-8.2%$2.15B$7.34B81.1112,000Positive News
SID
National Steel
2.4377 of 5 stars
$1.50
-0.3%
$1.30
-13.0%
-31.6%$1.99B$44.69B-5.1629,695Positive News
WS
Worthington Steel
3.8174 of 5 stars
$33.58
-0.2%
$36.00
+7.2%
-7.6%$1.71B$3.09B15.404,800News Coverage
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
SPLP
Steel Partners
1.5193 of 5 stars
$43.13
+0.7%
N/A+1.8%$862.60M$2.03B4.424,500
UAMY
United States Antimony
1.26 of 5 stars
$6.49
+10.2%
$3.38
-48.0%
+758.0%$806.89M$25.73M-162.2570News Coverage
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
MTUS
Metallus
3.4973 of 5 stars
$16.35
-1.8%
$24.00
+46.8%
+11.5%$686.37M$1.08B-32.061,880Positive News
High Trading Volume
ASTL
Algoma Steel Group
3.0787 of 5 stars
$4.39
-2.9%
N/A-59.3%$460.66M$2.07B-1.972,844Positive News
LUD
Luda Technology Group
N/A$11.67
-1.5%
N/AN/A$264.79M$44.86M0.00161
HUHU
HUHUTECH International Group
N/A$8.15
-8.4%
N/AN/A$171.56M$18.15M0.00N/A
FRD
Friedman Industries
0.7909 of 5 stars
$22.70
+3.6%
N/AN/A$160.25M$444.60M18.92100News Coverage
Dividend Announcement
High Trading Volume

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