Insteel Industries (IIIN) Competitors

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IIIN vs. WS, SID, UAMY, SPLP, and MTUS

Should you buy Insteel Industries stock or one of its competitors? MarketBeat compares Insteel Industries with other companies and stocks that may be similar based on industry, sector, market capitalization, business model, investor interest, or shared news coverage. Companies and stocks commonly compared with Insteel Industries include Worthington Steel (WS), National Steel (SID), United States Antimony (UAMY), Steel Partners (SPLP), and Metallus (MTUS). These companies are all part of the "steel works" industry.

How does Insteel Industries compare to Worthington Steel?

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

Insteel Industries pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Worthington Steel pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Insteel Industries pays out 5.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Worthington Steel pays out 37.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Insteel Industries	$689.91M	0.70	$41.02M	$2.18	11.48
Worthington Steel	$3.09B	0.61	$110.70M	$1.70	21.87

Insteel Industries has a beta of 0.53, suggesting that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Worthington Steel has a beta of 2.23, suggesting that its stock price is 123% more volatile than the broader market.

Worthington Steel has a consensus price target of $46.00, suggesting a potential upside of 23.74%. Given Worthington Steel's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Worthington Steel is more favorable than Insteel Industries.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Insteel Industries	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.50
Worthington Steel	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Insteel Industries has a net margin of 6.16% compared to Worthington Steel's net margin of 3.64%. Insteel Industries' return on equity of 11.72% beat Worthington Steel's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Insteel Industries	6.16%	11.72%	9.19%
Worthington Steel	3.64%	10.12%	5.77%

83.3% of Insteel Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.4% of Worthington Steel shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.2% of Insteel Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Worthington Steel shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Insteel Industries and Insteel Industries both had 1 articles in the media. Insteel Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Worthington Steel'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Insteel Industries	Neutral
Worthington Steel	Neutral

Summary

Insteel Industries and Worthington Steel tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Insteel Industries compare to National Steel?

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

In the previous week, National Steel had 4 more articles in the media than Insteel Industries. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for National Steel and 1 mentions for Insteel Industries. Insteel Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat National Steel's score of -0.84 indicating that Insteel Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Insteel Industries	Neutral
National Steel	Negative

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Insteel Industries	$689.91M	0.70	$41.02M	$2.18	11.48
National Steel	$8.02B	0.20	-$358.62M	-$0.24	N/A

Insteel Industries has a beta of 0.53, suggesting that its share price is 47% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, National Steel has a beta of 1.54, suggesting that its share price is 54% more volatile than the broader market.

83.3% of Insteel Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 6.2% of Insteel Industries shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of National Steel shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Insteel Industries has a net margin of 6.16% compared to National Steel's net margin of -3.92%. Insteel Industries' return on equity of 11.72% beat National Steel's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Insteel Industries	6.16%	11.72%	9.19%
National Steel	-3.92%	-10.71%	-1.77%

National Steel has a consensus price target of $1.40, suggesting a potential upside of 15.23%. Given National Steel's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe National Steel is more favorable than Insteel Industries.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Insteel Industries	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.50
National Steel	2 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.33

Summary

Insteel Industries beats National Steel on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Insteel Industries compare to United States Antimony?

United States Antimony (NYSE:UAMY) and Insteel Industries (NYSE:IIIN) are both small-cap steel works companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, dividends, profitability, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

9.5% of United States Antimony shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.3% of Insteel Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.2% of United States Antimony shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.2% of Insteel Industries shares are owned by company 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.

United States Antimony presently has a consensus price target of $9.25, suggesting a potential upside of 20.90%. Given United States Antimony's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe United States Antimony is more favorable than Insteel Industries.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
United States Antimony	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Insteel Industries	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.50

Insteel Industries has a net margin of 6.16% compared to United States Antimony's net margin of -41.44%. Insteel Industries' return on equity of 11.72% beat United States Antimony's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
United States Antimony	-41.44%	-7.20%	-6.41%
Insteel Industries	6.16%	11.72%	9.19%

United States Antimony has a beta of 0.43, indicating that its share price is 57% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Insteel Industries has a beta of 0.53, indicating that its share price is 47% less volatile than the broader market.

In the previous week, United States Antimony had 12 more articles in the media than Insteel Industries. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for United States Antimony and 1 mentions for Insteel Industries. Insteel Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat United States Antimony's score of -0.28 indicating that Insteel Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
United States Antimony	Neutral
Insteel Industries	Neutral

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
United States Antimony	$39.26M	28.88	-$4.34M	-$0.13	N/A
Insteel Industries	$689.91M	0.70	$41.02M	$2.18	11.48

Summary

Insteel Industries beats United States Antimony on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Insteel Industries compare to Steel Partners?

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

Steel Partners has a net margin of 11.43% compared to Insteel Industries' net margin of 6.16%. Steel Partners' return on equity of 21.72% beat Insteel Industries' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Steel Partners	11.43%	21.72%	6.11%
Insteel Industries	6.16%	11.72%	9.19%

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

Steel Partners has a beta of 0.54, meaning that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Insteel Industries has a beta of 0.53, meaning that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the broader market.

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Steel Partners	$2.03B	0.49	$150.83M	$11.67	4.28
Insteel Industries	$689.91M	0.70	$41.02M	$2.18	11.48

In the previous week, Insteel Industries had 1 more articles in the media than Steel Partners. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Insteel Industries and 0 mentions for Steel Partners. Steel Partners' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Insteel Industries'average media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Steel Partners	Neutral
Insteel Industries	Neutral

50.8% of Steel Partners shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.3% of Insteel Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 84.8% of Steel Partners shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.2% of Insteel Industries shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Steel Partners pays an annual dividend of $0.3750 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Insteel Industries pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Steel Partners pays out 3.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Insteel Industries pays out 5.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Steel Partners is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Steel Partners beats Insteel Industries on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Insteel Industries compare to Metallus?

Metallus (NYSE:MTUS) and Insteel Industries (NYSE:IIIN) are both small-cap steel works companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, valuation and profitability.

Insteel Industries has a net margin of 6.16% compared to Metallus' net margin of 0.24%. Insteel Industries' return on equity of 11.72% beat Metallus' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Metallus	0.24%	2.96%	1.80%
Insteel Industries	6.16%	11.72%	9.19%

Metallus has a beta of 1.35, indicating that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Insteel Industries has a beta of 0.53, indicating that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the broader market.

77.6% of Metallus shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.3% of Insteel Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 3.8% of Metallus shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.2% of Insteel Industries shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Metallus	$1.16B	0.63	-$1.20M	$0.07	249.49
Insteel Industries	$689.91M	0.70	$41.02M	$2.18	11.48

Metallus presently has a consensus target price of $24.00, suggesting a potential upside of 37.43%. Given Metallus' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Metallus is more favorable than Insteel Industries.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Metallus	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25
Insteel Industries	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.50

In the previous week, Insteel Industries had 1 more articles in the media than Metallus. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Insteel Industries and 0 mentions for Metallus. Metallus' average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat Insteel Industries' score of 0.00 indicating that Metallus is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Metallus	Positive
Insteel Industries	Neutral

Summary

Insteel Industries beats Metallus on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Metric	Insteel Industries	Blast Furnaces & Steel Works Industry	Manufacturing Sector	NYSE Exchange
Market Cap	$486.21M	$307.23M	$4.15B	$22.74B
Dividend Yield	0.45%	0.45%	6.12%	4.12%
P/E Ratio	11.48	5.75	22.66	29.55
Price / Sales	0.70	2.26	117.90	13.46
Price / Cash	8.11	8.11	50.53	18.80
Price / Book	1.31	1.31	38.08	4.55
Net Income	$41.02M	$20.79M	$113.56M	$1.07B
7 Day Performance	-4.69%	-3.78%	-0.35%	-1.54%
1 Month Performance	-4.89%	6.97%	-0.18%	-1.94%
1 Year Performance	N/A	48.05%	13.78%	21.01%

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Company	MarketRank	Share Price	Analysts' Price Target	1Y Price Performance	Market Cap	Revenue	P/E Ratio	Employee Count	Indicator(s)
IIIN Insteel Industries	2.178 of 5 stars	$25.02 -2.6%	N/A	N/A	$486.21M	$689.91M	11.48	1,007	Dividend Announcement Short Interest Increase
WS Worthington Steel	3.9256 of 5 stars	$40.56 +0.3%	$46.00 +13.4%	+41.1%	$2.05B	$3.09B	23.86	4,800
SID National Steel	1.5839 of 5 stars	$1.37 -1.1%	$1.40 +2.6%	-22.8%	$1.83B	$8.02B	N/A	29,695	Earnings Report
UAMY United States Antimony	2.9323 of 5 stars	$10.63 -0.3%	$9.17 -13.8%	+221.4%	$1.53B	$39.26M	N/A	70	Analyst Forecast Analyst Revision
SPLP Steel Partners	N/A	$50.00 flat	N/A	N/A	$1.00B	$2.03B	5.13	4,500

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Insteel Industries (IIIN) Competitors

IIIN vs. WS, SID, UAMY, SPLP, and MTUS

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Insteel Industries (IIIN) Competitors

IIIN vs. WS, SID, UAMY, SPLP, and MTUS

How does Insteel Industries compare to Worthington Steel?

Is IIIN or WS a better dividend stock?

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, IIIN or WS?

Which has more volatility and risk, IIIN or WS?

Do analysts rate IIIN or WS?

Is IIIN or WS more profitable?

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in IIIN or WS?

Does the media prefer IIIN or WS?

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How does Insteel Industries compare to National Steel?

Does the media favor IIIN or SID?

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, IIIN or SID?

Which has more volatility & risk, IIIN or SID?

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in IIIN or SID?

Is IIIN or SID more profitable?

Do analysts rate IIIN or SID?

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How does Insteel Industries compare to United States Antimony?

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in UAMY or IIIN?

Do analysts prefer UAMY or IIIN?

Is UAMY or IIIN more profitable?

Which has more risk & volatility, UAMY or IIIN?

Does the media refer more to UAMY or IIIN?

Which has higher valuation & earnings, UAMY or IIIN?

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How does Insteel Industries compare to Steel Partners?

Is SPLP or IIIN more profitable?

Do analysts rate SPLP or IIIN?

Which has more risk & volatility, SPLP or IIIN?

Which has better earnings and valuation, SPLP or IIIN?

Does the media refer more to SPLP or IIIN?

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in SPLP or IIIN?

Is SPLP or IIIN a better dividend stock?

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How does Insteel Industries compare to Metallus?

Is MTUS or IIIN more profitable?

Which has more risk and volatility, MTUS or IIIN?

Do insiders & institutionals believe in MTUS or IIIN?

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, MTUS or IIIN?

Do analysts rate MTUS or IIIN?

Does the media favor MTUS or IIIN?

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