Do analysts prefer WS or IIIN?

Worthington Steel presently has a consensus price target of $46.00, suggesting a potential upside of 19.47%. Given Worthington Steel's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Worthington Steel is more favorable than Insteel Industries. Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Worthington Steel 0 Sell rating(s) 2 Hold rating(s) 1 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.33 Insteel Industries 0 Sell rating(s) 2 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.00

Do analysts recommend IIIN or SID?

National Steel has a consensus target price of $1.40, suggesting a potential upside of 48.62%. Given National Steel's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe National Steel is more favorable than Insteel Industries. Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Insteel Industries 0 Sell rating(s) 2 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.00 National Steel 2 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 1.33

Do analysts recommend IIIN or UAMY?

United States Antimony has a consensus price target of $9.25, suggesting a potential upside of 34.45%. Given United States Antimony's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe United States Antimony is more favorable than Insteel Industries. Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Insteel Industries 0 Sell rating(s) 2 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.00 United States Antimony 1 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 5 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.67

Do analysts rate IIIN or SPLP?

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Insteel Industries 0 Sell rating(s) 2 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.00 Steel Partners 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00

Do analysts rate IIIN or MTUS?

Metallus has a consensus target price of $24.00, indicating a potential upside of 20.55%. Given Metallus' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Metallus is more favorable than Insteel Industries. Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Insteel Industries 0 Sell rating(s) 2 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.00 Metallus 0 Sell rating(s) 3 Hold rating(s) 1 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.25

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?

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

In the previous week, Worthington Steel had 14 more articles in the media than Insteel Industries. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Worthington Steel and 0 mentions for Insteel Industries. Worthington Steel's average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat Insteel Industries' score of 0.00 indicating that Worthington Steel is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Worthington Steel	Positive
Insteel Industries	Neutral

Insteel Industries has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Worthington Steel. 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
Worthington Steel	$3.44B	0.57	$17.30M	$1.70	22.65
Insteel Industries	$647.71M	0.92	$41.02M	$2.18	14.03

Insteel Industries has a net margin of 6.16% compared to Worthington Steel's net margin of 0.50%. Insteel Industries' return on equity of 11.72% beat Worthington Steel's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Worthington Steel	0.50%	8.85%	4.88%
Insteel Industries	6.16%	11.72%	9.19%

Worthington Steel has a beta of 2.23, meaning that its stock price is 123% more 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.

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

Worthington Steel pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Insteel Industries pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Worthington Steel pays out 37.6% 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.

Worthington Steel presently has a consensus price target of $46.00, suggesting a potential upside of 19.47%. Given Worthington Steel's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Worthington Steel is more favorable than Insteel Industries.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Worthington Steel	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Insteel Industries	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Summary

Worthington Steel and Insteel Industries tied by winning 9 of the 18 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 superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability and earnings.

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%	-10.69%	-1.75%

National Steel has a consensus target price of $1.40, suggesting a potential upside of 48.62%. Given National Steel's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe National Steel is more favorable than Insteel Industries.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Insteel Industries	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
National Steel	2 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.33

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	$647.71M	0.92	$41.02M	$2.18	14.03
National Steel	$8.02B	0.16	-$358.62M	-$0.24	N/A

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

In the previous week, National Steel had 2 more articles in the media than Insteel Industries. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for National Steel and 0 mentions for Insteel Industries. Insteel Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat National Steel's score of -0.27 indicating that Insteel Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Insteel Industries	Neutral
National Steel	Neutral

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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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?

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

Insteel Industries has a beta of 0.53, meaning that its share price is 47% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, United States Antimony has a beta of 0.31, meaning that its share price is 69% less volatile than the broader market.

83.3% of Insteel Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.5% of United States Antimony shares are held by institutional investors. 6.2% of Insteel Industries shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.2% of United States Antimony shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, United States Antimony had 2 more articles in the media than Insteel Industries. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for United States Antimony and 0 mentions for Insteel Industries. Insteel Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat United States Antimony's score of -0.44 indicating that Insteel Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Insteel Industries	Neutral
United States Antimony	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
Insteel Industries	$647.71M	0.92	$41.02M	$2.18	14.03
United States Antimony	$39.04M	26.11	-$4.34M	-$0.13	N/A

United States Antimony has a consensus price target of $9.25, suggesting a potential upside of 34.45%. Given United States Antimony's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe United States Antimony is more favorable than Insteel Industries.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Insteel Industries	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
United States Antimony	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

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
Insteel Industries	6.16%	11.72%	9.19%
United States Antimony	-41.44%	-7.20%	-6.41%

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?

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

Insteel Industries pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Steel Partners pays an annual dividend of $0.3750 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Insteel Industries pays out 5.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Steel Partners pays out 3.2% 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.

83.3% of Insteel Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.8% of Steel Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.2% of Insteel Industries shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 84.8% of Steel Partners shares are owned 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.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Insteel Industries	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Steel Partners	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

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

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
Insteel Industries	6.16%	11.72%	9.19%
Steel Partners	11.43%	21.72%	6.11%

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
Insteel Industries	$647.71M	0.92	$41.02M	$2.18	14.03
Steel Partners	$2.03B	0.49	$150.83M	$11.67	4.28

In the previous week, Insteel Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Steel Partners'average media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Insteel Industries	Neutral
Steel Partners	Neutral

Summary

Steel Partners beats Insteel Industries on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Insteel Industries compare to Metallus?

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

In the previous week, Metallus had 2 more articles in the media than Insteel Industries. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Metallus and 0 mentions for Insteel Industries. Metallus' average media sentiment score of 1.40 beat Insteel Industries' score of 0.00 indicating that Metallus is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Insteel Industries	Neutral
Metallus	Positive

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

83.3% of Insteel Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.6% of Metallus shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.2% of Insteel Industries shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.8% of Metallus shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Metallus has a consensus target price of $24.00, indicating a potential upside of 20.55%. Given Metallus' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Metallus is more favorable than Insteel Industries.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Insteel Industries	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Metallus	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

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
Insteel Industries	6.16%	11.72%	9.19%
Metallus	0.24%	2.96%	1.80%

Insteel Industries has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
Insteel Industries	$647.71M	0.92	$41.02M	$2.18	14.03
Metallus	$1.16B	0.72	-$1.20M	$0.07	284.40

Summary

Insteel Industries and Metallus tied by winning 8 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	$594.46M	$351.91M	$4.35B	$23.30B
Dividend Yield	0.39%	0.39%	12.97%	4.08%
P/E Ratio	14.03	7.02	22.01	31.64
Price / Sales	0.92	2.09	160.30	20.94
Price / Cash	9.63	52.00	36.62	18.60
Price / Book	1.60	3.26	13.63	4.75
Net Income	$41.02M	$20.79M	$113.19M	$1.07B
7 Day Performance	3.42%	-6.01%	-1.00%	1.36%
1 Month Performance	11.46%	-1.62%	-3.43%	0.70%
1 Year Performance	N/A	-12.84%	11.95%	25.30%

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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	1.9935 of 5 stars	$30.60 +0.2%	N/A	N/A	$594.46M	$647.71M	14.03	1,007	Positive News
WS Worthington Steel	3.616 of 5 stars	$41.76 -3.9%	$46.00 +10.2%	+19.8%	$2.21B	$3.09B	24.56	4,800	Trending News Earnings Report Dividend Announcement Gap Down
SID National Steel	3.5064 of 5 stars	$1.23 +0.4%	$1.40 +14.3%	-32.5%	$1.62B	$8.02B	N/A	29,664	Gap Up
UAMY United States Antimony	3.6879 of 5 stars	$7.46 +5.9%	$9.25 +24.1%	+187.9%	$1.04B	$39.26M	N/A	70	Gap Down
SPLP Steel Partners	N/A	$50.00 flat	N/A	N/A	$1.00B	$2.03B	5.13	4,500

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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?

Does the media favor WS or IIIN?

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, WS or IIIN?

Is WS or IIIN more profitable?

Which has more risk & volatility, WS or IIIN?

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of WS or IIIN?

Is WS or IIIN a better dividend stock?

Do analysts prefer WS or IIIN?

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How does Insteel Industries compare to National Steel?

Is IIIN or SID more profitable?

Do analysts recommend IIIN or SID?

Which has higher earnings and valuation, IIIN or SID?

Which has more risk and volatility, IIIN or SID?

Does the media favor IIIN or SID?

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

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How does Insteel Industries compare to United States Antimony?

Which has more risk & volatility, IIIN or UAMY?

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of IIIN or UAMY?

Does the media favor IIIN or UAMY?

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, IIIN or UAMY?

Do analysts recommend IIIN or UAMY?

Is IIIN or UAMY more profitable?

Summary

How does Insteel Industries compare to Steel Partners?

Is IIIN or SPLP a better dividend stock?

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of IIIN or SPLP?

Do analysts rate IIIN or SPLP?

Which has more volatility and risk, IIIN or SPLP?

Is IIIN or SPLP more profitable?

Which has better earnings & valuation, IIIN or SPLP?

Does the media favor IIIN or SPLP?

Summary

How does Insteel Industries compare to Metallus?

Does the media favor IIIN or MTUS?

Which has more risk & volatility, IIIN or MTUS?

Do insiders & institutionals believe in IIIN or MTUS?

Do analysts rate IIIN or MTUS?

Is IIIN or MTUS more profitable?

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, IIIN or MTUS?

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