Insteel Industries (IIIN) Competitors $32.84 +0.54 (+1.66%) As of 12:41 PM Eastern This is a fair market value price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsSustainabilityTrendsBuy This Stock IIIN vs. ROCK, APOG, AMWD, NX, LII, BLDR, MAS, OC, AOS, and AAONShould you be buying Insteel Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Insteel Industries include Gibraltar Industries (ROCK), Apogee Enterprises (APOG), American Woodmark (AMWD), Quanex Building Products (NX), Lennox International (LII), Builders FirstSource (BLDR), Masco (MAS), Owens Corning (OC), A. O. Smith (AOS), and AAON (AAON). These companies are all part of the "building products" industry. Insteel Industries vs. Gibraltar Industries Apogee Enterprises American Woodmark Quanex Building Products Lennox International Builders FirstSource Masco Owens Corning A. O. Smith AAON Gibraltar Industries (NASDAQ:ROCK) and Insteel Industries (NASDAQ:IIIN) are both small-cap construction companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability, earnings, valuation, risk, media sentiment, dividends and analyst recommendations. Which has more risk & volatility, ROCK or IIIN? Gibraltar Industries has a beta of 1.22, meaning that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Insteel Industries has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Which has preferable earnings & valuation, ROCK or IIIN? 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 RatioGibraltar Industries$1.31B1.16$110.53M$4.4711.47Insteel Industries$570.46M1.10$19.31M$1.1627.80 Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in ROCK or IIIN? 98.4% of Gibraltar Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.3% of Insteel Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Gibraltar Industries shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.0% 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. Does the MarketBeat Community favor ROCK or IIIN? Gibraltar Industries received 80 more outperform votes than Insteel Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.07% of users gave Gibraltar Industries an outperform vote while only 61.93% of users gave Insteel Industries an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformGibraltar IndustriesOutperform Votes28565.07% Underperform Votes15334.93% Insteel IndustriesOutperform Votes20561.93% Underperform Votes12638.07% Does the media favor ROCK or IIIN? In the previous week, Insteel Industries had 11 more articles in the media than Gibraltar Industries. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Insteel Industries and 2 mentions for Gibraltar Industries. Insteel Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Gibraltar Industries' score of 0.83 indicating that Insteel Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Gibraltar Industries 1 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Insteel Industries 5 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 4 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Is ROCK or IIIN more profitable? Gibraltar Industries has a net margin of 10.49% compared to Insteel Industries' net margin of 3.58%. Gibraltar Industries' return on equity of 13.19% beat Insteel Industries' return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Gibraltar Industries10.49% 13.19% 9.44% Insteel Industries 3.58%5.91%4.93% SummaryGibraltar Industries beats Insteel Industries on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Insteel Industries News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for IIIN and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart IIIN vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricInsteel IndustriesSteel works, blast furnaces, & rolling & finishing mills IndustryIndustrials SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$626.67M$4.57B$6.97B$7.51BDividend Yield0.45%3.62%3.59%4.33%P/E Ratio32.5814.3020.1118.05Price / Sales1.100.5876.20104.31Price / Cash16.766.7826.9434.62Price / Book1.891.093.604.14Net Income$19.31M$1.00B$807.45M$247.59M7 Day Performance5.73%1.65%0.57%3.51%1 Month Performance13.82%-4.18%-3.54%-5.80%1 Year Performance-5.48%-14.57%10.86%2.83% Insteel Industries Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)IIINInsteel Industries1.5361 of 5 stars$32.84+1.7%N/A-7.5%$635.86M$570.46M33.05960Analyst RevisionROCKGibraltar Industries2.4892 of 5 stars$53.33-1.7%N/A-30.2%$1.58B$1.31B11.932,140Upcoming EarningsPositive NewsGap UpAPOGApogee Enterprises4.7478 of 5 stars$46.15-0.8%$62.00+34.3%-25.5%$1.01B$1.38B10.305,500Earnings ReportDividend AnnouncementNews CoverageGap DownAMWDAmerican Woodmark3.8954 of 5 stars$56.57-2.4%$114.00+101.5%-39.6%$839.22M$1.76B8.4610,000Analyst DowngradeNXQuanex Building Products4.879 of 5 stars$17.25-1.1%$38.00+120.3%-54.1%$814.36M$1.44B15.403,880Positive NewsLIILennox International4.3815 of 5 stars$558.39+0.7%$606.15+8.6%+6.9%$19.87B$5.34B24.7713,200Earnings ReportAnalyst ForecastNews CoverageBLDRBuilders FirstSource4.8701 of 5 stars$119.56-1.1%$186.84+56.3%-37.3%$13.60B$16.40B13.2029,000Upcoming EarningsShort Interest ↓News CoveragePositive NewsMASMasco4.8491 of 5 stars$62.30+0.6%$83.37+33.8%-18.7%$13.19B$7.83B16.5719,000Earnings ReportAnalyst ForecastNews CoverageOCOwens Corning4.865 of 5 stars$140.20+0.8%$194.58+38.8%-17.6%$11.99B$10.98B11.9319,000Gap UpAOSA. O. Smith4.8187 of 5 stars$65.11+0.9%$78.00+19.8%-27.4%$9.37B$3.82B17.9412,000Upcoming EarningsAAONAAON4.8088 of 5 stars$84.01-0.2%$115.50+37.5%-7.3%$6.85B$1.20B37.013,670Upcoming EarningsPositive News Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Gibraltar Industries Competitors Apogee Enterprises Competitors American Woodmark Competitors Quanex Building Products Competitors Lennox International Competitors Builders FirstSource Competitors Masco Competitors Owens Corning Competitors A. O. Smith Competitors AAON Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NASDAQ:IIIN) was last updated on 4/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersM.A.G.A. is Finished – This Could be even BetterYou’ve no doubt heard Trump’s rally cry: Make America Great Again. 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