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Insteel Industries (IIIN) Competitors

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$26.67 +0.32 (+1.21%)
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IIIN vs. ROCK, APOG, NX, AMWD, LII, MAS, BLDR, OC, AOS, and AAON

Should you be buying Insteel Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Insteel Industries include Gibraltar Industries (ROCK), Apogee Enterprises (APOG), Quanex Building Products (NX), American Woodmark (AMWD), Lennox International (LII), Masco (MAS), Builders FirstSource (BLDR), 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 (NASDAQ:ROCK) and Insteel Industries (NASDAQ:IIIN) are both small-cap construction companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, profitability and valuation.

In the previous week, Gibraltar Industries had 4 more articles in the media than Insteel Industries. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Gibraltar Industries and 1 mentions for Insteel Industries. Insteel Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat Gibraltar Industries' score of 1.19 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
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Insteel Industries
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Gibraltar Industries has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Insteel Industries has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Gibraltar IndustriesOutperform Votes
285
65.07%
Underperform Votes
153
34.93%
Insteel IndustriesOutperform Votes
205
61.93%
Underperform Votes
126
38.07%

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 Ratio
Gibraltar Industries$1.31B1.34$110.53M$4.4713.22
Insteel Industries$537.19M0.96$19.31M$0.9926.94

98.4% of Gibraltar Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.3% of Insteel Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Gibraltar Industries shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.0% of Insteel Industries shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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%

Summary

Gibraltar Industries beats Insteel Industries on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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IIIN vs. The Competition

MetricInsteel IndustriesSteel works, blast furnaces, & rolling & finishing mills IndustryIndustrials SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$518.23M$4.67B$6.89B$7.92B
Dividend Yield0.46%3.20%3.56%4.04%
P/E Ratio26.9414.1521.6818.81
Price / Sales0.960.5975.6888.69
Price / Cash16.766.7826.7834.64
Price / Book1.561.103.674.18
Net Income$19.31M$1.00B$793.46M$247.10M
7 Day Performance-3.47%-4.97%-1.10%-2.72%
1 Month Performance-1.22%1.28%-0.87%-3.90%
1 Year Performance-27.41%-20.21%12.44%-0.11%

Insteel Industries Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
IIIN
Insteel Industries
1.6757 of 5 stars
$26.67
+1.2%
N/A-27.4%$518.23M$537.19M26.94960Positive News
ROCK
Gibraltar Industries
2.3331 of 5 stars
$63.36
+4.1%
N/A-24.7%$1.92B$1.31B14.172,110Short Interest ↑
Positive News
APOG
Apogee Enterprises
4.7033 of 5 stars
$48.31
+3.4%
$62.00
+28.3%
-17.3%$1.06B$1.38B10.785,500
NX
Quanex Building Products
4.7375 of 5 stars
$20.34
+3.3%
$38.00
+86.8%
-49.0%$960.33M$1.44B18.163,880Short Interest ↑
Gap Down
AMWD
American Woodmark
4.3389 of 5 stars
$61.08
+3.9%
$114.00
+86.6%
-38.4%$906.12M$1.76B9.1310,000Short Interest ↓
Positive News
LII
Lennox International
4.0188 of 5 stars
$585.83
+2.9%
$614.62
+4.9%
+20.4%$20.84B$5.34B25.9913,200Positive News
MAS
Masco
4.805 of 5 stars
$70.72
+1.6%
$86.32
+22.1%
-7.9%$14.99B$7.83B18.8118,000Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
Positive News
BLDR
Builders FirstSource
4.8541 of 5 stars
$131.69
+4.1%
$190.72
+44.8%
-34.3%$14.96B$16.40B14.5429,000Analyst Forecast
Positive News
OC
Owens Corning
4.8684 of 5 stars
$151.21
+4.7%
$204.18
+35.0%
-11.8%$12.93B$10.98B12.8719,000Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
Positive News
AOS
A. O. Smith
4.8969 of 5 stars
$66.39
-0.2%
$80.86
+21.8%
-25.2%$9.56B$3.82B18.2912,000News Coverage
Positive News
AAON
AAON
4.815 of 5 stars
$83.58
+4.9%
$115.50
+38.2%
-3.0%$6.82B$1.20B36.823,856Positive News
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This page (NASDAQ:IIIN) was last updated on 4/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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