IIINInsteel Industries Inc.
What is the market doing?
No clear lean: nothing decisive, though in a downtrend (−11% vs 200-day).
In a downtrend, below its 50- and 200-day averages. Price is −11% vs its 200-day average.
Moderately shorted, settled Sep 30, 2026, about a week of normal trading to cover.
Where this answer is blind. Insider selling is often routine (taxes, diversification); only cluster buying is a strong tell.
How IIIN is trading
Insteel Industries Inc. is −7.7% over the past year while the S&P 500 is +16%: 24 points behind the market.
1-year return · S&P 500 +16%
- vs 200-day average
- −11%
vs 200-day average · a clear downtrend
- RSI (14)
- 34
RSI (14) · neutral
- Below its 52-week high
- 27%
Below its 52-week high
Details›
- Last close2026-10-23
- $27.74
- 1 monthS&P 500 −0.94%
- −4.8%
- 1 yearS&P 500 +16%
- −7.7%
- 5 yearsS&P 500 +86%
- −7.5%
- vs 50-day average$30.16
- −8.0%
- 52-week high
- $38.03
- 52-week low
- $24.45
- Annualised volatility
- 40%
| Year | Return |
|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | −12% |
| 2025 | +22% |
| 2024 | −27% |
| 2023 | +50% |
| 2022 | −26% |
| 2021 | +88% |
| 2020 | +11% |
| 2019 | −11% |
| 2018 | −14% |
| 2017 | −17% |
| Month | Years | Positive | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 10 | 7 of 10 | +2.8% |
| Feb | 10 | 4 of 10 | +1.5% |
| Mar | 10 | 2 of 10 | −6.1% |
| Apr | 10 | 6 of 10 | +6.6% |
| May | 10 | 6 of 10 | −0.81% |
| Jun | 10 | 7 of 10 | +2.1% |
| Jul | 11 | 6 of 11 | +3.9% |
| Aug | 11 | 3 of 11 | −1.9% |
| Sep | 11 | 5 of 11 | −0.54% |
| Oct | 11 | 2 of 11 | −8.2% |
| Nov | 10 | 10 of 10 | +15% |
| Dec | 10 | 4 of 10 | −0.81% |
End-of-day closes from IEX; the S&P 500 comparison uses SPY over the same window. Prices are a reference point, not a basis for trading decisions.
Where the price stands
Its trend against the 50-day and 200-day averages, and the levels it keeps coming back to.
What it has returned
With dividends, year by year, month by month, and by calendar month on average.