IIINInsteel Industries Inc.

$27.74-7.7% 1Y

Is the price fair?

Mixed

In its normal P/E range. That is the only one of 3 checks this filer's data supports, so take it as a single data point rather than a settled answer.

1 neutral, 2 without data
Vs its own P/E rangemid-range for this companyderived

In its normal range: P/E 14.8 vs a 14.6 median over 41 quarters (+1% vs median).

Where this answer is blind. The growth-implied estimate assumes a fixed discount rate; capital-heavy sectors look structurally rich on it.

What IIIN's price assumes

Insteel Industries Inc. trades at 14.8× earnings against 21.7× for the median Metal Fabrication name, cheaper than its own group.

14.8

Trailing P/E · Metal Fabrication median 21.7 · cheaper than the typical name in its group

Price / sales
0.84

Price / sales · as of 2026-Q2

Price / book
1.61

Price / book · as of 2026-Q2

Details›
Price / bookas of 2026-Q2
1.61
Industrials median P/E434 names
26.2
Metal Fabrication median P/E11 names
21.7
Market capitalisation19.4 million shares, counted Jul 15, 2026
$537M
What the market has paid for these earnings: 41 quarters of its own multiple × $1.87 of trailing earnings per share
MethodPer share
Its own P/E history, lower quartile$19.61
Its own P/E history, median$27.37
Its own P/E history, upper quartile$40.93
52-week range$24.45 – $38.03
Today$27.74

Multiples from SEC filings and end-of-day closes; implied growth from a reverse discounted cash flow. Group medians across the names Ryufin tracks.

Against its own past

Its multiples now against their own history, and how much of the price move came from earnings rather than the multiple.