Insteel Industries, Inc.
IIIN Industrials Metal Fabrication
Insteel Industries, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended September 2025) was $647.7 million, up 22.4% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 9.88%, EPS fell 41.0% and free cash flow fell 61.2%, each against the same quarter a year earlier.
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Insteel Industries, Inc. (IIIN) Piotroski F-score
Insteel Industries, Inc.'s Piotroski F-score for fiscal 2025 is 7 out of 9: 7 of nine tests of profitability, leverage and efficiency passed, up from 5 in fiscal 2024.
Piotroski F-score, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Piotroski F-score | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 7 | 2.00 |
| FY2024 | 5 | (1.00) |
| FY2023 | 6 | (1.00) |
| FY2022 | 7 | 0.00 |
| FY2021 | 7 | 0.00 |
| FY2020 | 7 | 2.00 |
| FY2019 | 5 | (2.00) |
| FY2018 | 7 | 3.00 |
| FY2017 | 4 | — |
How fiscal 2025’s score is made up
| Test | This year | Year before | Result | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive return on assets | 9.27% | 4.44% | Pass | 1 |
| Positive operating cash flow | 27.16m | 58.21m | Pass | 1 |
| Rising return on assets | 9.27% | 4.44% | Pass | 1 |
| Cash flow above net income | (13.86m) | 38.90m | Fail | 0 |
| Falling long-term leverage | 0.00 | 0.00 | Pass | 1 |
| Rising current ratio | 3.97 | 5.68 | Fail | 0 |
| No new shares issued | 19,484,000 | 19,502,000 | Pass | 1 |
| Rising gross margin | 14.43% | 9.38% | Pass | 1 |
| Rising asset turnover | 1.46 | 1.22 | Pass | 1 |
| Piotroski F-score | Strong — most fundamentals improved | 7 | ||
How the Piotroski F-score works
One point for each of nine tests, this fiscal year against the one before: positive return on assets, positive operating cash flow, rising return on assets, cash flow above net income, falling long-term leverage, a rising current ratio, no new shares issued, a rising gross margin and rising asset turnover. The ratios are the ones on this site, so each can be checked.
Joseph Piotroski (2000) called 8–9 high and 0–1 low; reading it in three bands is the common convention:
| 7–9 | Strong — most fundamentals improved |
|---|---|
| 4–6 | Mixed |
| 0–3 | Weak — most fundamentals deteriorated |
Where this differs from the paper: return on assets is on average rather than beginning-of-year assets, and weighted basic shares stand in for shares issued. The score is shown only when all nine tests can be worked out, which takes three fiscal years; banks and insurers, which report no current assets or gross profit, have none.
Piotroski F-score against peers
| Company | Piotroski F-score |
|---|---|
| IIIN Insteel Industries, Inc. | 7 |
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What Piotroski F-score is
The Piotroski F-Score tells an investor how many signs of improving profitability, funding and efficiency a company shows against a year earlier.
One point for each of nine tests against a year earlier: positive return on assets, positive operating cash flow, rising return on assets, cash flow above net income, falling long-term leverage, rising current ratio, no new shares issued, rising gross margin, and rising asset turnover