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How Insteel Industries Inc. stacks up
IIIN · against 963 other Industrials companies of similar size
Profitability
67/ 100
Above the middle of the pack.
Ranked #233 of 964 · scores higher than 75% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score92 peers with a profitability score of 60–69, including IIIN · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 67?
Weighted metrics compared with all Industrials companies.Mainly thanks to its return on assets and return on invested capital, which are stronger than most Industrials peers.
- Operating margin is close to the peer norm. Operating margin: 6.7% vs peer median 7.7%
- a higher return on invested capital: stronger than 66% of peers. Return on invested capital: 10.8% vs peer median 7.1%
- a higher return on assets: stronger than 86% of peers. Return on assets: 7.7% vs peer median 3.1%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = IIIN, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | IIIN | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 934 reported | 10.8% | 5.0% | 73% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 960 reported | 6.7% | 6.3% | 53% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 928 reported | 7.7% | 2.1% | 92% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 916 reported | 10.0% | 5.8% | 69% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 969 reported | 11.8% | 23.4% | 17% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around IIINScores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score