Insteel Industries (IIIN) Q3 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Adjusted EPS
- $0.42
- Estimate
- $0.49
- Surprise
- -13.6%
- Score today
- 5.1/10
Revenue for this quarter isn’t shown: the reported figure hasn’t cleared TrendMatrix’s freshness and sanity checks yet, and consensus revenue isn’t tracked. EPS above is the available figure.
How the report landed
Insteel Industries (IIIN) missed the $0.49 estimate with adjusted EPS of $0.42 — a large 13.6% shortfall.
Coverage in the report window
- Insteel Industries Reports Fiscal Fourth Quarter 2026 Financial Results — fiscal.ai, 2026-10-22
- Insteel Indus Q4 2026 Earnings Call Transcript — benzinga, 2026-10-22
- Insteel Indus Q4 Adj. EPS $0.43 Misses $0.49 Estimate, Sales $209.278M Beat $201.305M Estimate — benzinga, 2026-10-22
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates IIIN Sell at 5.1/10; no pre/post engine snapshot brackets this report.
2 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's -13.6% surprise compares with a -12.4% four-quarter average. Next scheduled report: 2027-01-14.
What supports the rating
- Attractive valuation
What argues against it
- V7 low-quality RISK_OFF penalty: -0.5 (Q=4.1)
- Sector modifier (Industrials): -0.7
- Consecutive earnings misses (2)
This section and the ones below it reflect TrendMatrix’s latest engine read — they update after the report date and are not frozen to it.
The levels TrendMatrix's engine tracks
- Current price
- $28.23
- Price target
- $31.45
- Stop
- $26.51
- Upside to target
- +11.4%
- Reward-to-risk
- 1.6:1
The stock trades at 18.7× trailing but 12.1× forward earnings — consensus estimates already build in a substantial earnings recovery.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-10-29 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.
IIIN at TrendMatrix's latest read
Industrial quarters are order-book stories — backlog and book-to-bill color how the market reads the reported number.
- Industry
- Metal Fabrication
- Market cap
- $546.5M
- P/E (fwd)
- 12.1
- P/E (ttm)
- 18.7
- 52-week range
- $24.35–$38.45
- Off 52-week high
- 26.6%
- RSI (14)
- 39
- Volume vs avg
- 1.05×
- Score today
- 5.1/10