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Insteel Industries free cash flow IIIN

Cash from operations less capital spending, by quarter and over the last twelve months, from 2010.

Last 12 months, to Jun 27, 2026
−$9.8M
Latest quarter, Q3 FY26
$10.5M
−61% on a year earlier
Fiscal year 2025
$18.9M
−51% on the year before

Insteel Industries' free cash flow was −$9.8M over the twelve months to Jun 27, 2026, down 119% on a year earlier.

In its latest quarter, Q3 FY26, it was $10.5M, down 61% on the same quarter a year before.

Free cash flow over time

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Fiscal year by fiscal year

Fiscal yearFree cash flowChange
FY2025$18.9M−51%
FY2024$39.1M−65%
FY2023$111.5Mn/a
FY2022−$10.2M−120%
FY2021$52.4M+7%
FY2020$49.1Mn/a
FY2019−$3.9M−111%
FY2018$35.5M+13304%
FY2017$265K−99%
FY2016$41.6M+45%
FY2015$28.6M+41%
FY2014$20.3M−36%
FY2013$31.8M+526%
FY2012$5.1Mn/a
FY2011−$10.8Mn/a

Each fiscal year is the twelve months to its fourth quarter.

Quarter by quarter

QuarterEndedFree cash flowOn a year earlierLast 12 months
Q3 FY26$10.5M−61%−$9.8M
Q2 FY26$671Kn/a$6.7M
Q1 FY26−$2.2M−113%$439K
Q4 FY25−$18.7M−229%$18.9M
Q3 FY25$26.9M+73%$52.2M
Q2 FY25−$5.5Mn/a$40.8M
Q1 FY25$16.3M+71%$45.8M
Q4 FY24$14.5M−58%$39.1M
Q3 FY24$15.5M+24%$59.3M
Q2 FY24−$580K−101%$56.3M
Q1 FY24$9.6M−61%$96.3M
Q4 FY23$34.8Mn/a$111.5M

Against its peers

Companies in Steel nearest Insteel Industries' size, closest first, today.

CompanyFree cash flow yield
IIINInsteel Industries−1.8%
MTUSMetallus−11.5%
FRDFriedman Industries−2.4%
WORWorthington Enterprises6.3%
CSTMConstellium6.9%
BWENBroadwind−0.7%
Peer median−0.7%

What the free cash flow tells you

Cash from operations minus capital spending. The cash the company could hand back or reinvest.

Seasonal and lumpy quarter to quarter. The TTM view is the one to trust.

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