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Insteel Industries PE ratio IIIN

Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months, since 2012.

Today, Oct 23, 2026
14.9×
10-year median
19.7×
Against its 10-year history
33rd
percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range
3.8× to 260×
Peer median
15.1×

Insteel Industries' PE ratio is 14.9× as of Oct 23, 2026: a share price of $27.77 against $1.86 of earnings per share over the last twelve months.

That is below its ten-year median of 19.7×, lower than on 67% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 3.8× in Dec 2022 to 260× in Jan 2020.

The median for 5 steel stocks of a similar size is 15.1×.

PE ratio over time

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

YearEnd of yearLowHigh
2026 so far14.9×11.6×17.6×
202515.5×14.6×34.1×
202427.8×21.8×33.4×
202323.1×4.6×23.2×
20224.3×3.8×12.1×
202111.7×11.2×28.3×
202022.7×22.2×260×
201977.8×11.5×83.3×
201812.7×12.1×27.1×
201724.0×16.1×24.0×
201622.3×16.4×32.6×
201518.0×16.6×26.1×
201426.2×23.7×36.8×
201335.4×25.4×130×
2012117×35.8×120×

Against its peers

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

CompanyPE ratio
IIINInsteel Industries14.9×
MTUSMetallus107×
FRDFriedman Industries10.9×
WORWorthington Enterprises19.2×
CSTMConstellium6.0×
BWENBroadwindn/m
Peer median15.1×

Where Insteel Industries ranks

What the PE ratio tells you

Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months. It is the price tag on a dollar of profit: 20× means you pay $20 for $1 of yearly earnings.

Blank while earnings are negative. A very low PE can mean the market expects profits to fall, so read it with growth and the company's own history.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of . Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.