Insteel Industries price to sales ratio IIIN

Market value divided by revenue over the last twelve months, since 2012.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 0.8×
10-year median: 1.1×
Against its 10-year history: 12th; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range: 0.5× to 1.9×
Peer median: 0.5×

Insteel Industries' price to sales ratio is 0.8× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is below its ten-year median of 1.1×, lower than on 88% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 0.5× in Mar 2020 to 1.9× in Nov 2016.

The median for 5 steel stocks of a similar size is 0.5×.

Price to sales ratio over time

median 1.1×

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

Year	End of year	Low	High
2026 so far	0.8×	0.7×	1.1×
2025	1.0×	0.9×	1.3×
2024	1.0×	1.0×	1.2×
2023	1.1×	0.6×	1.2×
2022	0.6×	0.6×	1.4×
2021	1.3×	1.0×	1.5×
2020	0.9×	0.5×	1.1×
2019	0.9×	0.7×	1.1×
2018	1.0×	1.0×	1.9×
2017	1.4×	1.2×	1.8×
2016	1.6×	0.8×	1.9×
2015	0.9×	0.6×	1.0×
2014	1.0×	0.9×	1.2×
2013	1.1×	0.6×	1.1×
2012	0.6×	0.4×	0.6×

Against its peers

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

Company	Price to sales ratio
IIINInsteel Industries	0.8×
MTUSMetallus	0.7×
FRDFriedman Industries	0.4×
WORWorthington Enterprises	2.2×
CSTMConstellium	0.3×
BWENBroadwind	0.5×
Peer median	0.5×

Where Insteel Industries ranks

What the price to sales ratio tells you

Market value divided by revenue over the last twelve months. Useful for companies with little or no profit yet, since sales are harder to make negative than earnings.

Ignores margins entirely. A software company at 10× sales with 30% margins can be cheaper than a grocer at 1× sales with 2% margins.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of Oct 23, 2026. Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.