All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.
All nine metrics read as filed from the record.
What did they actually do?
Has it survived what it has been through?
1 warning event since 2017; the latest 2021-03-03.
From the record
Insteel Industries, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 1 warning event: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, the latest 2021-03-03) (its current reports).
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What has it actually done, year after year?
+7.4% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10.
From the record
Insteel Industries, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $389 million in fiscal 2017 to $740 million in fiscal 2026, up 7.4% a year; it rose in 7 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 36% from fiscal 2022 to fiscal 2024; net income was positive in 10 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How has it treated the people who own it?
Share count shrank 0.1% a year. 83% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 2 sales, 0 purchases.
From the record
Over the 3 fiscal years to 2026-10-03, Insteel Industries, Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 0.1% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 83% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 2 sales and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-10-29 (their Form 4 filings).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are they doing right now?
Is it financially healthy right now?
ROE 8%: 8¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 21%: owes 21¢ per asset dollar.
From the record
Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2026-10-03, Insteel Industries, Inc. earned about 8 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 16 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 21 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 0.2% over the year (the filed statements).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How strong is its position in its industry?
top 40% of 28 in its family; net margin 4%.
From the record
Insteel Industries, Inc.'s standing among 28 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $740 million in fiscal 2026 ranks in the bottom 40% by size; a net margin of 4% ranks in the top 31%; revenue growth of 4.4% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 30% (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are the people in charge doing?
top 20% of 21 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2006.
From the record
Insteel Industries, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Woltz, H O III (Chairman, President and CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2006-01-10, 20.8 years (top 7% of its family); the 12 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 8.9 years (top 12%); 4 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 12 people in charge now (top 40%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are they set up to do next?
How much room does it have to grow?
bottom 48% of 27 in its family for room to expand.
From the record
Insteel Industries, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2026): cash of $37 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 7.8% of its assets as net cash, top 22% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 3.4% of revenue (bottom 46%); a gross margin of 10.2% (bottom 20%) (its annual report).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What could actually drive growth from here?
bottom 40% of 29 in its family for growth drivers.
From the record
Insteel Industries, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2026: revenue grew 4.4% a year over the last three filed years against 7.4% over all 10, slowing (bottom 38% of its family); the newest year grew 13.9% (top 23%); capital spending grew -27.2% a year (bottom 5%) (its annual reports). Insteel Industries, Inc. tags no split of its revenue by line in the annual report on file, so growth by line cannot be read here; research and capital spending are on the trend.
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?
bottom 47% of 26 in its family for expectations against reality.
From the record
Insteel Industries, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $740 million in fiscal 2026 came in 14.3% above the $647 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 48% of its family); net income of $30 million against a prior three-year average of $31 million (top 50%); a net margin of 4% against 5% before (bottom 40%) (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made