secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     INSTEEL INDUSTRIES INC (IIIN)
CIK:        0000764401
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-04-22T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001437749-22-009459
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Insteel reports record Q2 net earnings of $39M ($1.99 EPS); sales up 53% YoY
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- Record Q2 net earnings of $39.0M ($1.99 diluted EPS) vs $14.9M ($0.76) a year ago.
- Net sales rose 53% to $213.2M; average selling prices up 65.4%, shipments down 7.2%.
- Gross margin widened to 26.8% from 21.7% on higher spreads between selling prices and raw material costs.
- Debt-free with $69.7M cash; no borrowings on $100M revolver; capex expected up to $25M in FY2022.
- CEO cites robust demand across non-residential markets and expects continued strong performance.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/764401/000143774922009459/0001437749-22-009459-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/764401/000143774922009459/iiin20220419_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-22-009459

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