secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     INSTEEL INDUSTRIES INC (IIIN)
CIK:        0000764401
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-07-21T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001437749-22-017484
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.85
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Insteel Industries Q3 EPS $1.96, sales $227.2M; both up sharply YoY
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- Net earnings $38.6M ($1.96 diluted EPS) vs $18.4M ($0.94) a year ago.
- Net sales $227.2M, up 41% YoY; average selling prices +53.9%, shipments -8.2%.
- Gross margin widened 600 bps to 25.6% due to higher price-cost spreads.
- Ended quarter debt-free with $63M cash; FY2022 capex expected up to $20M.
- CEO sees strong Q4 but notes softening in standard welded wire and tight labor.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/764401/000143774922017484/0001437749-22-017484-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/764401/000143774922017484/iiin20220718_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-22-017484

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