secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     INSTEEL INDUSTRIES INC (IIIN)
CIK:        0000764401
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-04-21T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001437749-23-010775
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Insteel Q2 earnings drop 87% to $0.26/share; sales down 25% on destocking
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- Net earnings $5.1M ($0.26 per share) vs $39.0M ($1.99) a year ago; gross margin fell to 8.3% from 26.8%.
- Net sales $159.1M, down 25.4% from $213.2M; average selling prices down 14.5%, shipments down 12.8%.
- CEO says destocking headwinds nearly run their course; expects good 2023 despite weak start.
- Cash $80.2M, debt-free; capex guidance up to $30M for fiscal 2023.
- Operating cash flow $46.6M in Q2 vs $6.3M last year, driven by working capital reduction.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/764401/000143774923010775/0001437749-23-010775-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/764401/000143774923010775/iiin20230417_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-23-010775

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