---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-25-001241"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "IIIN"
cik: "0000764401"
company_name: "INSTEEL INDUSTRIES INC"
filed_at: "2025-01-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-28T00:38:16.553299+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Insteel Industries Q1 net sales up 6.6% to $129.7M; EPS $0.06 flat YoY

## Summary
- Net income $1.1M ($0.06 per share) unchanged YoY; includes $1.0M restructuring & acquisition costs ($0.04 EPS drag).
- Gross margin expanded to 7.3% from 5.2% on wider spreads and higher shipments; shipments up 11.4%, avg selling prices down 4.3%.
- Completed two acquisitions: EWP for $67M and OWP for $5.1M; paid special dividend of $1.00 per share totaling $19.4M.
- Ended quarter with $36M cash, no debt; capital expenditures expected up to $22M for fiscal 2025.
- CEO cites recovering order activity but warns of low-priced PC strand imports as headwind.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-25-001241
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: IIIN
- cik: 0000764401
- company_name: INSTEEL INDUSTRIES INC
- filed_at: 2025-01-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/764401/000143774925001241/0001437749-25-001241-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/764401/000143774925001241/iiin20250114_8k.htm

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