---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-26-012485"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "IIIN"
cik: "0000764401"
company_name: "INSTEEL INDUSTRIES INC"
filed_at: "2026-04-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T05:57:55.495637+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Insteel Industries Q2 net earnings fall to $5.2M ($0.27/share) on weather-hit shipments

## Summary
- Net earnings $5.2M ($0.27 EPS) vs $10.2M ($0.52) a year ago; net sales $172.7M (+7.5% YoY).
- Gross margin narrowed to 9.6% from 15.3% due to narrower spreads, lower volumes, higher costs.
- Shipments fell 5.9% YoY due to widespread winter weather disruptions; management calls delays temporary.
- Ended quarter with $15.1M cash and no debt; capex guidance up to ~$20M for fiscal 2026.
- Management optimistic on nonresidential construction momentum and seasonal pickup.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-26-012485
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: IIIN
- cik: 0000764401
- company_name: INSTEEL INDUSTRIES INC
- filed_at: 2026-04-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- 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/764401/000143774926012485/0001437749-26-012485-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/764401/000143774926012485/iiin20260415_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  INSTEEL INDUSTRIES INC reported second quarter ended March 28, 2026 results: revenue $172.7 million, net income $5.2 million, EPS $0.27 per share.
  - Period: second quarter ended March 28, 2026
  - Revenue: $172.7 million
  - Net income: $5.2 million
  - EPS: $0.27 per share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: financial results for its second quarter of fiscal 2026, ended March 28, 2026. Second Quarter 2026 Highlights ● Net earnings of $5.2 million, or $0.27 per share ● Net sales of $172.7 million ● Gross profit of $16.5 million, or 9.6% of net sales ● Net cash balance of $15.1 million and no debt outstanding as of March 28, 2026 ● Weather-driven volume decline, while
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/764401/000143774926012485/0001437749-26-012485-index.htm

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