INSTEEL INDUSTRIES INC Segments Disclosure
(15) Business Segment Information
Our operations are entirely focused on the manufacture and marketing of steel wire reinforcing products for concrete construction applications. Our concrete reinforcing products consist of two product lines: PC strand and WWR. Based on the criteria specified in ASC Topic 280, “Segment Reporting”, we have reportable segment.
The Company's chief operating decision maker (“CODM”) is the . The CODM assesses performance and allocates resources based on consolidated net earnings. This measure of profitability is utilized to assess growth opportunities, including those through organic growth initiatives, capital expenditures and acquisitions; manage and control expenses and efficiency within our operations; and evaluate shareholder return strategies, including dividend payments and repurchases of common stock.
Significant expenses include which are each presented on the Company’s consolidated statement of operations. The measure of segment assets is reported on the consolidated balance sheet as total assets, which are located in the U.S.
Our net sales by geographic region are as follows:
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September 27, |
September 28, |
September 30, |
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2025 |
2024 |
2023 |
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Net sales: |
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United States |
$ | 644,022 | $ | 526,696 | $ | 643,156 | ||||||
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Foreign |
3,684 | 2,502 | 6,032 | |||||||||
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Total |
$ | 647,706 | $ | 529,198 | $ | 649,188 | ||||||
Our sales by product line are as follows:
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Year Ended |
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September 27, |
September 28, |
September 30, |
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2025 |
2024 |
2023 |
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Net sales: |
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Welded wire reinforcement |
$ | 424,526 | $ | 305,769 | $ | 375,771 | ||||||
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Prestressed concrete strand |
223,180 | 223,429 | 273,417 | |||||||||
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Total |
$ | 647,706 | $ | 529,198 | $ | 649,188 | ||||||
There were no customers that accounted for 10% or more of our net sales in 2025, 2024 or 2023.
Historical Timeline
| Fiscal Year | Filed | |
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| 2025 | Oct 23, 2025 | Showing above |
| 2024 | Oct 24, 2024 | |
| 2023 | Oct 26, 2023 | |
| 2022 | Oct 27, 2022 | |
| 2021 | Oct 28, 2021 | |
| 2020 | Oct 29, 2020 | |
| 2019 | Oct 25, 2019 | |
| 2018 | Oct 26, 2018 | |
| 2017 | Oct 27, 2017 | |
| 2016 | Oct 28, 2016 | |
| 2015 | Oct 30, 2015 | |
About Segments Disclosures
Segment disclosures break a company into its reportable operating units, revealing revenue, profit, and asset allocation that consolidated financial statements obscure. Under ASC 280, segments must match how the chief operating decision maker views the business, providing a window into internal management structure and resource allocation priorities.
Key signals: compare segment margins to identify which units drive profitability and which destroy value. Watch for changes in the number of reportable segments — segment aggregation or disaggregation often coincides with strategic shifts or attempts to obscure declining performance. Intersegment elimination patterns reveal internal pricing practices. The reconciliation between segment totals and consolidated figures exposes corporate overhead allocation and unallocated items. Geographic revenue concentration highlights regulatory and currency exposure. Compare segment-level capital expenditure against segment revenue to assess where management is investing for future growth versus harvesting existing assets.