Stocks · Industrials · Industrial - Machinery
Astec Industries, Inc. ASTE
$42.00 +3.24% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $965.7M
Next earnings report: Nov 4, 2026
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Three things to know
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $0.85, down 57.3% year over year.
- The stock is in a downtrend: below its 200-day average, with the 50-day average below the 200-day.
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $1.56B, up 18.7% from a year earlier, accelerating from 11.5% a quarter earlier.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Industrials sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
Growth45Neutral
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 24%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 15%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 17%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 44%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 13%
Quality42Weak
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 37%
- Gross marginBottom 44%
- Operating marginBottom 34%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 7%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 48%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 32%
- Interest coverBottom 38%
Value68Positive
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 44%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 49%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 26%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 16%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 50%
Momentum25Very weak
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 29%
- 6-month returnBottom 14%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 31%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 33%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 40%
Revisions7Very weak
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 34%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 16%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 37%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 3%
Stability45Neutral
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 48%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 33%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 40%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 32%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 11.5% | 18.7% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 69.7% | -57.3% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 26.8% | 26.0% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 5.3% | 3.4% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 5.9% | 2.0% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 18.7% | 11.5% | ↑ | Top 24% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | -57.3% | 69.7% | ↓ | Bottom 15% |
| Gross margin | 26.0% | 26.8% | ↓ | Bottom 44% |
| Operating margin | 3.4% | 5.3% | ↓ | Bottom 34% |
| Net margin | 1.3% | 3.5% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 2.0% | 5.9% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 3.2% | — | Bottom 37% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 3.4% | — | Bottom 44% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 3.00×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -4.3%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.6%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +6.1 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 2.97×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 1.8×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 1.24%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 0.01%
- Shareholder yield
- 1.25%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +0.9%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +0.8%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 5, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 0
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 5 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -0.1%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +0.8%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 4 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $36.00
- Target vs current price
- -14.3%
- Analysts with a rating
- 12
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 50%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2026 | -9.6% | -13.8% | -17.8% | -21.2% | — |
| May 6, 2026 | -38.6% | -14.5% | -20.2% | -18.3% | -19.2% |
| Feb 25, 2026 | +43.2% | +4.8% | +5.8% | -8.0% | -16.8% |
| Nov 5, 2025 | +4.4% | -2.2% | -3.8% | -1.5% | +9.6% |
| Aug 6, 2025 | +58.6% | -2.5% | +9.7% | +13.2% | +18.1% |
| Apr 29, 2025 | +91.3% | +6.7% | +8.1% | +13.2% | +12.4% |
| Feb 26, 2025 | +63.0% | +13.9% | +9.6% | +16.7% | +28.6% |
| Nov 6, 2024 | +0.0% | +14.4% | +14.4% | +17.8% | -0.1% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2026 | $0.94 | $1.04 | -9.6% | $408.1M |
| May 6, 2026 | $0.54 | $0.88 | -38.6% | $396.3M |
| Feb 25, 2026 | $1.06 | $0.74 | +43.2% | $400.6M |
| Nov 5, 2025 | $0.47 | $0.45 | +4.4% | $350.1M |
| Aug 6, 2025 | $0.88 | $0.56 | +58.6% | $330.3M |
| Apr 29, 2025 | $0.88 | $0.46 | +91.3% | $329.4M |
| Feb 26, 2025 | $1.19 | $0.73 | +63.0% | $359.0M |
| Nov 6, 2024 | $0.31 | $0.31 | +0.0% | $291.4M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 49.4× | 47.9× | 59th | Bottom 44% |
| P/E (forward) | 12.8× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 12.0× | — | — | Top 26% |
| EV / Sales | 0.82× | — | — | Top 16% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 3.29% | — | — | Top 49% |
| Earnings yield | 2.02% | — | — | Bottom 44% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 19.8× – 186.8× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- -12.7%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- -57.3%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +167.8%
Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✓ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -12.5%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -0.5%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -4.7%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -18.4%
- RSI (14)
- 48.9
- Relative volume
- 0.94×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 43.8%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 63th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.17
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.40
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -35.4%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -40.2%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 2021 | Jul 9, 2024 | -63.7% | 804 days | Not yet recovered |
| Oct 12, 2020 | Nov 4, 2020 | -18.0% | 17 days | 15 days (Nov 25, 2020) |
| Jan 14, 2021 | Jan 29, 2021 | -11.7% | 10 days | 17 days (Feb 24, 2021) |
| Mar 15, 2021 | Mar 24, 2021 | -10.9% | 7 days | 7 days (Apr 5, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $965.7M
- P/E (TTM)
- 49.4
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $0.85
- Revenue (TTM)
- $1.56B
- Dividend yield
- 1.24%
- 52-week range
- $39.38 – $65.69
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.10B | $1.27B | $1.34B | $1.31B | $1.41B |
| Gross profit | $249.5M | $264.1M | $331.1M | $327.9M | $374.2M |
| Operating income | $19.9M | $7.5M | $48.6M | $23.2M | $65.5M |
| Net income | $15.8M | -$100,000 | $33.5M | $4.3M | $38.8M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.69 | -$0.03 | $1.47 | $0.19 | $1.68 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $291.4M | $359.0M | $329.4M | $330.3M | $350.1M | $400.6M | $396.3M | $408.1M |
| Net income | -$6.2M | $21.1M | $14.3M | $16.7M | -$4.2M | $12.0M | $1.3M | $10.5M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.27 | $0.92 | $0.62 | $0.72 | -$0.18 | $0.52 | $0.06 | $0.45 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $7.4M | -$73.9M | $27.8M | $23.0M | $61.4M |
| Capital expenditure | -$20.1M | -$40.7M | -$34.1M | -$20.5M | -$39.9M |
| Free cash flow | -$12.7M | -$114.6M | -$6.3M | $2.5M | $21.5M |
| Dividends paid | -$10.2M | -$11.2M | -$11.8M | -$11.9M | -$11.9M |
| Net share buybacks | $0 | -$10.1M | -$1.6M | -$500,000 | $0 |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $78.6M
- Total assets
- $1.42B
- Total liabilities
- $726.4M
- Total debt
- $393.4M
- Net debt
- $316.6M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $689.1M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 5, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 2026 | $0.13 | Aug 28, 2026 |
| May 13, 2026 | $0.13 | May 29, 2026 |
| Mar 9, 2026 | $0.13 | Mar 31, 2026 |
| Nov 10, 2025 | $0.13 | Nov 26, 2025 |
| Aug 11, 2025 | $0.13 | Aug 29, 2025 |
| May 13, 2025 | $0.13 | May 30, 2025 |
| Mar 10, 2025 | $0.13 | Mar 31, 2025 |
| Nov 13, 2024 | $0.13 | Nov 27, 2024 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 629,877
- Days to cover
- 3.19
- Change vs previous report
- +3.0%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Jan 19, 1999
- 2-for-1
- Sep 13, 1993
- 2-for-1