Stocks · Industrials · Aerospace & Defense
Astronics Corporation ATRO
$68.41 +0.32% Close, Oct 5, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $2.62B
Strong growth
Next earnings report: Nov 3, 2026
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Three things to know
- The diluted share count rose 28.0% in a year.
- Operating margin widened to 13.7% from 4.3% a year earlier.
- Net debt is 3.0× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.
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 6, 2026.
Growth94Exceptional
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 30%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 20%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 17%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 18%
Quality69Positive
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 6%
- Gross marginTop 39%
- Operating marginTop 27%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 36%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 41%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 30%
- Interest coverTop 21%
Value33Weak
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 48%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 41%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 32%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 34%
Momentum75Positive
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 5%
- 6-month returnTop 34%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 8%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 45%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 41%
Revisions84Strong
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 27%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 28%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 12%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 37%
Stability52Neutral
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 31%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 18%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 37%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 30%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 8.6% | 14.5% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 25.1% | 32.5% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 4.3% | 13.7% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 4.4% | 6.5% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 14.5% | 8.6% | ↑ | Top 30% |
| Gross margin | 32.5% | 25.1% | ↑ | Top 39% |
| Operating margin | 13.7% | 4.3% | ↑ | Top 27% |
| Net margin | 8.4% | -0.5% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 6.5% | 4.4% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 20.4% | — | Top 6% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 17.2% | — | Top 17% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 1.31×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -3.2%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.7%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +7.7 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 3.04×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 11.7×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 0.21%
- Shareholder yield
- 0.21%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +28.0%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +12.6%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jul 4, 2026 (filed Aug 12, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 4
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 6 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +15.9%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +1.6%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 6 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $83.50
- Target vs current price
- +22.1%
- Analysts with a rating
- 14
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 86%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 11, 2026 | +18.6% | -0.7% | +23.3% | +0.7% | — |
| May 12, 2026 | +6.5% | +3.3% | +6.0% | +11.6% | +20.4% |
| Feb 24, 2026 | +21.2% | +4.1% | +6.6% | -13.4% | +4.0% |
| Nov 4, 2025 | +17.1% | -1.6% | -1.9% | +9.2% | +55.4% |
| Aug 6, 2025 | -85.7% | -1.3% | -8.5% | +2.7% | +38.9% |
| May 6, 2025 | +76.2% | -1.5% | +22.4% | +34.7% | +51.5% |
| Mar 4, 2025 | -131.9% | +0.0% | +20.4% | +21.1% | +58.6% |
| Nov 6, 2024 | +93.3% | +10.7% | -9.2% | -10.9% | -0.8% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 11, 2026 | $0.70 | $0.59 | +18.6% | $260.0M |
| May 12, 2026 | $0.49 | $0.46 | +6.5% | $230.6M |
| Feb 24, 2026 | $0.63 | $0.52 | +21.2% | $240.1M |
| Nov 4, 2025 | $0.41 | $0.35 | +17.1% | $211.4M |
| Aug 6, 2025 | $0.04 | $0.28 | -85.7% | $204.7M |
| May 6, 2025 | $0.37 | $0.21 | +76.2% | $205.9M |
| Mar 4, 2025 | -$0.06 | $0.20 | -131.9% | $208.5M |
| Nov 6, 2024 | $0.29 | $0.15 | +93.3% | $203.7M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 36.2× | — | — | Top 48% |
| P/E (forward) | 25.2× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 26.2× | — | — | Bottom 32% |
| EV / Sales | 3.15× | — | — | Bottom 34% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 2.34% | — | — | Bottom 41% |
| Earnings yield | 2.76% | — | — | Top 48% |
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
- 407
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -1.8%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +4.1%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -7.5%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +3.1%
- RSI (14)
- 43.0
- Relative volume
- 0.38×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 58.2%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 75th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.92
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.27
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -26.8%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -33.3%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 2021 | Oct 7, 2022 | -62.9% | 333 days | 193 days (Jul 18, 2023) |
| Jul 18, 2023 | Nov 9, 2023 | -34.9% | 81 days | 169 days (Jul 16, 2024) |
| Jul 23, 2024 | Jan 8, 2025 | -33.3% | 117 days | 37 days (Mar 5, 2025) |
| Aug 14, 2026 | Sep 17, 2026 | -30.5% | 23 days | Not yet recovered |
| Jun 25, 2026 | Jul 29, 2026 | -25.3% | 23 days | 10 days (Aug 12, 2026) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $2.62B
- P/E (TTM)
- 36.2
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $1.89
- Revenue (TTM)
- $942.1M
- 52-week range
- $34.58 – $94.46
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $444.9M | $534.9M | $689.2M | $795.4M | $862.1M |
| Gross profit | $65.4M | $71.5M | $120.8M | $168.3M | $258.2M |
| Operating income | -$28.7M | -$30.0M | -$6.7M | $26.5M | $76.4M |
| Net income | -$25.6M | -$35.7M | -$26.4M | -$16.2M | $29.4M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.82 | -$1.11 | -$0.80 | -$0.46 | $0.81 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $203.7M | $208.5M | $205.9M | $204.7M | $211.4M | $240.1M | $230.6M | $260.0M |
| Net income | -$11.7M | -$2.8M | $9.5M | $1.3M | -$11.1M | $29.6M | $25.5M | $35.1M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.34 | -$0.08 | $0.26 | $0.04 | -$0.31 | $0.78 | $0.67 | $0.75 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | -$5.5M | -$28.3M | -$23.9M | $30.6M | $74.8M |
| Capital expenditure | -$6.0M | -$7.7M | -$7.6M | -$8.4M | -$31.7M |
| Free cash flow | -$11.6M | -$36.0M | -$31.6M | $22.1M | $43.1M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $0 | $0 | $21.3M | $0 | $0 |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $9.0M
- Total assets
- $760.8M
- Total liabilities
- $562.6M
- Total debt
- $353.0M
- Net debt
- $343.9M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $198.2M
As of Jul 4, 2026 (filed Aug 12, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 25, 2012 | $4.71 | — |
| Oct 2, 2008 | $7.26 | — |
| Mar 17, 2003 | $3.93 | — |
| Nov 14, 2001 | $5.03 | — |
| Oct 13, 2000 | $1.19 | — |
| Jan 25, 1995 | $0.00 | — |
| Jan 25, 1994 | $0.01 | Feb 28, 1994 |
| Apr 28, 1989 | $0.04 | — |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 3,337,518
- Days to cover
- 5.92
- Change vs previous report
- -0.2%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Jun 15, 2026
- 1,253-for-1,000
- Oct 11, 2018
- 591-for-500
- Oct 6, 2016
- 23-for-20
- Oct 6, 2015
- 23-for-20
- Sep 3, 2014
- 601-for-500