Inside the research

Astec Industries, Inc.

ASTE Research profile · latest available data

Price overview

$41.28

▲ +0.69 (+1.7%)

52w hi$64.66
52w lo$40.33
Vol190.20K
As of25 Sep 2026

The Verdict

Sell

Our score -0.52

Short-0.47
Medium-0.60
Long-0.49

computed 2026-09-27

Key fundamentals

Astec Industries, Inc.

Industrials · Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery

Market cap$949.14M
Enterprise value$1.27B
Trailing P/E49.14x
Forward P/E10.37x
EV / EBITDA9.35x
P / S (ttm)0.61x
Profit margin1.3%
Return on equity2.9%
Revenue growth+23.6%
Earnings growth-37.5%
Debt / equity57.09

Layer Breakdown

LayerRawContribution
Fundamental+0.11
Sector-0.01
Technical-0.41
Earnings+0.00
Sentiment+0.00

macro × 1.00 · 2026-09-27

Business overview

Astec Industries, Inc. designs, engineers, manufactures, markets, and services equipment and components used primarily in road building and related construction activities worldwide. The company operates in two segments, Infrastructure Solutions and Materials Solutions. The Infrastructure Solutions segment offers asphalt plants, cold central plant recycles systems, and soil remediation plants; concrete batch plants, liquid asphalt terminals, and thermal fluid heaters; asphalt pavers, material transfer vehicles, and milling machines; and industrial automation controls and telematics platforms, as well as engineering and environmental permitting, various plants components, polymer plants, heat recovery units, industrial and asphalt burners and systems, wood chippers and grinders, and blower trucks and trailers,. The Materials Solutions segment offers jaw, cone, heavy-duty, and mining-application crushers; horizontal and vertical shaft impactors; incline, multi-frequency and high frequency, horizontal, and dewatering screens; washing and classifying plants, fines recovery systems, and water clarification systems; radial and telescoping conveyors, pugmills, truck unloaders, hopper feeders ship loaders and unloaders, and bulk receptions feeders; and Rock breaker systems, hydraulic breakers, compactors, and pulverizers. It provides its products to asphalt or concrete producers; highway and heavy equipment contractors; utility contractors; sand and gravel producers; construction, demolition, recycle and crushing contractors; forestry and environmental recycling contractors; mine and quarry operators; port and inland terminal authorities; power stations; and domestic and foreign government agencies. The company was incorporated in 1972 and is headquartered in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

United States · www.astecindustries.com

Risk Metrics

Beta vs SPX1.24
Corr SPX0.48
Annual vol41.6%
Annual ret+21.5%
Sharpe0.52
Max DD-37.6%

Window: 504 trading days (504 obs)

Analyst Coverage

Mean PT$70.50
High / Low$82.00 / $64.00
Median$68.00
Analysts4
Strong Buy0
Buy2
Hold0
Sell0
Strong Sell0

Recent rating actions

2026-04-01Freedom Broker→ Buy
2025-02-27Baird→ Neutral
2024-11-07Baird→ Neutral
2024-05-02Stifel→ Hold
2023-12-19Stifel→ Buy
2023-08-03Baird→ Neutral

Material Events

DateEvent8-K
2026-08-05Earnings Release, Exhibitsread
2026-07-30Officer / Director Change, Exhibitsread
2026-05-06Earnings Release, Exhibitsread
2026-04-27Shareholder Voteread
2026-04-20Officer / Director Change, Exhibitsread
2026-02-25Earnings Release, Exhibitsread
2025-11-05Earnings Release, Exhibitsread
2025-08-06Earnings Release, Exhibitsread
2025-07-01Material Agreement, Acquisition / Disposition…read
2025-05-02Material Agreement, Other Material Event…read
2025-04-29Earnings Release, Reg FD Disclosure…read
2025-04-28Shareholder Voteread

Insider Trades

DateInsiderRoleActionSharesValue
2026-08-01Hartley Chad JeffreyOfficer, Group PresidentGrant12.98K—
2026-07-31Jackson Jeffrey TDirectorGrant390—
2026-05-29WINFORD JAMES MURPHY JRDirectorGrant6—
2026-05-29Shannon Patrick SDirectorGrant15—
2026-05-29Jackson Jeffrey TDirectorGrant21—
2026-05-29Knoll Linda I.DirectorGrant6—
2026-05-29Jain NalinDirectorGrant6—
2026-05-29HOWELL MARY LDirectorGrant6—
2026-05-29Gliebe Mark JosephDirectorGrant6—
2026-05-29Cook Tracey HDirectorGrant15—

Flow & Concentration

Insider 180d net$0
Insider buys / sells0 / 0
Insider biasNeutral
13F holders0
Top-5 share0.0%
HHI0 (—)

SEC Filings

DateFormDoc
2026-08-058-Kview
2026-08-0510-Qview
2026-08-044view
2026-08-034view
2026-07-308-Kview
2026-06-2411-Kview
2026-06-024view
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The Long Run

FY 2010–2025 · 16 years

LineLatestCAGRTrend
Revenue$1.41B+4.1%
Gross profit$330.80M+4.2%
Operating income$65.90M-2.5%
Net income$38.80M+19.9%
Cash from ops$61.40M-0.1%

Indices

S&P SmallCap 600

Recent Sessions

DateOpenHighLowCloseVol
Sep 25$41.02$41.36$40.53$41.28190.20K
Sep 24$40.81$41.02$39.72$40.59229.10K
Sep 23$42.01$42.01$41.08$41.38180.70K
Sep 22$42.19$42.79$41.83$42.28158.10K
Sep 21$41.87$41.87$40.86$41.67157.20K

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