AstroNova Inc (ALOT)Technology | Computer Hardware | West Warwick, United States |
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Hot Take ↕ | Oct. 10, 2026, 5:38 a.m. UTC
The immediate catalyst here is the confirmed acquisition by Arcline Investment Management at $29.00 per share in an all-cash transaction. With the stock trading at $28.99, the market is pricing in a near-term pop as the gap to the offer closes, creating a high-conviction short-term bullish setup driven purely by the deal mechanics rather than operational performance. However, looking beyond the takeover premium reveals a fundamentally distressed business: the company is reporting negative earnings per share (-$0.18), negative return on equity (-1.7%), and has no history of paying dividends. The balance sheet carries significant debt relative to equity, and despite a recent surge in price, the underlying operations lack the sustained growth or profitability required for a standalone long-term hold. The statistical forecasting models offer no guidance due to insufficient data, which aligns with the view that the current price action is entirely event-driven. Investors should view this as a speculative trade on the acquisition completion, not a fundamental investment in the hardware business. |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Technology |
| Ex Dividend Date | 2020-03-25 |
| Last Dividend Date | 2020-03-25 |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 49.371 |
| Revenue per Share | 19.908 |
| Market Cap | 227,316,416 |
| Forward P/E | 82.83 |
| Beta | 0.86 |
| Profit Margins | -0.89% |
| Website | https://www.astronovainc.com |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | 1.5208695 |
| Address1 | 600 East Greenwich Avenue |
| All Time High | 29.0 |
| All Time Low | 0.605753 |
| Ask | 37.01 |
| Ask Size | 200 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 75,433 |
| Average Volume | 164,581 |
| Average Volume10Days | 75,433 |
| Beta | 0.857 |
| Bid | 20.78 |
| Bid Size | 200 |
| Book Value | 10.037 |
| City | West Warwick |
| Country | United States |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 28.99 |
| Current Ratio | 1.762 |
| Date Short Interest | 1,786,665,600 |
| Day High | 29.0 |
| Day Low | 28.98 |
| Debt To Equity | 49.371 |
| Ebitda | 10,682,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.070199996 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 24.172 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 1.697 |
| Enterprise Value | 258,205,904 |
| Ex Dividend Date | 1,585,094,400 |
| Exchange | NGM |
| Exchange Timezone Name | UTC |
| Fax | 401 822 2430 |
| Fifty Day Average | 28.723 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 29.0 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 6.96 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Epoch Utc | 1,784,295,000 |
| Five Year Avg Dividend Yield | 1.88 |
| Float Shares | 5,905,584 |
| Forward Eps | 0.35 |
| Forward P E | 82.828575 |
| Free Cashflow | 13,098,625 |
| Full Time Employees | 398 |
| Fullday Change | 0.0 |
| Fullday Change Percent | 0.0 |
| Fullday Price | 28.99 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Gross Margins | 0.33796 |
| Gross Profits | 51,428,000 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.104899995 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.53739 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 7,841,201 |
| Industry | Computer Hardware |
| Industry Disp | Computer Hardware |
| Industry Key | computer-hardware |
| Ir Website | http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=120530&p=irol-irhome |
| Last Dividend Date | 1,585,094,400 |
| Last Dividend Value | 0.07 |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,769,817,600 |
| Last Split Date | 1,151,884,800 |
| Last Split Factor | 5:4 |
| Long Business Summary | AstroNova, Inc. designs, develops, manufactures, and distributes specialty printers, and data acquisition and analysis systems in the United States, Europe, Canada, Asia, Central and South America, and internationally. The company offers color label tabletop printers and light commercial label printers, direct-to-package printers, high-volume presses, specialty original equipment manufacturer printing systems, label printers, envelope and packaging printing, data acquisition recorders, as well as label, and tag and other supplies, including ink, toner, and thermal transfer ribbons under the QuickLabel, TrojanLabel, GetLabels, Astro Machine, and MTEX brands; and provides on-site and remote service, spare parts, and various service contracts; training and support services; and develops and licenses software programs to design and manage labels, print images, manage and operate printers. It also provides airborne printer products, such as ToughWriter series used in the flight decks of military transport, commercial transport, and business aircraft to print hard copies of data; ToughSwitch, an ethernet switches to connect multiple computers or ethernet devices; TMX and TMX-200, a high-speed data acquisition systems for applications requiring high channel counts and acquisition rates; Daxus DXS-100, a distributed data acquisition platform; SmartCorder DDX-100, a portable all-in-one data acquisition system; and Everest EV-5000 and RC-300 digital strip chart recording systems for aerospace and defense applications. In addition, the company offers networking solutions; aerospace products comprising flight deck printing solutions, networking hardware, and specialized aerospace-grade thermal paper; and data acquisition systems. The company was formerly known as Astro-Med, Inc. and changed its name to AstroNova, Inc. in May 2016. AstroNova, Inc. was incorporated in 1969 and is headquartered in West Warwick, Rhode Island. As of August 26, 2026, AstroNova, Inc. was taken private. |
| Long Name | AstroNova Inc |
| Market Cap | 227,316,416 |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_251995 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,777,507,200 |
| Net Income To Common | -1,347,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,801,353,600 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 227,316,416 |
| Open | 28.99 |
| Operating Cashflow | 10,364,000 |
| Operating Margins | 0.04883 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Phone | 401 828 4000 |
| Previous Close | 28.99 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 2.8883133 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 1.4938221 |
| Profit Margins | -0.00885 |
| Quick Ratio | 0.621 |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | none |
| Regular Market Day High | 29.0 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 28.98 |
| Regular Market Open | 28.99 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 28.99 |
| Regular Market Volume | 249,491 |
| Return On Assets | 0.02579 |
| Return On Equity | -0.01749 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.044 |
| Revenue Per Share | 19.908 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.17502642 |
| Sector | Technology |
| Sector Disp | Technology |
| Sector Key | technology |
| Shares Outstanding | 7,841,201 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0047 |
| Shares Short | 36,510 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,784,073,600 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 22,476 |
| Short Name | AstroNova, Inc. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.0053 |
| Short Ratio | 0.33 |
| State | RI |
| Symbol | ALOT |
| Time Zone Full Name | America/New_York |
| Time Zone Short Name | EDT |
| Total Cash | 4,675,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 0.603 |
| Total Debt | 38,273,000 |
| Total Revenue | 152,171,008 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | -0.18 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 15.437775 |
| Underlying Symbol | ALOT |
| Uuid | d70dfaaa-d113-3dff-a8d3-a9bb0bacd418 |
| Volume | 249,491 |
| Website | https://www.astronovainc.com |
| Zip | 2,893 |