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AstroNova, Inc. (ALOT)

Technology | Computer Hardware | West Warwick, United States | NasdaqGM
28.99 USD

Short-term:★★★★☆Long-term:★★☆☆☆Dividends:☆☆☆☆☆
Hot Take | Aug. 22, 2026, 5:35 a.m. EDT

The immediate catalyst here is definitive: a confirmed all-cash acquisition by Arcline Investment Management at $29.00 per share. With the stock trading at $28.92, the market is pricing in a near-term pop as the deal closes, making this a high-conviction momentum play for the coming weeks rather than a traditional equity investment. The recent price action confirms this, with shares rallying from the $10.92 low of last August to nearly $29, effectively erasing a decade of losses in a single year. However, this rally is a 'dead cat' bounce driven entirely by the takeover bid, not a recovery of the underlying business. Fundamentally, the company remains in distress with negative earnings, a forward P/E of 82, and a trailing twelve-month loss. While the balance sheet shows some cash generation, the debt-to-equity ratio is elevated, and the core hardware business has struggled with profitability for years. The recent news of an investor exiting a stake and a lawsuit regarding fair pricing further underscores that the intrinsic business value is currently under severe scrutiny. Consequently, while the short-term outlook is bullish due to the imminent cash transaction, the long-term investment thesis is non-existent. There is no sustainable growth story or dominant competitive moat left to evaluate once the acquisition completes. For investors, the strategy is clear: capitalize on the spread between the current price and the $29 offer, but do not attempt to hold the stock for long-term capital appreciation based on operational performance.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoARIMA ✓0.009200
AutoETS0.009206
MSTL0.054098
AutoTheta0.240213

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA

Forecast Reliability
Score 27%
H-stat 68.96
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.082
Excess Kurtosis -1.52
Attribute Value
Sector Technology
Ex Dividend Date 2020-03-24
Last Dividend Date 2020-03-24
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

Dividend Data

Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2020-03-25 0.070000 0.837321
2019-12-18 0.070000 0.509091
2019-09-13 0.070000 0.422705
2019-06-14 0.070000 0.272586
2019-03-27 0.070000 0.356415
2018-12-13 0.070000 0.362694
2018-09-13 0.070000 0.317460
2018-06-14 0.070000 0.353535
2018-03-21 0.070000 0.451613
2017-12-12 0.070000 0.486111
2017-09-14 0.070000 0.540541
2017-06-07 0.070000 0.505415
2017-03-21 0.070000 0.483592
2016-12-12 0.070000 0.484429
2016-09-14 0.070000 0.455137
2016-06-08 0.070000 0.483425
2016-03-09 0.070000 0.477816
2015-12-16 0.070000 0.529501
2015-09-09 0.070000 0.503597
2015-06-10 0.070000 0.466667
2015-03-11 0.070000 0.501433
2014-12-17 0.070000 0.479452
2014-09-10 0.070000 0.507983
2014-06-11 0.070000 0.507246
2014-03-12 0.070000 0.493305
2013-12-11 0.070000 0.511322
2013-09-11 0.070000 0.591216
2013-06-12 0.070000 0.651163
2013-03-13 0.070000 0.676983
2012-12-24 0.070000 0.717949
2012-12-05 0.070000 0.757469
2012-09-12 0.070000 0.827423
2012-06-13 0.070000 0.879397
2012-03-14 0.070000 0.859951
2011-12-07 0.070000 0.933333
2011-09-14 0.070000 0.981767
2011-06-08 0.070000 0.896275
2011-03-16 0.070000 0.916230
2010-12-08 0.070000 0.977654
2010-09-08 0.070000 0.979021
2010-06-09 0.070000 0.940860
2010-03-17 0.070000 0.940860
2009-12-09 0.060000 0.870827
2009-09-09 0.060000 1.034483
2009-06-10 0.060000 1.071429
2009-03-18 0.060000 0.964630
2008-12-10 0.060000 1.008403
2008-09-10 0.060000 0.602410
2008-06-11 0.060000 0.606061
2008-03-18 0.050000 0.554939
2007-12-12 0.050000 0.543478
2007-09-05 0.050000 0.502513
2007-06-13 0.050000 0.448837
2007-03-21 0.050000 0.421589
2006-12-06 0.050000 0.495049
2006-09-06 0.050000 0.487805
2006-06-14 0.050000 0.539258
2006-03-22 0.040000 0.450938
2005-12-07 0.032000 0.357143
2005-09-07 0.032000 0.321027
2005-06-15 0.032000 0.461361
2005-03-22 0.032000 0.441989
2004-12-08 0.032000 0.465875
2004-09-08 0.032000 0.421941
2004-06-16 0.032000 0.399600
2004-03-24 0.029120 0.332572
2003-12-10 0.029120 0.271458
2003-09-10 0.029120 0.371126
2003-06-11 0.029120 0.702456
2003-03-26 0.029120 1.121569
2002-12-11 0.029120 1.134278
2002-09-11 0.029120 1.082192
2002-06-12 0.029120 0.950618
2002-03-26 0.029120 1.094019
2001-12-12 0.029120 1.067734
2001-09-10 0.029120 1.001000
2001-06-13 0.029120 0.935733
2001-03-20 0.029120 0.970667
2000-12-13 0.029120 0.942029
2000-09-13 0.029120 0.728000
2000-06-14 0.029120 0.696348
2000-03-21 0.029120 0.571967
1999-12-15 0.029120 0.667278
1999-09-15 0.029120 0.711772
1999-06-16 0.029120 0.571967
1999-03-25 0.029120 0.800880
1998-12-16 0.029120 0.762623
1998-09-16 0.029120 0.660377
1998-06-17 0.029120 0.552268
1998-03-23 0.029120 0.516678
1997-12-17 0.029120 0.464227
1997-09-17 0.029120 0.464227
1997-06-11 0.029120 0.432870
1997-03-26 0.021818 0.338033
1996-12-18 0.021840 0.369618
1996-09-18 0.021840 0.333659
1996-06-12 0.021840 0.348170
1996-03-20 0.021840 0.364000
1995-12-20 0.021840 0.296578
1995-09-19 0.021840 0.279341
1995-06-13 0.021840 0.279341
1995-03-15 0.021840 0.250252
1994-12-19 0.021840 0.292981
1994-09-16 0.021804 0.272550
1994-06-20 0.021804 0.333117
1994-03-16 0.021804 0.244739
1993-12-07 0.021804 0.278888
1993-09-07 0.021804 0.285529
1993-06-07 0.021804 0.216076
1993-03-15 0.021804 0.203258
1992-12-07 0.021804 0.208560
1992-09-08 0.021804 0.196593
1992-06-04 0.021804 0.155743
1992-03-16 0.014593 0.136809
1991-12-06 0.009731 0.113071
1991-09-09 0.009731 0.124465
1991-05-10 0.009731 0.114687
Additional Data
exDividendDate 2020-03-25
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.0
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.0
lastDividendValue 0.07
lastDividendDate 2020-03-25
dividendDate 2020-04-02

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 1.5385289
Address1 600 East Greenwich Avenue
All Time High 29.0
All Time Low 0.606061
Ask 37.01
Ask Size 2
Average Daily Volume10 Day 100,612
Average Daily Volume3 Month 159,161
Average Volume 160,181
Average Volume10Days 100,612
Beta 0.857
Bid 20.78
Bid Size 2
Book Value 10.037
City West Warwick
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 28.99
Current Ratio 1.762
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,786,665,600
Day High 29.0
Day Low 28.98
Debt To Equity 49.371
Display Name AstroNova
Dividend Date 1,585,785,600
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,780,920,900
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,780,920,900
Earnings Timestamp 1,780,921,800
Earnings Timestamp End 1,789,043,400
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,789,043,400
Ebitda 10,682,000
Ebitda Margins 0.070199996
Enterprise To Ebitda 24.172
Enterprise To Revenue 1.697
Enterprise Value 258,205,904
Eps Forward 0.35
Eps Trailing Twelve Months -0.18
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,585,094,400
Exchange NGM
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fax 401 822 2430
Fifty Day Average 28.7146
Fifty Day Average Change 0.27540016
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.009590945
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 153.85289
Fifty Two Week High 29.0
Fifty Two Week High Change -0.010000229
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.00034483548
Fifty Two Week Low 6.96
Fifty Two Week Low Change 22.029999
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 3.1652298
Fifty Two Week Range 6.96 - 29.0
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 370,791,000,000
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 Exchange Name NasdaqGM
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
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
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
Is Earnings Date Estimate 0
Language en-US
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 us_market
Market Cap 227,316,416
Market State CLOSED
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 Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key none
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.0
Regular Market Change Percent 0.0
Regular Market Day High 29.0
Regular Market Day Low 28.98
Regular Market Day Range 28.98 - 29.0
Regular Market Open 28.99
Regular Market Previous Close 28.99
Regular Market Price 28.99
Regular Market Time 1,787,774,401
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 0.1966995
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
Source Interval 15
State RI
Symbol ALOT
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
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 15.332875
Two Hundred Day Average Change 13.6571245
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.8907086
Type Disp Equity
Volume 249,491
Website https://www.astronovainc.com
Zip 2,893