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Art's-Way Manufacturing Co., Inc. (ARTW)

Industrials | Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery | Armstrong, United States | NasdaqCM
2.88 USD -0.02 (-0.690%) ⇩ (Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 2.86 -0.02 (-0.020%) ⇩ (Aug. 28, 2026, 4:25 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★⯪☆☆Long-term:★★⯪☆☆Dividends:☆☆☆☆☆
Hot Take | Aug. 22, 2026, 5:50 a.m. EDT

The stock presents a classic case of divergent narratives where operational headlines clash with financial reality. While recent news highlights a surge in sales and operating income, the underlying numbers tell a different story: the company is generating negative free cash flow and reporting negative earnings per share, indicating that top-line growth is not translating into bottom-line profitability or capital preservation. This disconnect creates significant uncertainty for the short term, rendering any technical breakout or momentum play speculative rather than grounded in value. For the long term, the lack of a multi-year price uptrend and the persistent inability to generate positive cash flow suggest the market remains skeptical about the durability of this growth, capping the investment thesis despite the impressive revenue figures. Furthermore, there is no dividend support to cushion the volatility, leaving investors entirely exposed to the risk of continued earnings deterioration.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoTheta ✓0.107925
MSTL0.108665
AutoETS0.108721
AutoARIMA0.109038

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta

Forecast Reliability
Score 35%
H-stat 3.36
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.230
Excess Kurtosis -1.23
Attribute Value
Sector Industrials
Ex Dividend Date 2015-02-09
Last Dividend Date 2015-02-09
Debt to Equity Ratio 46.649
Revenue per Share 5.06
Market Cap 14,979,992
Beta 0.98
Profit Margins -0.08%
Website https://artsway-mfg.com

Dividend Data

Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2015-02-10 0.050 1.037344
2013-11-21 0.100 1.644737
2012-11-15 0.100 1.818182
2011-11-09 0.060 1.027397
2010-11-09 0.060 0.567644
2009-11-12 0.060 1.617251
2008-11-12 0.060 1.500000
2007-11-13 0.050 0.487805
2006-11-13 0.025 0.719424
2005-11-10 0.025 1.041667
1992-01-28 0.050 1.142857
1991-10-23 0.050 0.754717
1991-08-12 0.050 0.909091
1991-05-02 0.050 0.975610
1991-02-05 0.050 1.142857
1990-10-24 0.050 1.355932
1990-08-06 0.050 1.212121
1990-05-15 0.050 1.142857
1990-02-05 0.050 1.212121
Additional Data
exDividendDate 2015-02-10
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.0
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.0
lastDividendValue 0.05
lastDividendDate 2015-02-10
dividendDate 2015-03-02

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change -0.18309861
Address1 5,556 Highway 9
Address2 P.O. Box 288
All Time High 19.875
All Time Low 0.4375
Ask 4.2
Ask Size 1
Average Daily Volume10 Day 55,380
Average Daily Volume3 Month 562,435
Average Volume 562,435
Average Volume10Days 55,380
Beta 0.984
Bid 2.82
Bid Size 1
Book Value 2.654
City Armstrong
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 2.88
Current Ratio 2.168
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,786,665,600
Day High 2.9
Day Low 2.88
Debt To Equity 46.649
Display Name Art's-Way Manufacturing
Dividend Date 1,425,254,400
Earnings Growth -0.885
Earnings Quarterly Growth -0.883
Earnings Timestamp End 1,751,889,600
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,751,367,540
Ebitda 1,196,813
Ebitda Margins 0.04605
Enterprise To Ebitda 17.892
Enterprise To Revenue 0.824
Enterprise Value 21,413,552
Eps Trailing Twelve Months -0.01
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,423,526,400
Exchange NCM
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 2.5528
Fifty Day Average Change 0.32720017
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.12817305
Fifty Two Week Change Percent -18.309862
Fifty Two Week High 4.17
Fifty Two Week High Change -1.29
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.30935252
Fifty Two Week Low 2.05
Fifty Two Week Low Change 0.83000016
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.40487814
Fifty Two Week Range 2.05 - 4.17
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 322,151,400,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 1.21
Float Shares 2,031,765
Free Cashflow -2,694,649
Full Exchange Name NasdaqCM
Full Time Employees 95
Fullday Change -0.02
Fullday Change Percent -0.689654
Fullday Price 2.8604
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Gross Margins 0.25599
Gross Profits 6,653,742
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.60938
Held Percent Institutions 0.07356
Implied Shares Outstanding 5,201,386
Industry Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery
Industry Disp Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery
Industry Key farm-heavy-construction-machinery
Is Earnings Date Estimate 1
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,423,526,400
Last Dividend Value 0.05
Last Fiscal Year End 1,764,460,800
Last Split Date 1,217,462,400
Last Split Factor 2:1
Long Business Summary Art's-Way Manufacturing Co., Inc. manufactures and sells agricultural equipment, and specialized modular science and agricultural buildings in the United States and internationally. It operates through two segments, Agricultural Products and Modular Buildings. The Agricultural Products segment offers various specialized farm machinery, including portable and stationary animal feed processing equipment and related attachments; forage equipment, such as forage boxes, bale processors, running gears, and dump boxes; manure spreaders; sugar beet harvesting equipment; dirt work equipment; and after-market service parts. Its Modular Buildings segment produces, sells, and leases swine buildings, complex containment research laboratories, and research facilities for academic research institutions, government research and diagnostic centers, public health institutions, and private research and pharmaceutical companies. This segment also designs, manufactures, delivers, installs, and rents building units. It markets and sells its products through independent farm equipment dealers, and OEM sales channels. Art's-Way Manufacturing Co., Inc. was founded in 1956 and is headquartered in Armstrong, Iowa.
Long Name Art's-Way Manufacturing Co., Inc.
Market us_market
Market Cap 14,979,992
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_251792
Most Recent Quarter 1,780,185,600
Net Income To Common -21,493
Next Fiscal Year End 1,795,996,800
Non Diluted Market Cap 15,084,019
Open 2.9
Operating Cashflow -1,646,107
Operating Margins 0.03649
Payout Ratio 0.0
Peg Ratio 2.77
Phone 712 864 3131
Post Market Change -0.019600153
Post Market Change Percent -0.6805608
Post Market Price 2.8604
Post Market Time 1,787,948,721
Previous Close 2.9
Price Hint 4
Price To Book 1.0851545
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 0.5763271
Profit Margins -0.00083
Quick Ratio 0.483
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key none
Region US
Regular Market Change -0.01999998
Regular Market Change Percent -0.68965447
Regular Market Day High 2.9
Regular Market Day Low 2.88
Regular Market Day Range 2.88 - 2.9
Regular Market Open 2.9
Regular Market Previous Close 2.9
Regular Market Price 2.88
Regular Market Time 1,787,947,200
Regular Market Volume 1,540
Return On Assets 0.01102
Return On Equity -0.0015700001
Revenue Growth 0.239
Revenue Per Share 5.06
Sand P52 Week Change 0.20504117
Sector Industrials
Sector Disp Industrials
Sector Key industrials
Shares Outstanding 5,201,386
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.023599999
Shares Short 122,766
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,784,073,600
Shares Short Prior Month 1,821
Short Name Art's-Way Manufacturing Co., In
Short Percent Of Float 0.048499998
Short Ratio 0.09
Source Interval 15
State IA
Symbol ARTW
Total Cash 5,969
Total Cash Per Share 0.001
Total Debt 6,439,529
Total Revenue 25,992,172
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing Eps -0.01
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 2.45905
Two Hundred Day Average Change 0.42095017
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.17118406
Type Disp Equity
Volume 1,540
Website https://artsway-mfg.com
Zip 50,514