Astrotech Corporation (ASTC)Technology | Scientific & Technical Instruments | Austin, United States | NasdaqCM
8.56 USD
-0.70
(-7.559%) ⇩
(July 13, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 8.74 +0.18 (2.103%) ⇧ (July 13, 2026, 6:07 p.m. EDT) |
Hot Take ↕ | July 11, 2026, 5:26 a.m. EDT
The immediate outlook is clouded by extreme volatility and a severe lack of fundamental support. While the stock recently surged on lunar infrastructure headlines and regulatory wins, the underlying business is hemorrhaging value. Revenue has contracted by over 35%, and the company is generating significant negative free cash flow while posting massive losses. The balance sheet shows a concerning debt-to-equity ratio of nearly 20, indicating leverage that is difficult to service without profitability. Although the price has rallied sharply in the last few weeks, suggesting speculative retail interest, the technical setup remains precarious given the massive beta of 4.78 and the fact that the current price is still far below the 200-day average. The statistical forecasting model predicts a slight upward move but flags its reliability as very low, warning that the recent price action may be noise rather than a sustainable trend. Without a clear path to profitability or a substantial reduction in debt, the recent gains look like a speculative bubble rather than a recovery. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoTheta ✓ | 1.234604 |
| AutoETS | 1.296612 |
| AutoARIMA | 1.296613 |
| MSTL | 1.318934 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 24% |
| H-stat | 2.62 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.292 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -1.13 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Technology |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 19.572 |
| Revenue per Share | 0.601 |
| Market Cap | 17,197,468 |
| Forward P/E | -12.59 |
| Beta | 4.78 |
| Website | https://www.astrotechcorp.com |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | 0.6020762 |
| Address1 | 2,105 Donley Drive |
| Address2 | Suite 100 |
| All Time High | 24,000.0 |
| All Time Low | 1.92 |
| Ask | 10.75 |
| Ask Size | 2 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 411,540 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 4,354,063 |
| Average Volume | 4,354,063 |
| Average Volume10Days | 411,540 |
| Beta | 4.779 |
| Bid | 6.64 |
| Bid Size | 2 |
| Book Value | 7.247 |
| City | Austin |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 8.56 |
| Current Ratio | 6.174 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,782,777,600 |
| Day High | 9.18 |
| Day Low | 8.3369 |
| Debt To Equity | 19.572 |
| Display Name | Astrotech |
| Dividend Date | 1,508,112,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,758,542,400 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,758,106,740 |
| Ebitda | -12,880,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.0 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | -0.788 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 10.083 |
| Enterprise Value | 10,153,567 |
| Eps Forward | -0.68 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | -8.41 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NCM |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 13.3692 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -4.8091993 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.35972232 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 60.20762 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 68.85 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -60.289997 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.87567174 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 1.92 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 6.6400003 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 3.4583335 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 1.92 - 68.85 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 819,556,200,000 |
| Float Shares | 1,395,136 |
| Forward Eps | -0.68 |
| Forward P E | -12.588236 |
| Free Cashflow | -9,576,000 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqCM |
| Full Time Employees | 32 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Gross Margins | 0.33366 |
| Gross Profits | 336,000 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.14774 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.06934 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 2,009,050 |
| Industry | Scientific & Technical Instruments |
| Industry Disp | Scientific & Technical Instruments |
| Industry Key | scientific-technical-instruments |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 1 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,751,241,600 |
| Last Split Date | 1,670,198,400 |
| Last Split Factor | 1:30 |
| Long Business Summary | Astrotech Corporation operates as a mass spectrometry company worldwide. It owns and licenses the intellectual property related to the Astrotech Mass Spectrometer Technology, a platform mass spectrometry technology. The company also develops TRACER 1000, a mass spectrometer-based explosive trace detector to replace the explosives trace detectors used at airports, border checkpoints, cargo hubs, infrastructure security, correctional facilities, military bases, and law enforcement centers. In addition, it develops AGLAB-1000, a mass spectrometer for use in the hemp and cannabis market. Further, the company develops BreathTest-1000, a breath analysis tool to screen for volatile organic compound metabolites found in a person's breath; and Pro-Control 1000-D2, a mass spectrometer; and EN-SCAN to detect soil, water, and air contamination source location and migration. The company was formerly known as SPACEHAB, Inc. and changed its name to Astrotech Corporation in 2009. The company was incorporated in 1984 and is based in Austin, Texas. |
| Long Name | Astrotech Corporation |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 17,197,468 |
| Market State | POSTPOST |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_34592 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,774,915,200 |
| Net Income To Common | -14,091,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,782,777,600 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 18,362,717 |
| Open | 9.18 |
| Operating Cashflow | -13,526,000 |
| Operating Margins | -10.0670595 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Peg Ratio | 1.02 |
| Phone | 512 485 9530 |
| Post Market Change | 0.17999935 |
| Post Market Change Percent | 2.102796 |
| Post Market Price | 8.74 |
| Post Market Time | 1,783,980,458 |
| Previous Close | 9.26 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 1.1811785 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 17.077923 |
| Profit Margins | 0.0 |
| Quick Ratio | 3.862 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | none |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -0.7 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -7.55939 |
| Regular Market Day High | 9.18 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 8.3369 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 8.3369 - 9.18 |
| Regular Market Open | 9.18 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 9.26 |
| Regular Market Price | 8.56 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,783,972,801 |
| Regular Market Volume | 50,655 |
| Return On Assets | -0.39528 |
| Return On Equity | -0.76359004 |
| Revenue Growth | -0.358 |
| Revenue Per Share | 0.601 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.20847368 |
| Sector | Technology |
| Sector Disp | Technology |
| Sector Key | technology |
| Shares Outstanding | 2,009,050 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.078600004 |
| Shares Short | 157,846 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,780,012,800 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 1,007,150 |
| Short Name | Astrotech Corporation |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.081499994 |
| Short Ratio | 0.09 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | TX |
| Symbol | ASTC |
| Total Cash | 6,582,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 3.924 |
| Total Debt | 2,379,000 |
| Total Revenue | 1,007,000 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | -8.41 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 5.98005 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | 2.5799503 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | 0.4314262 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 50,655 |
| Website | https://www.astrotechcorp.com |
| Zip | 78,758 |