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Astrotech Corporation (ASTC)

Technology | Scientific & Technical Instruments | Austin, United States | NasdaqCM
6.52 USD -0.30 (-4.332%) ⇩ (Oct. 12, 2026, 11:30 a.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★☆☆☆Long-term:☆☆☆☆☆Dividends:☆☆☆☆☆
Hot Take ↕ | Oct. 10, 2026, 9:21 a.m. EDT

The investment case for this company is fundamentally broken. The business has suffered a catastrophic multi-year decline, dropping nearly 98% over the last nine years with every single year showing negative growth. This is not a temporary setback; the market has consistently punished the stock for nine consecutive years, signaling severe structural deterioration in the underlying operations. Fundamentals confirm this distress: the company is generating negative operating margins, posting significant losses, and experiencing a sharp contraction in revenue. While the stock price has recently rallied off its lows, this appears to be a speculative bounce rather than a recovery driven by improved business quality, especially given the heavy beta which amplifies volatility. There is no dividend to provide income, and the lack of earnings makes traditional valuation metrics like P/E meaningless. The recent news of funding options and stock sales suggests the company is struggling to raise capital, further undermining confidence in its ability to sustain operations without external support.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoARIMA ✓0.173067
AutoETS0.262264
MSTL0.278149
AutoTheta1.082531

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA

Forecast Reliability
Score 31%
H-stat 0.17
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.346
Excess Kurtosis -0.03
Attribute Value
Sector Technology
Debt to Equity Ratio 14.259
Revenue per Share 0.537
Market Cap 13,685,826
Forward P/E -9.58
Beta 4.92
Website https://www.astrotechcorp.com

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.5442177
Address1 1,817 West Braker Lane
Address2 Suite 400
All Time High 24,000.0
All Time Low 1.92
Ask 7.89
Ask Size 2
Average Daily Volume10 Day 28,680
Average Daily Volume3 Month 128,604
Average Volume 128,604
Average Volume10Days 28,680
Beta 4.915
Bid 5.63
Bid Size 2
Book Value 8.436
City Austin
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 6.515
Current Ratio 7.056
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,789,430,400
Day High 6.975
Day Low 6.4
Debt To Equity 14.259
Display Name Astrotech
Dividend Date 1,508,112,000
Dividend Yield 0.0
Earnings Timestamp End 1,758,542,400
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,758,106,740
Ebitda -13,226,000
Ebitda Margins 0.0
Enterprise To Ebitda -0.309
Enterprise To Revenue 4.473
Enterprise Value 4,083,938
Eps Forward -0.68
Eps Trailing Twelve Months -8.49
Esg Populated 0
Exchange NCM
Exchange Data Delayed By 15
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 7.4098
Fifty Day Average Change -0.8948002
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.12075902
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 54.421772
Fifty Two Week High 68.85
Fifty Two Week High Change -62.335
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.905374
Fifty Two Week Low 1.92
Fifty Two Week Low Change 4.595
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 2.393229
Fifty Two Week Range 1.92 - 68.85
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 819,556,200,000
Float Shares 1,596,839
Forward Eps -0.68
Forward P E -9.580882
Full Exchange Name NasdaqCM
Fullday Change -0.29500008
Fullday Change Percent -4.3318663
Fullday Price 6.515
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Gross Margins 0.23768
Gross Profits 217,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.1475
Held Percent Institutions 0.08834
Implied Shares Outstanding 2,100,664
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 1,782,777,600
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 13,685,826
Market State REGULAR
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_34592
Most Recent Quarter 1,782,777,600
Net Income To Common -14,427,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,814,313,600
Non Diluted Market Cap 14,668,868
Open 6.96
Operating Margins -25.77778
Payout Ratio 0.0
Peg Ratio 1.02
Phone 512 485 9530
Previous Close 6.81
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 0.77228546
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 14.989952
Profit Margins 0.0
Quick Ratio 5.077
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key none
Region US
Regular Market Change -0.29500008
Regular Market Change Percent -4.3318663
Regular Market Day High 6.975
Regular Market Day Low 6.4
Regular Market Day Range 6.4 - 6.975
Regular Market Open 6.96
Regular Market Previous Close 6.81
Regular Market Price 6.515
Regular Market Time 1,791,819,052
Regular Market Volume 10,560
Return On Assets -0.37208
Return On Equity -0.75391996
Revenue Growth -0.427
Revenue Per Share 0.537
Sand P52 Week Change 0.17383456
Sector Technology
Sector Disp Technology
Sector Key technology
Shares Outstanding 2,100,664
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.048299998
Shares Short 101,853
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,786,665,600
Shares Short Prior Month 110,734
Short Name Astrotech Corporation
Short Percent Of Float 0.05
Short Ratio 2.41
Source Interval 15
State TX
Symbol ASTC
Total Cash 11,334,000
Total Cash Per Share 5.913
Total Debt 2,306,000
Total Revenue 913,000
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing Eps -8.49
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 7.08985
Two Hundred Day Average Change -0.5748501
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.08108071
Type Disp Equity
Volume 10,560
Website https://www.astrotechcorp.com
Zip 78,758