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Astec Industries, Inc. (ASTE)

Industrials | Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery | Chattanooga, United States | NasdaqGS
38.22 USD -0.70 (-1.799%) ⇩ (Oct. 16, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 38.22

Short-term:★★☆☆☆Long-term:★★★⯪☆Dividends:★★⯪☆☆
Hot Take ↕ | Oct. 10, 2026, 9:34 a.m. EDT

The investment case for Astec is a tale of two realities: a fundamentally resilient business facing a brutal short-term price correction. Fundamentally, the company is showing signs of life with revenue growing 23.6% and a massive expansion in backlog, which justifies the 'best heavy equipment stock' headlines. However, the market has punished this narrative hard, leaving the stock down nearly 25% over the last nine years despite recent annual gains. The valuation gap is stark, with a forward P/E of roughly 9.7x suggesting the market expects a severe earnings miss, even though the forward EPS estimate implies a healthy recovery. The short-term outlook remains murky due to technical weakness; the stock is trading below its 50-day and 200-day averages, and the recent price action shows a lack of momentum, hovering near the 52-week low. The options market confirms this pessimism, with traders aggressively buying puts at the $40 level, effectively betting against any immediate bounce. While the long-term fundamentals are solid enough to warrant a buy-and-hold approach given the deep discount, the path of least resistance for the next few months is likely downward or sideways, making it a poor candidate for a high-conviction momentum play right now.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoARIMA ✓0.033409
AutoETS0.033515
MSTL0.035835
AutoTheta0.045755

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA

Forecast Reliability
Score 40%
H-stat 6.23
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.674
Excess Kurtosis -0.42
Attribute Value
Sector Industrials
Ex Dividend Date 2026-08-09
Last Dividend Date 2026-08-09
Debt to Equity Ratio 57.089
Revenue per Share 67.807
Market Cap 880,029,568
Trailing P/E 44.96
Forward P/E 9.60
Beta 1.33
Profit Margins 1.26%
Website https://www.astecindustries.com

As of Oct. 10, 2026, 9:34 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning defensively with heavy put volume at the $40 strike for the December expiration, creating a significant barrier around current prices. While there is notable open interest in out-of-the-money calls at $45 and $60, the aggressive buying of downside protection suggests traders anticipate a continued grind lower or a failure to break key resistance levels in the near term.


Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.30% 1.08% 1.31% 1.22%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-08-10 0.13 0.302045
2026-05-13 0.13 0.265036
2026-03-09 0.13 0.227233
2025-11-10 0.13 0.282609
2025-08-11 0.13 0.306748
2025-05-13 0.13 0.306315
2025-03-10 0.13 0.364964
2024-11-13 0.13 0.346574
2024-08-12 0.13 0.412044
2024-05-10 0.13 0.373349
2024-03-08 0.13 0.311154
2023-11-09 0.13 0.434637
2023-08-10 0.13 0.248044
2023-05-11 0.13 0.331971
2023-03-09 0.13 0.291872
2022-11-10 0.13 0.293387
2022-08-11 0.12 0.270088
2022-05-12 0.12 0.285987
2022-03-09 0.12 0.264609
2021-11-09 0.12 0.165746
2021-08-10 0.11 0.177994
2021-05-10 0.11 0.161931
2021-03-10 0.11 0.148930
2020-11-12 0.11 0.207469
2020-08-28 0.11 0.205569
2020-08-12 0.11 0.198664
2020-05-13 0.11 0.299076
2020-03-11 0.11 0.351101
2019-11-07 0.11 0.288336
2019-08-09 0.11 0.372250
2019-05-13 0.11 0.349873
2019-03-11 0.11 0.279188
2018-11-09 0.11 0.301205
2018-08-10 0.11 0.237786
2018-05-11 0.10 0.176991
2018-03-09 0.10 0.165948
2017-11-10 0.10 0.190259
2017-08-09 0.10 0.215983
2017-05-09 0.10 0.165645
2017-03-08 0.10 0.159058
2016-11-08 0.10 0.180148
2016-08-09 0.10 0.170853
2016-05-09 0.10 0.211551
2016-03-08 0.10 0.226706
2015-11-06 0.10 0.258598
2015-08-07 0.10 0.262743
2015-05-08 0.10 0.241604
2015-03-06 0.10 0.239981
2014-11-06 0.10 0.260620
2014-08-08 0.10 0.246002
2014-05-08 0.10 0.252461
2014-03-06 0.10 0.242660
2013-11-07 0.10 0.300752
2013-08-09 0.10 0.287439
2013-05-09 0.10 0.286451
2012-11-16 1.00 3.796507
Additional Data
dividendRate 0.52
dividendYield 1.36
exDividendDate 2026-08-10
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.52
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.01336074
lastDividendValue 0.13
lastDividendDate 2026-08-10
dividendDate 2026-08-28

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change -0.19213694
Address1 1,725 Shepherd Road
All Time High 80.0
All Time Low 0.46875
Ask 49.22
Ask Size 2
Audit Risk 6
Average Daily Volume10 Day 254,470
Average Daily Volume3 Month 246,090
Average Volume 246,090
Average Volume10Days 254,470
Beta 1.326
Bid 28.14
Bid Size 2
Board Risk 1
Book Value 29.968
City Chattanooga
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 1
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 38.22
Current Ratio 2.517
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,790,726,400
Day High 39.42
Day Low 38.06
Debt To Equity 57.089
Display Name Astec Industries
Dividend Date 1,787,875,200
Dividend Rate 0.52
Dividend Yield 1.36
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,785,933,000
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,785,933,000
Earnings Growth -0.375
Earnings Quarterly Growth -0.371
Earnings Timestamp 1,785,933,000
Earnings Timestamp End 1,793,795,400
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,793,795,400
Ebitda 135,300,000
Ebitda Margins 0.087
Enterprise To Ebitda 8.831
Enterprise To Revenue 0.768
Enterprise Value 1,194,829,568
Eps Current Year 3.2825
Eps Forward 3.98
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 0.85
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,786,320,000
Exchange NMS
Exchange Data Delayed By 15
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fax 423 899 4456
Fifty Day Average 41.6874
Fifty Day Average Change -3.4673996
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.0831762
Fifty Two Week Change Percent -19.213694
Fifty Two Week High 65.69
Fifty Two Week High Change -27.470001
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.4181763
Fifty Two Week Low 38.06
Fifty Two Week Low Change 0.15999985
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.0042038844
Fifty Two Week Range 38.06 - 65.69
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 519,485,400,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 1.16
Float Shares 22,663,638
Forward Eps 3.98
Forward P E 9.603015
Free Cashflow -1,112,500
Full Exchange Name NasdaqGS
Full Time Employees 4,468
Fullday Change -0.69999695
Fullday Change Percent -1.7985533
Fullday Price 38.22
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,790,812,800
Gross Margins 0.26159
Gross Profits 406,800,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.01192
Held Percent Institutions 0.99764997
Implied Shares Outstanding 23,025,367
Industry Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery
Industry Disp Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery
Industry Key farm-heavy-construction-machinery
Ir Website http://www.astecindustries.com/investors/default.htm
Is Earnings Date Estimate 0
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,786,320,000
Last Dividend Value 0.13
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Last Split Date 916,704,000
Last Split Factor 2:1
Long Business Summary Astec Industries, Inc. designs, engineers, manufactures, markets, and services equipment and components used primarily in road building and related construction activities worldwide. The company operates in two segments, Infrastructure Solutions and Materials Solutions. The Infrastructure Solutions segment offers asphalt plants, cold central plant recycles systems, and soil remediation plants; concrete batch plants, liquid asphalt terminals, and thermal fluid heaters; asphalt pavers, material transfer vehicles, and milling machines; and industrial automation controls and telematics platforms, as well as engineering and environmental permitting, various plants components, polymer plants, heat recovery units, industrial and asphalt burners and systems, wood chippers and grinders, and blower trucks and trailers,. The Materials Solutions segment offers jaw, cone, heavy-duty, and mining-application crushers; horizontal and vertical shaft impactors; incline, multi-frequency and high frequency, horizontal, and dewatering screens; washing and classifying plants, fines recovery systems, and water clarification systems; radial and telescoping conveyors, pugmills, truck unloaders, hopper feeders ship loaders and unloaders, and bulk receptions feeders; and Rock breaker systems, hydraulic breakers, compactors, and pulverizers. It provides its products to asphalt or concrete producers; highway and heavy equipment contractors; utility contractors; sand and gravel producers; construction, demolition, recycle and crushing contractors; forestry and environmental recycling contractors; mine and quarry operators; port and inland terminal authorities; power stations; and domestic and foreign government agencies. The company was incorporated in 1972 and is headquartered in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Long Name Astec Industries, Inc.
Market us_market
Market Cap 880,029,568
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_251951
Most Recent Quarter 1,782,777,600
Net Income To Common 19,600,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 952,329,179
Number Of Analyst Opinions 4
Open 38.88
Operating Cashflow 80,800,000
Operating Margins 0.06346
Overall Risk 2
Payout Ratio 0.6118
Peg Ratio 0.83
Phone 423 899 5898
Post Market Change 0.0
Post Market Change Percent 0.0
Post Market Price 38.22
Post Market Time 1,792,185,795
Previous Close 38.92
Price Eps Current Year 11.643564
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 1.2753605
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 0.565899
Profit Margins 0.0126
Quick Ratio 0.918
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key none
Region US
Regular Market Change -0.699997
Regular Market Change Percent -1.79855
Regular Market Day High 39.42
Regular Market Day Low 38.06
Regular Market Day Range 38.06 - 39.42
Regular Market Open 38.88
Regular Market Previous Close 38.92
Regular Market Price 38.22
Regular Market Time 1,792,180,801
Regular Market Volume 179,643
Return On Assets 0.04172
Return On Equity 0.02859
Revenue Growth 0.236
Revenue Per Share 67.807
Sand P52 Week Change 0.13723719
Sector Industrials
Sector Disp Industrials
Sector Key industrials
Share Holder Rights Risk 4
Shares Outstanding 23,025,367
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.023699999
Shares Short 545,291
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,788,134,400
Shares Short Prior Month 611,262
Short Name Astec Industries, Inc.
Short Percent Of Float 0.028499998
Short Ratio 2.53
Source Interval 15
State TN
Symbol ASTE
Target High Price 78.0
Target Low Price 60.0
Target Mean Price 67.25
Target Median Price 65.5
Total Cash 78,600,000
Total Cash Per Share 3.414
Total Debt 393,400,000
Total Revenue 1,555,100,032
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.52
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.01336074
Trailing Eps 0.85
Trailing P E 44.964706
Trailing Peg Ratio 0.8912
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 51.18285
Two Hundred Day Average Change -12.962849
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.25326547
Type Disp Equity
Volume 179,643
Website https://www.astecindustries.com
Zip 37,421