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Astec Industries, Inc. (ASTE)

Industrials | Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery | Chattanooga, United States | NasdaqGS
43.39 USD -0.76 (-1.721%) ⇩ (Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 43.39

Short-term:★★☆☆☆Long-term:★★★⯪☆Dividends:★★★☆☆
Hot Take | Aug. 22, 2026, 5:03 a.m. EDT

The investment case here is a classic tale of a company with a massive valuation gap between reality and expectation. Fundamentally, Astec is showing signs of life with revenue growing at a healthy 23.6% and analysts projecting a dramatic turnaround in earnings, pushing forward P/E estimates down to a reasonable 11x. This suggests the market has priced in a prolonged depression that may be ending. However, the stock is currently trapped in a technical nightmare, trading significantly below its 50-day and 200-day averages, which acts as a heavy anchor preventing any rally from gaining steam. While the long-term business appears to be recovering with a fortress-like balance sheet and a growing backlog, the short-term path is fraught with resistance. The options market confirms this tension, with sellers placing heavy bets on the stock failing to breach the $55 level. Until the price can clear these technical ceilings and align with the improving fundamentals, the risk of further downside remains higher than the immediate upside potential.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
MSTL ✓0.094556
AutoETS0.097345
AutoARIMA0.097346
AutoTheta0.140116

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL

Forecast Reliability
Score 42%
H-stat 1.71
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.866
Excess Kurtosis -0.33
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 999,070,720
Trailing P/E 51.65
Forward P/E 11.13
Beta 1.37
Profit Margins 1.26%
Website https://www.astecindustries.com

As of Aug. 22, 2026, 5:03 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning for a moderate rebound, evidenced by heavy call volume at the $45 strike for September expiration, which sits just above current prices. However, there is significant put open interest concentrated at the $55 strike for both September and December expirations, creating a 'wall' that suggests traders are betting on a struggle to break past the mid-$50s. Implied volatility is elevated relative to the deep out-of-the-money strikes, indicating fear of a sharp drop if the stock fails to reclaim higher ground.


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 1.2
exDividendDate 2026-08-10
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.52
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.011778029
lastDividendValue 0.13
lastDividendDate 2026-08-10
dividendDate 2026-08-28

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change -0.06507218
Address1 1,725 Shepherd Road
All Time High 80.0
All Time Low 0.46875
Ask 43.69
Ask Size 1
Audit Risk 6
Average Daily Volume10 Day 229,220
Average Daily Volume3 Month 231,720
Average Volume 231,720
Average Volume10Days 229,220
Beta 1.37
Bid 31.7
Bid Size 2
Board Risk 2
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 43.39
Current Ratio 2.517
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,786,665,600
Day High 44.8394
Day Low 42.69
Debt To Equity 57.089
Display Name Astec Industries
Dividend Date 1,787,875,200
Dividend Rate 0.52
Dividend Yield 1.2
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 9.711
Enterprise To Revenue 0.845
Enterprise Value 1,313,870,720
Eps Current Year 3.3275
Eps Forward 3.8975
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 0.84
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,786,320,000
Exchange NMS
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fax 423 899 4456
Fifty Day Average 51.586
Fifty Day Average Change -8.195999
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.15888031
Fifty Two Week Change Percent -6.507218
Fifty Two Week High 65.69
Fifty Two Week High Change -22.300003
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.3394733
Fifty Two Week Low 40.47
Fifty Two Week Low Change 2.9199982
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.07215217
Fifty Two Week Range 40.47 - 65.69
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 519,485,400,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 1.19
Float Shares 22,663,869
Forward Eps 3.8975
Forward P E 11.132777
Free Cashflow -1,112,500
Full Exchange Name NasdaqGS
Full Time Employees 4,468
Fullday Change -0.760002
Fullday Change Percent -1.72141
Fullday Price 43.39
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,785,542,400
Gross Margins 0.26159
Gross Profits 406,800,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.01134
Held Percent Institutions 0.98283
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 999,070,720
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 1,018,181,728
Number Of Analyst Opinions 4
Open 44.15
Operating Cashflow 80,800,000
Operating Margins 0.06346
Overall Risk 2
Payout Ratio 0.619
Peg Ratio 1.03
Phone 423 899 5898
Post Market Change 0.0
Post Market Change Percent 0.0
Post Market Price 43.39
Post Market Time 1,787,959,805
Previous Close 44.15
Price Eps Current Year 13.039819
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 1.4478776
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 0.6424479
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 -0.760002
Regular Market Change Percent -1.72141
Regular Market Day High 44.8394
Regular Market Day Low 42.69
Regular Market Day Range 42.69 - 44.8394
Regular Market Open 44.15
Regular Market Previous Close 44.15
Regular Market Price 43.39
Regular Market Time 1,787,947,201
Regular Market Volume 191,337
Return On Assets 0.04172
Return On Equity 0.02859
Revenue Growth 0.236
Revenue Per Share 67.807
Sand P52 Week Change 0.20204377
Sector Industrials
Sector Disp Industrials
Sector Key industrials
Share Holder Rights Risk 5
Shares Outstanding 23,025,367
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0226
Shares Short 520,999
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,784,073,600
Shares Short Prior Month 571,108
Short Name Astec Industries, Inc.
Short Percent Of Float 0.0273
Short Ratio 1.98
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 0.011778029
Trailing Eps 0.84
Trailing P E 51.654762
Trailing Peg Ratio 1.0347
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 51.77875
Two Hundred Day Average Change -8.388752
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.16201147
Type Disp Equity
Volume 191,337
Website https://www.astecindustries.com
Zip 37,421