Astec Industries, Inc. (ASTE)Industrials | Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery | Chattanooga, United States | NasdaqGS
59.49 USD
+1.66
(2.870%)
⇧
(April 17, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 59.55 +0.06 (0.096%) ⇧ (April 17, 2026, 5:48 p.m. EDT) Short-term: ★★★☆☆ | Long-term: ★★☆☆☆ | Dividends: ★★☆☆☆ |
Hot Take | April 11, 2026, 3:05 p.m. EDT
ASTE shows a mixed outlook. The recent price history indicates some volatility but has been trending upward in the short term, with a recent close near the 52-week high. The dividend yield is modest, and while there is a consistent dividend payment, the payout ratio is low, indicating that the company is not heavily reliant on dividends. The options data suggests a cautious approach with more bearish sentiment in the puts, which may signal potential for a short-term correction. For short-term traders, the current price could be a good entry point if there is a bullish momentum wave, but the bearish options activity suggests a need for caution. Long-term investors should consider the fundamentals and the recent price trends, but the overall risk is moderate, making it a speculative opportunity rather than a strong buy. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoTheta ✓ | 0.121876 |
| MSTL | 0.145475 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.152279 |
| AutoETS | 0.152280 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 80% |
| H-stat | 0.77 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.544 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -0.80 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Industrials |
| Ex Dividend Date | 2026-03-08 |
| Last Dividend Date | 2026-03-08 |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 53.257 |
| Revenue per Share | 61.661 |
| Market Cap | 1,363,492,736 |
| Trailing P/E | 35.41 |
| Forward P/E | 13.57 |
| Beta | 1.39 |
| Profit Margins | 2.75% |
| Website | https://www.astecindustries.com |
As of April 11, 2026, 3:05 p.m. EDT: The options activity indicates a mix of bullish and bearish sentiment. Calls are showing some interest in the mid-range strikes, particularly around the ATM anchor at 60.0 for the April 17 expiration, suggesting potential for upward movement. However, the puts are heavily weighted towards the lower strike prices, especially the 45.0 strike for the June 18 expiration, which could indicate a bearish bias. The high open interest and volume in the puts suggest that investors are preparing for a potential decline, which may be a sign of caution or a short-term bearish outlook.
| Last Yield | 1yr Yield | 3yr Avg | 5yr Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.23% | 1.13% | 1.34% | 1.20% |
| Date | Dividend | Yield % |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-09 | 0.13 | 0.227233 |
| 2025-11-10 | 0.13 | 0.283245 |
| 2025-08-11 | 0.13 | 0.308330 |
| 2025-05-13 | 0.13 | 0.308824 |
| 2025-03-10 | 0.13 | 0.369105 |
| 2024-11-13 | 0.13 | 0.351779 |
| 2024-08-12 | 0.13 | 0.419665 |
| 2024-05-10 | 0.13 | 0.381816 |
| 2024-03-08 | 0.13 | 0.319400 |
| 2023-11-09 | 0.13 | 0.447535 |
| 2023-08-10 | 0.13 | 0.256497 |
| 2023-05-11 | 0.13 | 0.344128 |
| 2023-03-09 | 0.13 | 0.303546 |
| 2022-11-10 | 0.13 | 0.305987 |
| 2022-08-11 | 0.12 | 0.282571 |
| 2022-05-12 | 0.12 | 0.300033 |
| 2022-03-09 | 0.12 | 0.278414 |
| 2021-11-09 | 0.12 | 0.174876 |
| 2021-08-10 | 0.11 | 0.188101 |
| 2021-05-10 | 0.11 | 0.171444 |
| 2021-03-10 | 0.11 | 0.157928 |
| 2020-11-12 | 0.11 | 0.220343 |
| 2020-08-28 | 0.11 | 0.218762 |
| 2020-08-12 | 0.11 | 0.211846 |
| 2020-05-13 | 0.11 | 0.319549 |
| 2020-03-11 | 0.11 | 0.376200 |
| 2019-11-07 | 0.11 | 0.309973 |
| 2019-08-09 | 0.11 | 0.401359 |
| 2019-05-13 | 0.11 | 0.378606 |
| 2019-03-11 | 0.11 | 0.303132 |
| 2018-11-09 | 0.11 | 0.327967 |
| 2018-08-10 | 0.11 | 0.259669 |
| 2018-05-11 | 0.10 | 0.193743 |
| 2018-03-09 | 0.10 | 0.181972 |
| 2017-11-10 | 0.10 | 0.208985 |
| 2017-08-09 | 0.10 | 0.237703 |
| 2017-05-09 | 0.10 | 0.182690 |
| 2017-03-08 | 0.10 | 0.175707 |
| 2016-11-08 | 0.10 | 0.199318 |
| 2016-08-09 | 0.10 | 0.189375 |
| 2016-05-09 | 0.10 | 0.234878 |
| 2016-03-08 | 0.10 | 0.252232 |
| 2015-11-06 | 0.10 | 0.288345 |
| 2015-08-07 | 0.10 | 0.293734 |
| 2015-05-08 | 0.10 | 0.270807 |
| 2015-03-06 | 0.10 | 0.269635 |
| 2014-11-06 | 0.10 | 0.293528 |
| 2014-08-08 | 0.10 | 0.277794 |
| 2014-05-08 | 0.10 | 0.285797 |
| 2014-03-06 | 0.10 | 0.275395 |
| 2013-11-07 | 0.10 | 0.342155 |
| 2013-08-09 | 0.10 | 0.327980 |
| 2013-05-09 | 0.10 | 0.327783 |
| 2012-11-16 | 1.00 | 4.356672 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | 0.75828516 |
| Address1 | 1,725 Shepherd Road |
| All Time High | 80.0 |
| All Time Low | 0.46875 |
| Ask | 59.74 |
| Ask Size | 1 |
| Audit Risk | 5 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 171,490 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 222,354 |
| Average Volume | 222,354 |
| Average Volume10Days | 171,490 |
| Beta | 1.394 |
| Bid | 59.2 |
| Bid Size | 1 |
| Board Risk | 3 |
| Book Value | 29.798 |
| City | Chattanooga |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 1 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 59.49 |
| Current Ratio | 2.49 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,774,915,200 |
| Day High | 60.9 |
| Day Low | 58.58 |
| Debt To Equity | 53.257 |
| Display Name | Astec Industries |
| Dividend Date | 1,774,915,200 |
| Dividend Rate | 0.52 |
| Dividend Yield | 0.87 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,778,070,600 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,778,070,600 |
| Earnings Growth | -0.438 |
| Earnings Quarterly Growth | -0.431 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,778,070,600 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,778,070,600 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,778,070,600 |
| Ebitda | 121,500,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.08615 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 13.589 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 1.171 |
| Enterprise Value | 1,651,108,992 |
| Eps Current Year | 3.74 |
| Eps Forward | 4.385 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 1.68 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Ex Dividend Date | 1,773,014,400 |
| 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 | 56.9856 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | 2.5044022 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | 0.043947984 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 75.828514 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 64.37 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -4.880001 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.07581173 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 32.52 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 26.970001 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.8293358 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 32.52 - 64.37 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 519,485,400,000 |
| Five Year Avg Dividend Yield | 1.17 |
| Float Shares | 22,536,608 |
| Forward Eps | 4.385 |
| Forward P E | 13.566705 |
| Free Cashflow | -29,512,500 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqGS |
| Full Time Employees | 4,468 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,775,001,600 |
| Gross Margins | 0.26539 |
| Gross Profits | 374,300,000 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.01055 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.99606 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 22,919,696 |
| 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 | 1,773,014,400 |
| 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 | 1,363,492,736 |
| Market State | POSTPOST |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_251951 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,767,139,200 |
| Net Income To Common | 38,800,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 1,325,675,216 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 4 |
| Open | 59.3 |
| Operating Cashflow | 61,400,000 |
| Operating Margins | 0.05217 |
| Overall Risk | 2 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.3095 |
| Phone | 423 899 5898 |
| Post Market Change | 0.056999207 |
| Post Market Change Percent | 0.09581309 |
| Post Market Price | 59.547 |
| Post Market Time | 1,776,462,489 |
| Previous Close | 57.83 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 15.906418 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 1.9964428 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 0.96674186 |
| Profit Margins | 0.027509999 |
| Quick Ratio | 0.893 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | none |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | 1.66 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | 2.87048 |
| Regular Market Day High | 60.9 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 58.58 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 58.58 - 60.9 |
| Regular Market Open | 59.3 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 57.83 |
| Regular Market Price | 59.49 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,776,456,001 |
| Regular Market Volume | 130,955 |
| Return On Assets | 0.044180002 |
| Return On Equity | 0.058819998 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.116 |
| Revenue Per Share | 61.661 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.36506534 |
| Sector | Industrials |
| Sector Disp | Industrials |
| Sector Key | industrials |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 4 |
| Shares Outstanding | 22,919,696 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0207 |
| Shares Short | 474,979 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,772,150,400 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 618,652 |
| Short Name | Astec Industries, Inc. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.025 |
| Short Ratio | 1.91 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | TN |
| Symbol | ASTE |
| Target High Price | 82.0 |
| Target Low Price | 66.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 71.75 |
| Target Median Price | 69.5 |
| Total Cash | 74,100,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 3.236 |
| Total Debt | 363,000,000 |
| Total Revenue | 1,410,400,000 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.52 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.008991872 |
| Trailing Eps | 1.68 |
| Trailing P E | 35.410717 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | 2.1802 |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 48.1671 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | 11.322903 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | 0.23507546 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 130,955 |
| Website | https://www.astecindustries.com |
| Zip | 37,421 |