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Astec Industries, Inc. (ASTE)

Industrials | Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery | Chattanooga, United States | NasdaqGS
55.82 USD -0.80 (-1.413%) ⇩ (July 13, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★★⯪☆Long-term:★★★☆☆Dividends:★★⯪☆☆
Hot Take | July 11, 2026, 5:36 a.m. EDT

The investment case for Astec Industries hinges on a stark divergence between its deteriorating operational reality and its attractive valuation metrics. Fundamentally, the company is struggling; earnings have collapsed by nearly 91%, and the business has suffered a structural decline over the last nine years, dropping roughly 32% from its peak despite a recent year-over-year price recovery. This multi-year price erosion suggests the market has already priced in significant operational headwinds. While the forward P/E of 13.5 looks cheap, it is a value trap built on a foundation of shrinking earnings rather than sustainable growth. The balance sheet is manageable but not fortress-like, and free cash flow is negligible. However, the short-term outlook appears more constructive due to technical resilience and catalysts. The stock has bounced off its lows, trading above its 200-day moving average, and recent news regarding Russell Growth Index inclusion has provided a tailwind. Options data confirms this sentiment, with speculators buying calls targeting a move toward $60-$65 while hedging with deep puts, creating a potential 'bull flag' scenario. The dividend yield of 0.93% is modest and barely covers inflation, offering no safety margin. Ultimately, this is a speculative turnaround play rather than a core holding. The long-term fundamentals are too weak to justify a 'buy and hold' strategy without significant downside risk if earnings do not rebound sustainably. The short-term rating is elevated because the technical bounce and index inclusion offer a clear path to test resistance levels, but investors should view this as a contrarian trade on a recovering stock, not a confirmation of a superior business.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
MSTL_70_105 ✓0.080100
MSTL_1050.111449
AutoTheta0.122430
AutoETS0.122504
AutoARIMA0.122999
MSTL_700.129788
MSTL0.154127

Forecast horizon: 60 days | Selected: MSTL_70_105

Forecast Reliability
Score 43%
H-stat 1.33
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.278
Excess Kurtosis -0.91
Attribute Value
Sector Industrials
Ex Dividend Date 2026-05-12
Last Dividend Date 2026-05-12
Debt to Equity Ratio 57.941
Revenue per Share 64.511
Market Cap 1,283,448,576
Trailing P/E 49.84
Forward P/E 13.27
Beta 1.34
Profit Margins 1.75%
Website https://www.astecindustries.com

As of July 11, 2026, 5:36 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning for a moderate upside move over the next few months, evidenced by significant open interest in out-of-the-money calls at strikes like $60 and $65 for September and December expirations. However, there is a notable defensive hedge layer with substantial put open interest at the $45 strike for September, suggesting a floor expectation around $40-$45 despite the bullish call flow. Implied volatility remains low across most strikes, indicating complacency regarding immediate downside risk.


Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.27% 1.08% 1.29% 1.19%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
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 0.92
exDividendDate 2026-05-13
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.52
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.009184034
lastDividendValue 0.13
lastDividendDate 2026-05-13
dividendDate 2026-05-29

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.42368615
Address1 1,725 Shepherd Road
All Time High 80.0
All Time Low 0.46875
Ask 71.75
Ask Size 2
Audit Risk 6
Average Analyst Rating 1.0 - Strong Buy
Average Daily Volume10 Day 224,420
Average Daily Volume3 Month 214,688
Average Volume 214,688
Average Volume10Days 224,420
Beta 1.343
Bid 39.87
Bid Size 2
Board Risk 2
Book Value 29.515
City Chattanooga
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 1
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 55.82
Current Ratio 2.344
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,782,777,600
Day High 56.495
Day Low 55.59
Debt To Equity 57.941
Display Name Astec Industries
Dividend Date 1,780,012,800
Dividend Rate 0.52
Dividend Yield 0.92
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,778,070,600
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,778,070,600
Earnings Growth -0.909
Earnings Quarterly Growth -0.909
Earnings Timestamp 1,778,070,600
Earnings Timestamp End 1,785,933,000
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,785,933,000
Ebitda 129,000,000
Ebitda Margins 0.08732
Enterprise To Ebitda 12.399
Enterprise To Revenue 1.083
Enterprise Value 1,599,448,576
Eps Current Year 3.5975
Eps Forward 4.2075
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 1.12
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,778,630,400
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 54.1568
Fifty Day Average Change 1.6632004
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.030710833
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 42.368614
Fifty Two Week High 65.69
Fifty Two Week High Change -9.870003
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.15025121
Fifty Two Week Low 37.82
Fifty Two Week Low Change 18.0
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.47593865
Fifty Two Week Range 37.82 - 65.69
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 519,485,400,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 1.18
Float Shares 22,621,529
Forward Eps 4.2075
Forward P E 13.266786
Free Cashflow 2,725,000
Full Exchange Name NasdaqGS
Full Time Employees 4,468
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,782,864,000
Gross Margins 0.26379
Gross Profits 389,700,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.01134
Held Percent Institutions 0.98216003
Implied Shares Outstanding 22,992,630
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 1
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,778,630,400
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 1,283,448,576
Market State PRE
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_251951
Most Recent Quarter 1,774,915,200
Net Income To Common 25,800,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 1,301,842,710
Number Of Analyst Opinions 4
Open 56.39
Operating Cashflow 81,600,000
Operating Margins 0.03684
Overall Risk 2
Payout Ratio 0.4643
Peg Ratio 1.28
Phone 423 899 5898
Previous Close 56.62
Price Eps Current Year 15.516331
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 1.8912418
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 0.86877996
Profit Margins 0.01746
Quick Ratio 0.837
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key strong_buy
Recommendation Mean 1.0
Region US
Regular Market Change -0.799999
Regular Market Change Percent -1.41293
Regular Market Day High 56.495
Regular Market Day Low 55.59
Regular Market Day Range 55.59 - 56.495
Regular Market Open 56.39
Regular Market Previous Close 56.62
Regular Market Price 55.82
Regular Market Time 1,783,972,801
Regular Market Volume 136,767
Return On Assets 0.04271
Return On Equity 0.03876
Revenue Growth 0.203
Revenue Per Share 64.511
Sand P52 Week Change 0.20847368
Sector Industrials
Sector Disp Industrials
Sector Key industrials
Share Holder Rights Risk 5
Shares Outstanding 22,992,630
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0238
Shares Short 548,002
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,780,012,800
Shares Short Prior Month 554,409
Short Name Astec Industries, Inc.
Short Percent Of Float 0.0287
Short Ratio 2.48
Source Interval 15
State TN
Symbol ASTE
Target High Price 82.0
Target Low Price 64.0
Target Mean Price 72.5
Target Median Price 72.0
Total Cash 76,900,000
Total Cash Per Share 3.345
Total Debt 392,900,000
Total Revenue 1,477,299,968
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.52
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.009184034
Trailing Eps 1.12
Trailing P E 49.839287
Trailing Peg Ratio 1.282
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 51.502
Two Hundred Day Average Change 4.318001
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.08384142
Type Disp Equity
Volume 136,767
Website https://www.astecindustries.com
Zip 37,421