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ASTE

Astec Industries, Inc.

Industrials · Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery · NMS

$50.23

Data: 2026-05-28

✓ ETHICAL PASS

Unknown MOAT

HIGH

Data Confidence: 100.0%

Key Metrics

How this company measures up on the fundamentals that matter

Market Cap

$1.2B

Total market value of the company

Trailing P/E

45.60

Expensive — high growth expected

Forward P/E

12.13

Based on estimated future earnings — lower means cheaper

Rev Growth

+20.3%

Year-over-year revenue change

Profit Margin

1.7%

How much profit the company keeps from each dollar of revenue

ROE

3.9%

Return on equity — how efficiently it uses shareholder money

Analyst Target

$71.00

+41% from current price — median analyst estimate

Recommendation

STRONG_BUY

Consensus view from 4 analysts covering this stock

About Astec Industries, Inc.

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.

https://www.astecindustries.com

Country: United States Employees: 4,468 Industry: Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery

Ethical Screening

Five compliance checks based on AAOIFI standards — all must pass for ethical clearance

Business Activity

PASS

Core business does not involve prohibited activities

Debt Ratio

0.0% N/A

Debt must be below 33% of total assets

Cash Ratio

0.0% N/A

Interest-bearing cash below 33% of assets

Receivables

0.0% N/A

Receivables below 49% of assets

Revenue Purity

0.0% PASS

Non-compliant revenue below 5% — any excess requires purification

Quantitative Intelligence

Statistical analysis of price behaviour, risk, and market regime — independent of fundamental data

Regime

DISTRIBUTION

Smart money appears to be selling into strength — caution

Sharpe Ratio

0.815

Good returns relative to risk taken

Kelly Fraction

0.0618

Suggested allocation is meaningful — the edge justifies a position

Calmar Ratio

1.012

Returns exceed worst-case losses — strong risk profile

Annual Return

28.0%

Historical annualised return based on price data

Max Drawdown

-27.7%

Largest peak-to-trough decline — the worst it has been

HMM State

CRISIS

Elevated risk detected — extreme caution warranted

Days in State

How long the current regime has persisted — longer means more stable

Market Data

Trading characteristics and market positioning

Beta

1.48

Moves slightly more than the broader market

52W High

$65.69

24% below the year high

52W Low

$36.43

38% above the year low

Avg Volume

231,455

Average daily shares traded — higher means easier to buy and sell

Short Ratio

2.1

Days it would take all short sellers to cover — higher means more crowded

Short % Float

2.7%

Low short interest — limited bearish positioning

Div Yield

102.0%

Annual dividend as a percentage of the share price

EPS (TTM)

$1.12

Earnings per share over the last 12 months

Financial Health

Balance sheet strength and cash generation — the foundation of long-term value

Debt/Equity

57.94

Heavy leverage — higher financial risk if revenues decline

Current Ratio

2.34

Strong balance sheet — comfortably covers short-term obligations

Quick Ratio

0.84

Like current ratio but excludes inventory — stricter test

Gross Margin

26.4%

Revenue left after cost of goods — higher means pricing power

Operating Margin

3.7%

Profit from core operations before interest and tax

Free Cash Flow

$3M

Positive — the business generates more cash than it spends

Revenue (TTM)

$1.5B

Total revenue over the last 12 months

Net Income

$26M

Profitable — the bottom line is positive

Analyst Coverage

Analysts

Target High

$82.00

Target Median

$71.00

Target Low

$64.00

Political Trading Activity

Congressional trading disclosures involving this instrument

Date	Politician	Party	Type	Amount
2026-04-24	Ro Khanna	Democrat	Purchase	15K–50K
2026-04-13	Ro Khanna	Democrat	Purchase	15K–50K
2026-04-13	Ro Khanna	Democrat	Purchase	1K–15K

Source: Congressional disclosure filings. View all political trades at

Insider Intelligence

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Data sourced from public filings and market feeds. Not financial advice. Updated: 2026-05-28

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