# Astec Industries Inc. (ASTE) fundamentals

Data as of 2026-09-08. NASDAQ, United States. Sector: Industrials / Machinery. Price $44.22, market value $1.0 billion.

## Valuation
- **P/E (trailing): 52.6×** (5-yr avg 79.7×, 3-yr avg 74.6×). Astec Industries Inc. trades at 52.6× trailing earnings, well below its own five-year average of 79.7×: cheap by its own standards. The Industrials median in the September 2026 study was 25.7×. Forward P/E is 11.3×, lower than trailing, so analysts expect earnings to grow.
- **PEG: 0.01**. A PEG of 0.01 means the P/E is low relative to expected earnings growth: the market is not paying much for that growth.
- **Price / sales: 0.7×**. Each dollar of revenue is priced at 0.7×, a low multiple typical of thin-margin businesses or out-of-favour stocks.
- **Price / book: 1.5×**. The shares trade at 1.5× book value; book value is a meaningful part of the valuation.
- **EV / EBITDA: 12.1×**. Enterprise value is 12.1× operating earnings before depreciation, the multiple that ignores how the company is financed.
- **Free-cash-flow yield: 3.2%** (5-yr avg -2.4%). Free cash flow equals 3.2% of the market value, above its five-year average of -2.4%, so the shares are cheaper on cash than they have usually been.
- **Earnings yield: 1.9%**. The inverse of the P/E: 1.9% of the price is earned each year.

## Profitability
- **Gross margin: 25.7%**. Astec Industries Inc. keeps 25.7% of revenue after the direct cost of what it sells.
- **Operating margin: 3.4%**. 3.4% of revenue is left after running the business, which leaves little cushion in a downturn.
- **Net margin: 2.8%**. 2.8% of each dollar of sales reaches the bottom line.
- **Return on equity: 5.7%**. 5.7% on shareholders' equity is weak; the business earns little on the capital its owners have in it.
- **Return on invested capital: 4.5%**. Return on all capital, debt included, is 4.5%: close to or below the cost of capital, so growth may not create value.
- **Return on assets: 1.4%**. Each dollar of assets produces 1.4% of profit.

## Growth
- **Revenue growth (1 yr): 8.1%** (3-yr 3.4%/yr, 5-yr 6.6%/yr). Revenue grew 8.1% over the last year, against 6.6% a year compounded over five years: growth is accelerating.
- **EPS growth (1 yr): 784.2%** (5-yr -3.5%/yr). Earnings per share rose 784.2%, faster than revenue, so margins expanded or the share count shrank.

## Financial health
- **Debt to equity: 0.49**. Debt is 0.49 times equity: a conservative balance sheet.
- **Net debt / EBITDA: 2.5×**. It would take 2.5 years of operating earnings to repay net borrowings, within the comfortable range.
- **Altman Z-score: 2.78**. A Z-score of 2.78 is in the grey zone; not distressed, not clearly safe.
- **Piotroski F-score: 5/9**. 5 of 9 checks pass: mixed.

## Dividends
- **Dividend yield: 1.18%** ($0.52 per share, trailing). Astec Industries Inc. yields 1.18%, a modest yield more typical of a growth-oriented payer.
- **Payout ratio: 31%** (37% of free cash flow). 31% of earnings goes out as dividends, leaving room to keep raising it.
- **Consecutive years of increases: 4**. 4 straight years of increases.
- **Dividend growth (5 yr): -1.1%/yr** (1-yr 0.0%). The dividend has not grown over five years.

## Price and momentum
- **Total return (1 yr): -5.1%** (YTD 2.6%, 3-mo -12.0%). The shares are down 5.1% over twelve months including dividends.
- **From 52-week high: -32.7%** (9.3% above the low). Trading 33% below its 52-week high, deep in a drawdown.
- **200-day average: below**. The price sits below its 200-day moving average, the usual definition of a downtrend.
- **RSI (14-day): 46**. An RSI of 46 is neutral.
- **Beta (1 yr): 1.45** (volatility 43%). Beta of 1.45 against the S&P 500: the shares move much more than the market.

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