Why did Astec Industries (ASTE) stock move recently?

On 9/1/2026, Astec Industries moved -3.2% — No company-specific news or filing on Sept 1; the decline occurred amid lingering investor focus on softer backlog and the lowered full-year 2026 adjusted EBITDA guidance from the Aug 5 Q2 report. This is MarketChacha's decoded reason from filings and credible news; it is education, not buy/sell advice.

Is Astec Industries (ASTE) overvalued or fairly valued?

MarketChacha shows Astec Industries's valuation in context — a trailing P/E of about 42.1, a forward P/E of about 11.3, a price-to-book of about 1.5 — alongside its revenue and profit growth and whether reported profit converts into operating cash, so you can judge value for yourself. MarketChacha does not issue ratings, price targets, or buy/sell advice.

Does Astec Industries's reported profit turn into cash?

Over 3 years, operating cash flow fully covered reported profit — earnings are backed by real cash. MarketChacha computes this cash-conversion check (1.46×) from reported figures — education, not a rating.

What is Astec Industries's revenue?

Astec Industries reported revenue of $1.4B for FY2025, with net profit of $38.8M, per official filings.

What is the share price of Astec Industries (ASTE)?

Astec Industries last traded at $44.22 (+4.3% on the day), as of 9/4/2026 — a delayed quote shown for education, not investment advice.

Astec Industries

ASTE · NYSE · Industrials · United States

Snapshot

TickerASTE

ExchangeNYSE

SectorIndustrials

IndustryFarm & Heavy Construction Machinery

CountryUnited States

Employees4,468

HeadquartersChattanooga, United States

Websitewww.astecindustries.com

Filings tracked14

About Astec Industries

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.

Who owns it

Insiders1.1%
Institutions98.3%
Public & other0.6%

331 institutional holders

Ownership breakdown from public market data.

Top holders

Blackrock Inc.15.10%
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP6.29%
Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC5.96%
Gamco Investors, Inc ET AL4.68%
Vanguard Capital Management LLC4.42%
State Street Corporation4.00%
Mirae Asset Global ETFs Holdings Ltd.3.58%
Invesco Ltd.3.46%

Largest institutional holders — last updated 6/30/2026.

Forensic scorecard

Latest ROE of 5.7% is on the low side — the business earns a modest return on shareholder capital.

Cash conversion1.46×

Over 3 years, operating cash flow fully covered reported profit — earnings are backed by real cash.

Net margin trend2.5% → 2.8%

Margin has held broadly steady over the period — stable profitability.

Return on equity5.7%

Latest ROE of 5.7% is on the low side — the business earns a modest return on shareholder capital.

Growth qualityrev 3% · PAT 8%

Profit growth is broadly tracking revenue growth — the earnings trend looks operational rather than one-off.

Computed by MarketChacha from reported figures (SEC XBRL). Education, not a rating or recommendation.

What's expected next

Next quarter

Rev $439.4M · EPS 1.32

Est. earnings growth +24.3%

Next fiscal year

Rev $1.7B · EPS 3.90

Est. earnings growth +17.1%

Analyst consensus estimates — not the company's own guidance.

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Financials at a glance

Source: SEC XBRL

Annual

Quarterly · last 8

Revenue (FY2025)

$1.4B

Net margin

2.8%

ROE

5.7%

Revenue CAGR (2y)

+2.7%

Profit CAGR (2y)

+7.6%

EPS (FY2025)

1.68

Net profit (FY2025)

$38.8M

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Why it moved

Sep 1, 2026
No company-specific news or filing on Sept 1; the decline occurred amid lingering investor focus on softer backlog and the lowered full-year 2026 adjusted EBITDA guidance from the Aug 5 Q2 report.
· confidence: low

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Financials

Yearly

Period	Revenue	Net profit	EPS	Net margin	ROE
FY2025	$1.4B	$38.8M	1.68	2.8%	5.7%
FY2024	$1.3B	$4.3M	0.19	0.3%	0.7%
FY2023	$1.3B	$33.5M	1.47	2.5%	5.1%

Quarterly

Period	Revenue	Net profit	EPS	Net margin
2026Q2	$408.1M	$10.5M	0.45	2.6%
2026Q1	$396.3M	$1.3M	0.06	0.3%
2025Q3	$350.1M	$-4.2M	-0.18	-1.2%
2025Q2	$330.3M	$16.7M	0.72	5.1%
2025Q1	$329.4M	$14.3M	0.62	4.3%
2024Q3	$291.4M	$-6.2M	-0.27	-2.1%
2024Q2	$345.5M	$-14.0M	-0.61	-4.1%
2024Q1	$309.2M	$3.4M	0.15	1.1%
2023Q3	$303.1M	$-6.6M	-0.29	-2.2%
2023Q2	$350.0M	$13.1M	0.58	3.7%
2023Q1	$347.9M	$12.1M	0.53	3.5%

Figures as reported, in reporting currency. Source: SEC XBRL.

Filings & announcements

2026

10-Q — FORM 10-Q - Q2 2026
SEC8/5/2026
8-K — Results of operations, Exhibits
SEC8/5/2026material
8-K — Executive/director change, Exhibits
SEC7/30/2026material
8-K — Results of operations, Exhibits
SEC5/6/2026material
10-Q — FORM 10-Q - Q1 2026
SEC5/6/2026
8-K — Shareholder vote results
SEC4/27/2026material
8-K — Executive/director change, Exhibits
SEC4/20/2026material
8-K — Results of operations, Exhibits
SEC2/25/2026material
10-K — FORM 10-K
SEC2/25/2026

2025

8-K — Results of operations, Exhibits
SEC11/5/2025material
10-Q — FORM 10-Q - Q3 2025
SEC11/5/2025
8-K/A — Exhibits
SEC9/10/2025
8-K — Results of operations, Exhibits
SEC8/6/2025material
10-Q — FORM 10-Q - Q2 2025
SEC8/6/2025

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