How to buy Astec Industries stock (ASTE)

Astec Industries is a farm & heavy construction machinery business based in the US. Astec Industries shares (ASTE) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Its last market close was $33.15 – a decrease of 3.41% over the previous week. Astec Industries employs 4,322 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $1.3 billion.

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Astec Industries stock price (NASDAQ: ASTE)

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Astec Industries shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2024-12-19.

Latest market close	$33.15
52-week range	$28.25 - $44.24
50-day moving average more info button	$35.16
200-day moving average more info button	$34.89
Wall St. target price	$42.50
PE ratio more info button	N/A
Dividend yield more info button	$0.52 (1.52%)
Earnings per share (TTM) more info button	$-0.09

Is it a good time to buy Astec Industries stock?

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Astec Industries price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $32.95 from 2024-12-23

1 week (2024-12-18)	-3.99%
1 month (2024-11-25)	-15.27%
3 months (2024-09-25)	5.85%
6 months (2024-06-25)	12.04%

1 year (2023-12-22)	-12.11%
2 years (2022-12-23)	-17.48%
3 years (2021-12-23)	66.6781
5 years (2019-12-24)	39.9619

Is Astec Industries stock undervalued or overvalued?

Valuing Astec Industries stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Astec Industries's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

Astec Industries's PEG ratio

Astec Industries's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 2.6. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Astec Industries's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Astec Industries's EBITDA

Astec Industries's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $101 million.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Astec Industries's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Astec Industries financials

Revenue TTM	$1.3 billion
Operating margin TTM	3.4%
Gross profit TTM	$264.1 million
Return on assets TTM	4.37%
Return on equity TTM	-0.32%
Profit margin	-0.15%
Book value	$27.69
Market Capitalization more info button	$782.6 million

TTM: trailing 12 months

Astec Industries share dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 24.07% of net profits

Recently Astec Industries has paid out, on average, around 0% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 0% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Astec Industries shareholders could enjoy a 0% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Astec Industries's case, that would currently equate to about $0.52 per share.

While Astec Industries's payout ratio might seem low, this can signify that Astec Industries is investing more in its future growth.

Astec Industries's most recent dividend payout was on 26 November 2024. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 12 November 2024 (the "ex-dividend date").

Have Astec Industries's shares ever split?

Astec Industries's shares were split on a 2:1 basis on 18 January 1999 . So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 2 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Astec Industries shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 50% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Astec Industries shares which in turn could have impacted Astec Industries's share price.

Astec Industries share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Astec Industries's shares have ranged in value from as little as $28.2468 up to $44.2393. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NASDAQ average) beta is 1, while Astec Industries's is 1.258. This would suggest that Astec Industries's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

Astec Industries overview

Astec Industries, Inc. designs, engineers, manufactures, and markets 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 and related components, heaters, concrete dust control systems, asphalt pavers, vaporizers, concrete material handling systems, screeds, heat recovery units, paste back-fill plants, asphalt storage tanks, hot oil heaters, bagging plants, fuel storage tanks, industrial and asphalt burners and systems, custom batch plants, material transfer vehicles, soil stabilizing-reclaiming machinery, blower trucks and trailers, milling machines, soil remediation plants, wood chippers and grinders, pump trailers, concrete batch plants, control systems, liquid terminals, storage equipment and related parts, construction and retrofits, polymer plants, and concrete mixers, as well as engineering and environmental permitting services. This segment provides its products to asphalt 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 Materials Solutions segment designs and manufactures crushing equipment, mobile plants, bulk material handling solutions, vibrating equipment, screening equipment, electrical control centers, modular plants and systems, conveying equipment, plant automation products, portable plants, and mineral processing equipment, as well as offers consulting and engineering services. The company was incorporated in 1972 and is headquartered in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Frequently asked questions

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What percentage of Astec Industries is owned by insiders or institutions?
Currently 1.323% of Astec Industries shares are held by insiders and 96.837% by institutions. How many people work for Astec Industries?
Latest data suggests 4,322 work at Astec Industries. When does the fiscal year end for Astec Industries?
Astec Industries's fiscal year ends in December. Where is Astec Industries based?
Astec Industries's address is: 1725 Shepherd Road, Chattanooga, TN, United States, 37421 What is Astec Industries's ISIN number?
Astec Industries's international securities identification number is: US0462241011 What is Astec Industries's CUSIP number?
Astec Industries's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 046224101