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ASTEC INDUSTRIES INC ASTE
ASTEC INDUSTRIES INC (ASTE) earns a Piotroski F-score of 5/9 (mixed financial health), with an Altman Z″ in the safe zone. It pays a dividend yielding 0.85% (safety: safe). FY2025 revenue was $1.4B at a 2.8% net margin.
Quality score trend · recomputed for each fiscal year
Each year's score is computed from that year's filing — a rising Piotroski F or Altman Z″ means improving financial health, a fall is worth a look.
Beneish M-score: -2.11 — grey zone (between the usual thresholds). A statistical screen for earnings manipulation, not proof — and it doesn't apply to most banks/insurers.
Analyst price target
Wall Street analyst consensus — a sentiment gauge, not our scoring.
How it ranks in Manufacturing · percentile among 1957 companies
Percentile vs other Manufacturing companies we cover — e.g. “stronger than 90%” means only 10% score higher on that measure.
Piotroski F breakdown · 5/9 tests passed
- Positive return on assets
- Positive operating cash flow
- Rising ROA
- Cash flow exceeds net income
- Lower long-term debt
- Rising current ratio
- No share dilution
- Rising gross margin
- Rising asset turnover
Altman Z″ components · safe zone
| Component | Value |
|---|---|
| Working capital / assets | 0.357 |
| Retained earnings / assets | 0.416 |
| EBIT / assets | 0.048 |
| Equity / liabilities | 0.994 |
Sector peers · similar-size Manufacturing companies compare side by side →
| Ticker | Company | Piotroski F | Altman Z″ | P / E | Revenue growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASTE | ASTEC INDUSTRIES INC | 5/9 | 5.07 | 36.2 | +8.1% |
| AEBI | Aebi Schmidt Holding AG | 3/9 | 2.42 | 104.1 | +40.6% |
| CMCO | COLUMBUS MCKINNON CORP | 2/9 | 1.2 | — | +23.9% |
| PLOW | DOUGLAS DYNAMICS, INC | 6/9 | 3.99 | 26.6 | +15.4% |
| MTW | MANITOWOC CO INC | 5/9 | 3.4 | 71.5 | +2.9% |
| GENC | GENCOR INDUSTRIES INC | 4/9 | — | 14.1 | +2% |
| CAT | CATERPILLAR INC | 4/9 | 4.27 | — | +4.3% |
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.
FAQ
Is ASTE financially healthy?
ASTEC INDUSTRIES INC's Piotroski F-score is 5/9 (8–9 is excellent, 0–3 weak), and its Altman Z″ distress score is in the safe zone.
Does ASTE pay a dividend, and is it safe?
Yes. ASTEC INDUSTRIES INC pays a dividend yielding about 0.85% with a 30.7% payout ratio, rated “safe” for safety.
How profitable is ASTE?
In FY2025, ASTEC INDUSTRIES INC had a net margin of 2.8% and a return on equity of 5.7%.
Is ASTE overvalued or undervalued?
ASTEC INDUSTRIES INC trades at about 25.7× trailing earnings — below its 10-year norm (10-year range 23.9×–183.7×, median 29.6×). Stocktoria reports the data, not buy/sell advice.
What is the analyst price target for ASTE?
The average Wall-Street price target for ASTEC INDUSTRIES INC is $72.00, about 66.8% above the recent price, from 4 analysts.
Is ASTE a good stock to buy?
Stocktoria doesn't give buy or sell advice, but here is the data on ASTEC INDUSTRIES INC: a Piotroski F-score of 5/9, an Altman Z″ in the safe zone, a P/E of about 36.2×, a dividend yield of 0.85%. Weigh these quality and valuation signals against your own goals.
Computed from company filings · US · as of 2025-12-31. Facts plus Stocktoria's own computed scores — not investment advice.