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Astec Industries Inc key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Astec Industries Inc had return on equity of 5.9%, an operating margin of 4.7%, debt equal to 51.0% of equity and a current ratio of 2.49. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.

Financial ratios

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Astec Industries Inc: financial ratios, annual
Fiscal year2009Dec 20092010Dec 20102011Dec 20112012Dec 20122013Dec 20132014Dec 20142015Dec 20152016Dec 20162017Dec 20172018Dec 20182019Dec 20192020Dec 20202021Dec 20212022Dec 20222023Dec 20232024Dec 20242025Dec 2025LTMJun 2026
Gross margin20.7%23.7%23.3%22.2%22.2%22.1%22.3%23.1%20.5%11.6%20.5%23.2%22.8%20.7%24.7%25.1%26.5%25.7%
Operating margin1.3%6.7%6.4%5.5%6.0%5.3%5.1%7.6%4.7%−7.4%2.1%4.0%1.8%0.6%3.6%1.8%4.7%3.4%
Net margin0.4%4.4%4.5%4.4%4.2%3.5%3.3%4.8%3.2%−5.2%1.9%4.5%1.4%−0.0%2.5%0.3%2.8%1.3%
Free-cash-flow margin4.3%6.9%−0.4%0.3%−2.3%−0.6%1.0%9.4%1.8%−4.9%7.6%12.3%−1.2%−9.0%−0.5%0.2%1.5%2.1%
Return on equity0.7%6.9%7.9%7.6%6.9%5.9%5.5%8.8%5.7%−9.5%3.8%7.4%2.4%−0.0%5.2%0.7%5.9%2.9%
Return on assets0.5%5.2%5.9%5.6%5.3%4.4%4.2%6.8%4.4%−6.9%2.7%5.6%1.8%−0.0%3.2%0.4%3.2%1.4%
Asset turnover1.251.191.331.291.261.261.241.421.371.341.411.241.251.331.291.241.171.12
Current ratio3.623.433.153.463.913.413.823.423.372.962.933.322.852.542.412.662.492.52
Debt to equity0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%1.8%1.6%1.7%0.6%10.3%0.3%0.3%0.4%14.0%12.7%18.5%51.0%57.1%
Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest)18.4x145.3x—150.8x131.6x71.8x31.0x62.5x66.1xn/m17.9x57.9x18.1x3.0x5.5x2.2x3.6x1.8x
Effective tax rate25.3%26.8%24.7%30.4%32.7%36.2%38.5%36.9%34.3%—11.9%−3.4%−15.2%—21.3%70.5%26.9%31.8%
R&D as % of revenue2.4%2.2%2.3%2.2%1.9%2.3%2.4%2.2%2.3%2.4%2.3%2.2%2.4%2.5%1.6%1.8%1.9%—
SG&A as % of revenue————————13.6%15.4%15.7%16.3%20.7%19.4%20.7%21.2%21.9%22.2%
Capital spending as % of revenue2.4%1.5%4.0%2.8%3.0%2.5%2.2%2.4%1.7%2.3%2.0%1.5%1.8%3.2%2.5%1.6%2.9%3.1%
Free cash flow ÷ net income>999%156.3%−9.4%6.4%−55.9%−17.4%29.5%194.8%57.8%—400.0%274.1%−80.4%—−18.8%58.1%53.4%165.3%
Dividends ÷ net income—0.0%0.0%55.8%17.6%26.6%28.0%16.7%24.4%—44.8%21.7%64.6%—35.2%276.7%30.7%61.2%
Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow—0.0%—871.5%——95.1%8.6%42.3%—11.2%7.9%———476.0%57.5%37.0%

Returns use average equity or assets over the year. Return on equity is left blank when equity is negative or so small that the ratio says nothing (above ±200%); interest cover is left blank above 200 times. Price-based ratios such as P/E are on the valuation page.

Financial health

3 of 7 checks passed · June 30, 2026
What it owns · $1.4bn
Short-term assets $816mLonger-term assets $599m
What it owes, and who funded it · $1.4bn
Short-term liabilities $324mLonger-term liabilities $402mShareholders' equity $689m
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $816m of assets due within a year against $324m of liabilities due within a year.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $816m short-term assets against $402m of longer-dated liabilities.
  • More cash than debt $77m of cash against $382m of debt.
  • Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 55% of equity.
  • Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 0% to 55% over five years.
  • A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $81m of operating cash flow against $382m of debt.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $53m against $29m of interest.

From Astec Industries Inc's latest balance sheet as filed. Checks are fixed, documented rules (methodology), counted only where the company reports the figures — a dot means the filing doesn't break the item out. Descriptions of reported data, not advice.

Moat

31 /100

Weak moat

How hard Astec Industries's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 10 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.

  • Returns on capital 0 / 20

    Net income has been a median 1.6% of total assets over 10 years.

  • Pricing power 7 / 20

    Gross margin has been a median 22.3%, moving by 3.3 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.

  • Durability 0 / 20

    Operating margin has been a median 1.8%; its worst year was -1.1%.

  • Cash conversion 7 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 6 of 10 years, at a median 2.6% of revenue.

  • Discipline 16 / 20

    The diluted share count rose 1.1% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.4% of revenue.

AI disruption exposure: Low. In this industry, the business rests on physical assets, regulated networks or products AI itself depends on.

A rules-based reading of reported figures, not a forecast and not investment advice. How the score is built: methodology.

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Figures from Astec Industries Inc's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 26, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Astec Industries Inc.