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
| Fiscal year | 2009Dec 2009 | 2010Dec 2010 | 2011Dec 2011 | 2012Dec 2012 | 2013Dec 2013 | 2014Dec 2014 | 2015Dec 2015 | 2016Dec 2016 | 2017Dec 2017 | 2018Dec 2018 | 2019Dec 2019 | 2020Dec 2020 | 2021Dec 2021 | 2022Dec 2022 | 2023Dec 2023 | 2024Dec 2024 | 2025Dec 2025 | LTMJun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 20.7% | 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 margin | 1.3% | 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 margin | 0.4% | 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 margin | 4.3% | 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 equity | 0.7% | 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 assets | 0.5% | 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 turnover | 1.25 | 1.19 | 1.33 | 1.29 | 1.26 | 1.26 | 1.24 | 1.42 | 1.37 | 1.34 | 1.41 | 1.24 | 1.25 | 1.33 | 1.29 | 1.24 | 1.17 | 1.12 |
| Current ratio | 3.62 | 3.43 | 3.15 | 3.46 | 3.91 | 3.41 | 3.82 | 3.42 | 3.37 | 2.96 | 2.93 | 3.32 | 2.85 | 2.54 | 2.41 | 2.66 | 2.49 | 2.52 |
| Debt to equity | 0.0% | 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) | 18.4x | 145.3x | — | 150.8x | 131.6x | 71.8x | 31.0x | 62.5x | 66.1x | n/m | 17.9x | 57.9x | 18.1x | 3.0x | 5.5x | 2.2x | 3.6x | 1.8x |
| Effective tax rate | 25.3% | 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 revenue | 2.4% | 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 revenue | 2.4% | 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% |
| Quarter | 2024 Q3Sept 2024 | 2024 Q4Dec 2024 | 2025 Q1Mar 2025 | 2025 Q2Jun 2025 | 2025 Q3Sept 2025 | 2025 Q4Dec 2025 | 2026 Q1Mar 2026 | 2026 Q2Jun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 22.9% | 28.7% | 28.1% | 26.7% | 24.1% | 27.3% | 25.0% | 26.2% |
| Operating margin | −2.5% | 9.7% | 6.2% | 6.5% | 0.3% | 5.7% | 2.3% | 5.0% |
| Net margin | −2.1% | 5.9% | 4.3% | 5.1% | −1.2% | 3.0% | 0.3% | 2.6% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 6.8% | 8.9% | 5.0% | 2.7% | −3.5% | 1.8% | 8.2% | 1.2% |
| Current ratio | 2.47 | 2.66 | 2.66 | 2.71 | 2.58 | 2.49 | 2.34 | 2.52 |
| Debt to equity | 0.2% | 16.5% | 2.1% | 2.1% | 50.8% | 49.3% | 56.3% | 55.4% |
| SG&A as % of revenue | 22.5% | 18.9% | 21.8% | 20.3% | 23.8% | 21.6% | 22.8% | 21.0% |
Financial health
- 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.
Moat
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.
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