Astec Industries, Inc.
In the published model solve dated 2026-Q2, anchored at $43.39, Astec Industries, Inc. (ASTE) is priced for +17.5% growth. boothcheck publishes no house fair value, target price, or buy/sell rating; individual model outputs and user-controlled scenarios are analytical inputs, not Boothcheck targets. The narrative was composed July 25, 2026 from SEC EDGAR filings.
• Road-building budgets decide this business, and the order book says the budgets are still spending: backlog reached $514.1 million at the close of 2025 against $419.6 million a year earlier, an increase the 10-K puts at 22.5% [Source: FY2025 10-K]. • The gap between selling a machine and profiting from one is the issue, with only 3.7% of trailing revenue surviving to operating profit against the 9.2% earned by ALG on an almost identical revenue base. • The next real read arrives with the sec
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236 institutional managers reported holding ASTE in 13F filings for the quarter ended 2026-03-31. Together they hold about 94% of the company; the top 10 hold 55%. 48 opened new positions that quarter. Held by BlackRock, Vanguard Group, Dimensional Fund Advisors, among others. On the short side, 501k shares were sold short as of the 2026-06-15 count, about 2% of shares outstanding (2.6 days of typical volume to cover).
Quarterly 13F filings arrive up to 45 days after quarter end, so the picture is never current (filed through 2026-05-29). Nothing here is investment advice.
ASTE's share count grew 0.9% over the past five years even with $10.10M spent on repurchases. It pays a dividend, and has for 14 years running; the current rate is $0.52 a share annually. Cash returned over the past three years: $32.70M in dividends.
Share counts are split-adjusted; repurchase totals are gross of share issuance. Nothing here is investment advice.
Open-market insider buys at ASTE over the trailing three years: 2024: 2 buys totaling $101k. 17 officers and directors are on file.
Code P open-market purchases from SEC Form 4 filings, non-derivative, excluding scheduled 10b5-1 plans. Nothing here is investment advice.
ASTE's recent reports: the day-one move, then what the following quarter actually did.
| report | day one | next quarter |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-08-04 | +2.5% | -13.7% |
| 2023-11-03 | -25.6% | +12.0% |
| 2024-02-29 | +11.8% | -18.3% |
| 2024-05-03 | -20.7% | -9.7% |
Day-one is the close-to-close move around the filing. Nothing here is investment advice.
ASTE's latest 8-K filings: 2026-08-05 (items 2.02, 9.01); 2026-07-30 (items 5.02, 9.01); 2026-05-06 (items 2.02, 9.01); 2026-04-27 (items 5.07); 2026-04-20 (items 5.02, 9.01).
Item codes are the SEC's own classification of what each report discloses. Dates link to the filing on EDGAR. Nothing here is investment advice.
Model solve date: 2026-Q2
Narrative composed: July 25, 2026
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