Insider buying last 90 days
No open-market insider purchases were filed for ASTE in the last 90 days.
From Form 4 filings, dated to when each was filed.
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Astec Industries (ASTE) Stock Analysis & Forecast
Oct 12 close
$39.48+0.77 (+2.0%)
Gekko Brief
AI summaryOct 12 closeThis week's coverage of Astec Industries centers on divided analyst views following its recent drop. Several pieces continue to call the stock a buy, citing attractive valuation and growth prospects tied to acquisitions and strong segment performance, with backlog up 57.9% year-over-year to $601.1 million. Other commentary strikes a more cautious tone, flagging weak near-term sentiment and mapping out risk zones for traders, while a separate piece weighs ASTE against Terex (TEX) on relative value.
ASTE closed at $39.48, up 2% on the day, but remains below both its 50-day average of $42.42 and its 200-day average of $51.30, with the 50-day itself under the 200-day. Shorter-term returns show declines across the 1-month (-4.7%), 3-month (-29.4%) and 6-month (-35.4%) periods. The GekkoIndex reads 66.7, placing the stock in the Accumulation zone, up 6.9 over five days. Shares trade 18.4% below the Gekko Fair Value estimate of $48.36.
Earnings are scheduled for 4 November 2026, before the open, 22 days out and within a typical 20-day holding window; the last report showed an EPS miss of $0.94 versus $1.04 expected, with a -15.4% reaction, against a backdrop of 5 beats in the last 8 quarters. Seasonality data shows the next 20 trading days averaging +14.3% over 5 years, rising in 4 of them. No insider, Congress or unusual options activity appears in the current window.
Written by AI from the Oct 12, 2026 close and checked automatically against the figures on this page.
Astec Industries price vs fair value
Close $39.48200-day averageGekko Fair Value $48.36
Astec Industries quick facts
- Market cap
- $907.7M
- P/E ratio
- 48.4
- Forward P/E
- 9.8
- EPS, TTM
- $0.81
- Revenue, TTM
- $1.56B
- Profit margin
- 1.3%
- Dividend yield
- 1.26%
- Beta
- 1.33
- Volume
- 303,002 avg 216,891
- 1-year return
- −14.4%
- Typical daily move
- ±3.3%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±8.3%
- 50-day average
- $42.42
- 200-day average
- $51.30
- Next earnings
- Nov 4 before open
- Shares outstanding
- 22.99M
Astec Industries swing-trade checklist
Astec Industries scores 3 supportive, 0 mixed and 2 headwinds across the 5 checklist items with data.
Six things swing traders check before a 20-day hold, read from the latest data.
3 supportive0 mixed2 headwinds
- Trendheadwind
Below 50 and 200-day
Close $39.48 is below the 50-day ($42.42) and 200-day ($51.30) averages, and the 50-day is below the 200-day.
See the chart - GekkoIndexsupportive
66.7, Accumulation
Reading 66.7 is in the Accumulation zone.
See the GekkoIndex - Fair valuesupportive
18.4% below
Price is 18.4% below Gekko Fair Value (more than 5% below).
See fair value - Smart moneyno data
No data
No insider, Congress or unusual options activity in the window.
See smart money - Earnings riskheadwind
Reports in 23 days
Reports on Nov 4, 2026, 23 days away — inside a typical 20-trading-day hold.
See earnings - Seasonalitysupportive
+14.3% on average
From this point in the calendar, the next 20 trading days averaged +14.3% over 5 years, rising in 4 of them.
See seasonality
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Astec Industries stock chart and price history
Astec Industries closed at $39.48 on Oct 12, 2026, −14.4% over the past year, inside a 52-week range of $38.29 to $65.69.
Close50-day average200-day averageVolume
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Performance Breakdown
- 1 month
- −4.7%
- 3 months
- −29.4%
- 6 months
- −35.4%
- 1 year
- −14.4%
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About Astec Industries
Astec Industries designs, manufactures, and supplies specialized equipment and parts used in road building and other heavy construction and civil engineering work, reaching customers both within the United States and abroad. The company is best known for the breadth of machinery it provides to support asphalt production, paving, and material processing on large infrastructure projects.
The business runs through two segments. Infrastructure Solutions covers equipment for asphalt and concrete work, including plants, storage tanks, heating and cooling systems, paving and material transfer machines, dust control tools, soil stabilization gear, and wood processing machines such as chippers and grinders, along with control systems and environmental and engineering services; its customers include asphalt producers, road and civil construction contractors, ready-mix concrete firms, construction waste recyclers, and government agencies. Materials Solutions builds machinery for processing raw materials, such as crushing, screening, and vibrating equipment, mobile and modular plants, bulk handling and conveying systems, automation tools, and mineral processing equipment, supported by consulting and engineering services.
Founded in 1972, Astec Industries is headquartered in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Its shares trade on the NASDAQ under the ticker ASTE.
- Listed
- NASDAQ
- Sector
- Producer manufacturing
- Industry
- Trucks/Construction/Farm machinery
- Website
- astecindustries.com
Astec Industries GekkoIndex: the smart money zone
Astec Industries’s GekkoIndex — Gekko’s 0 to 100 smart money score — reads 66.7, in the Accumulation zone, up 6.9 points over five sessions.
66.7Accumulation
Up 6.9 points over five sessions, from the Neutral zone.
Reading for Oct 12, 2026
What followed past readings in each zone
| Zone | Readings | 5 days | 20 days | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buying | 49 | +2.0% | +5.2% | ||
| Accumulation (current zone) | 198 | +0.5% | +4.2% | ||
| Neutral | 392 | +0.3% | −0.5% | ||
| Distribution | 41 | −2.3% | −1.9% | ||
| Selling | 2 | Too few readings yet | |||
Average ASTE share-price change over the trading days after each daily reading in its GekkoIndex history. Across every stock Gekko tracks, Accumulation readings averaged +2.2% over 20 days. Past behaviour doesn’t guarantee future results.
Accumulation zone: Institutional interest building. About the five zones →
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Is Astec Industries stock overvalued? Gekko Fair Value
Astec Industries trades 18.4% below Gekko Fair Value of $48.36, so the shares are undervalued on Gekko’s estimate.
Gekko’s own estimate of what Astec Industries shares are worth, recalculated every trading day.
$48.36
Gekko Fair Value, Oct 9, 2026
18.4% Undervalued
At the end of Aug 2026 the price was 31.0% below the estimate.
Gekko Fair ValueShare price, month end
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Astec Industries insider and Congress trading
No open-market insider purchases were filed for Astec Industries, and no Congress trades were disclosed, in the last 90 days.
Plus buybacks, unusual options and fund positions, each dated to when it became public.
Congress trades last 90 days
No trades in ASTE were disclosed by members of Congress in the last 90 days.
From congressional disclosures, which report amounts as ranges.
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Buybacks
Astec Industries has been buying back its own shares.
- Bought back, quarter ended Dec 31, 2022
- $4.00M
- As a share of market cap
- 0.44%
From company filings.
Astec Industries earnings: next date and track record
Astec Industries reports on Nov 4, 2026, before the open (23 days away), and beat the EPS estimate in 5 of its last 8 reports.
Next earnings report
Nov 4, 2026
Expected before the open, 23 days away
- EPS estimate
- $0.53
- Revenue estimate
- $378.6M
5 of 8reports beat the EPS estimate
±9.3%average move across the report
5 of 8reports followed by a gain
Share-price move across each report
Last earnings call, Aug 5, 2026 AI summary
- What they said
- Astec Industries delivered record Q2 2026 revenues and adjusted EBITDA, with net sales up 23.6% YoY and adjusted EBITDA rising 26% to a 10.4% margin. Parts and service revenue grew 34.8% to $135.5M, representing 33.2% of net sales. Backlog surged 57.9% to $601.1M, driven by Material Solutions segment. However, macro headwinds including higher oil prices and Federal Highway Bill renewal uncertainty caused select asphalt plant delivery deferrals.
- Guidance
- Full-year 2026 adjusted EBITDA guidance revised downward from $170M-$190M to $160M-$175M due to asphalt plant delivery shifts into Q4 2026 and Q1 2027. H2 EBITDA expected to split approximately 1/3 in Q3 and 2/3 in Q4.
| Reported | EPS | Revenue | Move |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2026 | $0.94 est $1.04 | $408.1M est $405.5M | −15.4% |
| May 6, 2026 | $0.54 est $0.84 | $396.3M est $393.2M | −15.5% |
| Feb 25, 2026 | $1.06 est $0.74 | $400.6M est $374.2M | +6.6% |
| Nov 5, 2025 | $0.47 est $0.45 | $350.1M est $374.2M | −1.7% |
| Aug 6, 2025 | $0.88 est $0.34 | $330.3M est $340.4M | +6.2% |
| Apr 29, 2025 | $0.88 est $0.46 | $329.4M est $361.0M | +2.7% |
| Feb 26, 2025 | $1.19 est $0.73 | $359.0M est $319.3M | +15.0% |
| Nov 6, 2024 | $0.31 est $0.31 | $291.4M est $371.4M | +11.6% |
“Move” is the close of the first session after the report compared with the close of the last session before it, so it reads the same whether the company reported before the open or after the close.
Astec Industries stock forecast and analyst price targets
Analysts’ average 12-month price target for Astec Industries is $67.25, +70.3% from the last close, from 1 firm rating the stock in the last 90 days.
$67.25consensus 12-month target, +70.3% from the last close
Each firm’s latest rating in the last 90 days: 1 firm.
Latest analyst actions
| Date | Firm | Target | vs price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10 | Stifel Nicolaus | $60 | +52.0% |
+4.2%average 20-day move after past Accumulation readings
+14.3%average move over the next 20 trading days in the last 5 years
±3.3%typical daily move, from the 14-day average range
Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions. These are analyst targets and historical base rates, which don’t guarantee future results.
Astec Industries seasonality: the next 20 trading days
Over the next 20 trading days from Oct 10, Astec Industries averaged +14.3% across the last 5 years, rising in 4 of them.
Next 20 trading days, by year
Average move and hit rate
| Window | Average | Years higher |
|---|---|---|
| Next 5 trading days | +1.6% | 3 of 5 |
| Next 10 trading days | +2.9% | 4 of 5 |
| Next 15 trading days | +7.1% | 4 of 5 |
| Next 20 trading days | +14.3% | 4 of 5 |
| Next 30 trading days | +8.9% | 3 of 5 |
For scale, ASTE’s typical 20-trading-day move in either direction is about 8.3%.
Astec Industries market cap and key statistics
Astec Industries’s market cap is $907.7M, with a P/E ratio of 48.4 and revenue of $1.56B over the last twelve months.
Valuation
- Market cap
- $907.7M
- P/E ratio
- 48.4
- Forward P/E
- 9.8
- EPS, TTM
- $0.81
- Gekko Fair Value
- $48.36
Trading
- Volume
- 303,002
- Avg volume, 20 days
- 216,891
- 52-week high
- $65.69
- 52-week low
- $38.29
- Shares outstanding
- 22.99M
Financials
- Revenue, TTM
- $1.56B
- Profit margin
- 1.3%
- Return on equity
- 2.9%
- Quarterly earnings growth, YoY
- −37.5%
Risk and income
- Beta
- 1.33
- Typical daily move
- ±3.3%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±8.3%
- Dividend yield
- 1.26%
Astec Industries stock news this week
Coverage of Astec Industries this week reads positive: 2 positive, 0 neutral and 1 negative headlines.
- Precision Trading with Astec Industries Inc. (ASTE) Risk ZonesStock Traders Daily, Oct 9
- Astec Industries remains a buy with strong growth and attractive valuation despite recent setbacks.Pluang, Oct 8
- Astec Industries' Drop Is Painful But Temporary (NASDAQ:ASTE)Seeking Alpha, Oct 7
- TEX or ASTE: Which Is the Better Value Stock Right Now?Zacks Investment Research, Oct 5
Astec Industries peers
Astec Industries’s 6 largest industry peers by market value, with today’s move, GekkoIndex zone and gap to Gekko Fair Value.
| Stock | GekkoIndex zone | vs Fair Value |
|---|---|---|
| CATCaterpillar | Accumulation | 4.8% above |
| DEDeere | Accumulation | 14.1% above |
| PCARPACCAR | Accumulation | 3.2% above |
| WABWestinghouse Air Brake Technologies | Neutral | 2.9% above |
| CNHCNH Industrial | Accumulation | 17.0% below |
| BWABorgWarner | Accumulation | 9.2% below |
A peer links to its own page where one exists.
Astec Industries stock FAQ
What is Astec Industries’s market cap?
Astec Industries’s market cap is $907.7M at the Oct 12, 2026 close of $39.48, with 22.99M shares outstanding. The shares trade on a P/E ratio of 48.4.
What is the Astec Industries stock forecast?
The consensus analyst 12-month price target for Astec Industries is $67.25, +70.3% from the last close. Of the 1 firm that rated the stock in the last 90 days, 1 rate it a buy, 0 a hold and 0 a sell. Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions of its own.
Is Astec Industries stock overvalued or undervalued?
On Gekko’s estimate Astec Industries is undervalued: the Oct 12, 2026 close of $39.48 is 18.4% below Gekko Fair Value of $48.36. Gekko Fair Value is recalculated every trading day, and a gap inside 5% either way counts as about fair value.
When does Astec Industries report earnings next?
Astec Industries is expected to report on Nov 4, 2026, before the market opens (23 days away). Analysts expect earnings of $0.53 per share on revenue of $378.6M. Astec Industries beat the earnings estimate in 5 of its last 8 reports, moving 9.3% on average across the report.
What is Astec Industries’s 52-week high and low?
Astec Industries’s 52-week high is $65.69 and its 52-week low is $38.29; it closed at $39.48 on Oct 12, 2026, −14.4% over the past year. Over the last five years the shares peaked at $75.00 on Nov 9, 2021.
Is Astec Industries stock a buy right now?
Gekko describes the data; it does not make buy or sell recommendations. On the swing-trade checklist, 3 of the 5 items with data read as supportive (gekkoindex, fair value and seasonality) and 2 as headwinds (trend and earnings risk). The checklist is a description of current data, not a recommendation.
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