Astrotech Corporation operates as a science and technology development and commercialization company in the United States. It operates through two segments, Astro Scientific and Astral Images Corporation. The Astro Scientific segment manufactures chemical detection and analysis instrumentation that detects and identifies trace amounts of explosives and narcotics. Its product portfolio include MMS 1000, a small, low-power desktop mass spectrometer; OEM 1000, a mass spectrometer component; MMS 2000, a gas monitor that provides precise, real-time measurement of specific chemicals in a process stream; and TRACER 1000, an explosives trace detector with a swab-based thermal desorption sample inlet system. The Astral Images Corporation segment develops film restoration and enhancement software. This segment offers Astral Black ICE, a system targeted mainly towards the black-and-white feature film and television series digitization and restoration markets; Astral Color ICE, a standalone AI software solution that integrates into film scanners to enable color image correction and enhancement; Astral HDR ICE, high dynamic range solution that upgrades digital and traditional films to the HDR10 standard; and Astral HSDR ICE, a solution, which automatically converts HDR content to SDR. The company was formerly known as SPACEHAB, Inc. and changed its name to Astrotech Corporation in 2009. Astrotech Corporation was founded in 1984 is headquartered in Austin, Texas.
Industry, Sector and Symbol
Industry Guided missiles & space vehicles & parts
Sub-IndustryN/A
SectorN/A
WebN/A
PhoneN/A
Debt
Price-To-Earnings
Sales & Book Value
Annual Sales$130,000.00
Profitability
Miscellaneous
Employees33
Next Earnings Date5/11/2020 (Estimated)
OptionableNot Optionable
Astrotech (NASDAQ:ASTC) Frequently Asked Questions
What is Astrotech's stock symbol?
Astrotech trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "ASTC."
When did Astrotech's stock split? How did Astrotech's stock split work?
Shares of Astrotech reverse split before market open on Monday, October 16th 2017. The 1-5 reverse split was announced on Friday, October 13th 2017. The number of shares owned by shareholders was adjusted after the market closes on Friday, October 13th 2017. An investor that had 100 shares of Astrotech stock prior to the reverse split would have 20 shares after the split.
How were Astrotech's earnings last quarter?
Astrotech Corp (NASDAQ:ASTC) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February, 13th. The aerospace company reported ($0.35) EPS for the quarter. The aerospace company earned $0.21 million during the quarter. View Astrotech's Earnings History.
When is Astrotech's next earnings date?
Has Astrotech been receiving favorable news coverage?
News coverage about ASTC stock has trended somewhat positive on Sunday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm ranks the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Astrotech earned a media sentiment score of 2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the aerospace company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Astrotech.
Are investors shorting Astrotech?
Astrotech saw a decrease in short interest during the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 162,400 shares, a decrease of 16.2% from the January 15th total of 193,700 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 574,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.3 days. Currently, 4.5% of the company's stock are sold short. View Astrotech's Current Options Chain.
What other stocks do shareholders of Astrotech own?
Who are Astrotech's key executives?
Astrotech's management team includes the folowing people:
- Mr. Thomas Boone Pickens III, Chairman & CEO (Age 62)
- Mr. Eric N. Stober, CFO, Treasurer & Sec. (Age 42)
- Mr. Rajesh Mellacheruvu, COO & VP (Age 49)
- Nicole Conser, Marketing Director
- Mr. Bradley Sullivan, Corp. Controller
How do I buy shares of Astrotech?
Shares of ASTC can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.
What is Astrotech's stock price today?
One share of ASTC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $2.10.
How big of a company is Astrotech?
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