Astec Industries - ASTE Stock Forecast, Price & News

2 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Astec Industries in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" ASTE shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in ASTE, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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2 Wall Street research analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Astec Industries' stock. Their ASTE share price forecasts range from $42.00 to $42.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $42.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 6.5% from the stock's current price.
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Astec Industries' stock was trading at $40.66 at the beginning of the year. Since then, ASTE stock has decreased by 3.0% and is now trading at $39.42.
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Astec Industries saw a drop in short interest during the month of February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totaling 246,000 shares, a drop of 11.1% from the February 13th total of 276,800 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 109,100 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.3 days. Approximately 1.1% of the company's shares are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, May 3rd 2023.
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Astec Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:ASTE) posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, March, 1st. The industrial products company reported $0.34 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.38 by $0.04. The industrial products company earned $349.90 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $313.55 million. Astec Industries had a negative net margin of 0.01% and a positive trailing twelve-month return on equity of 4.38%. Astec Industries's revenue was up 31.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned ($0.03) earnings per share.

Astec Industries announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, February 27th. Shareholders of record on Friday, March 10th will be given a dividend of $0.13 per share on Thursday, March 30th. This represents a $0.52 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.32%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, March 9th.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Astec Industries (NASDAQ:ASTE) stock in their portfolio include First Trust RBA American Industrial Renaissance ETF (AIRR), iShares U.S. Infrastructure ETF (IFRA), Invesco S&P SmallCap Industrials ETF (PSCI), Global X U.S. Infrastructure Development ETF (PAVE), IQ Chaikin U.S. Small Cap ETF (CSML), iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF (IJS), Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF (VIOV) and SPDR S&P 600 Small CapValue ETF (SLYV).

Astec Industries (NASDAQ:ASTE) pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.34%.
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16 employees have rated Astec Industries Chief Executive Officer J. Don Brock on Glassdoor.com. J. Don Brock has an approval rating of 100% among the company's employees. This puts J. Don Brock in the top 10% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies. 52.0% of employees surveyed would recommend working at Astec Industries to a friend.

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Astec Industries trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "ASTE."

Astec Industries' stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Victory Capital Management Inc. (7.83%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (7.85%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (7.81%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (6.39%), Gamco Investors INC. ET AL (4.52%) and Gamco Investors INC. ET AL (4.52%). Insiders that own company stock include Matthew T Sr Litchfield Sr, Rebecca A Weyenberg and William Glenwood Dorey.
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Shares of ASTE stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of ASTE stock can currently be purchased for approximately $39.42.

Astec Industries (NASDAQ:ASTE) has a market capitalization of $892.82 million and generates $1.27 billion in revenue each year.

The company employs 4,291 workers across the globe.

Astec Industries' mailing address is 1725 SHEPHERD ROAD, CHATTANOOGA TN, 37421. The official website for the company is www.astecindustries.com. The industrial products company can be reached via phone at (423) 899-5898, via email at sanderson@astecindustries.com, or via fax at 423-899-4456.