Company Analysis

Astrotech Corporation (ASTC)

Nasdaq: ASTC · Laboratory Analytical Instruments · Austin, TX · filing with the SEC since 1996
Grade3.2
◀ Past 3.2● Present 2.7▶ Future 3.9
1 est.

The grade of Astrotech Corporation

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
3.2/10
◀ Past3.230% of the headline
● Present2.740% of the headline
▶ Future3.930% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

Of the nine metrics, 8 read as filed from the record and 1 is an SI estimate, each with its reasoning, its confidence and what would change it on its card.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

3.2/1030% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Surviving crises

as filed
2.4/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

10 warning events since 2017; the latest 2023-10-16.

weight 33% of this tense · 24th percentile among 23 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Astrotech Corporation's filings since 2017 show 10 warning events of 3 kinds: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, 6 times, the latest 2022-07-01); a warning not to rely on past financial statements (8-K item 4.02, the latest 2018-02-12); an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, 3 times, the latest 2023-10-16) (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
2.8/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+22.3% a year over 6 filed years; profitable in 0 of 6.

weight 45% of this tense · 28th percentile among 21 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Astrotech Corporation's 6 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $334 thousand in fiscal 2021 to $913 thousand in fiscal 2026, up 22.3% a year; it rose in 2 of 5 years; the deepest fall was 45% from fiscal 2024 to fiscal 2026; net income was positive in 0 of 6 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span22.3%top 27% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 7% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 26% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak45.1%bottom 7% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

SI estimate
5.0/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

SI estimate 5.0/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 22% of this tense · 50th percentile among 21 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
Read from one part only, the share count over the years, which ranks in the top 50% of 21 in its family; fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income.
What the record cannot read
Fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income.
How it was reasoned
one part: the share count over the years, the one part on file, ranked among 21 in its family.
Confidence
35 of 100
What would change it
A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: Astrotech Corporation's shareholder treatment is put at 5.0 of 10 with a confidence of 35 of 100, because read from one part only, the share count over the years, which ranks in the top 50% of 21 in its family; fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income. A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

2.7/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
3.6/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE -89%: lost 89¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 21%: owes 21¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 36th percentile among 22 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2026-06-30, Astrotech Corporation lost about 89 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 1 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 21 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 2.1% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 20% of its family
  • return on equitybottom 17% of its family
  • gross profit against assetsbottom 3% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforebottom 45% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
2.2/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 22% of 21 in its family; net margin -1580.2%.

weight 33% of this tense · 22nd percentile among 21 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Astrotech Corporation's standing among 21 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $913 thousand in fiscal 2026 ranks in the bottom 2% by size; a net margin of -1580.2% ranks in the bottom 2%; revenue growth of 6.8% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 37% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$913,000bottom 2% of its family
  • net margin-1580.2%bottom 2% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth6.8%top 37% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
1.6/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 16% of 21 in its family for leadership.

weight 22% of this tense · 16th percentile among 21 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Astrotech Corporation's leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: no one files under a chief executive's title, so that part is not read; the 8 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 1.5 years (bottom 12%); 10 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 8 people in charge now (bottom 20%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge10 in three years among 8 peoplebottom 20% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed1.5 yearsbottom 12% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

3.9/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
4.9/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 49% of 21 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 49th percentile among 21 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Astrotech Corporation's room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2026): cash of $8 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 40.9% of its assets as net cash, top 7% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is -1569.8% of revenue (bottom 2%); a gross margin of 23.8% (bottom 3%); research spending of 710.2% of revenue (top 2%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets40.9%top 7% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue-1569.8%bottom 2% of its family
  • gross margin23.8%bottom 3% of its family
  • research spending against revenue710.2%top 2% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
3.7/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 37% of 21 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 37th percentile among 21 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Astrotech Corporation's growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2026: revenue grew 6.8% a year over the last three filed years against 22.3% over all 6, slowing (bottom 28% of its family); the newest year grew -13% (bottom 7%); research spending grew 5.1% a year (top 22%); capital spending grew -21.9% a year (bottom 38%) (its annual reports). Astrotech Corporation tags no split of its revenue by line in the annual report on file, so growth by line cannot be read here; research and capital spending are on the trend.

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-15.5 points a yearbottom 28% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth-13.0%bottom 7% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending5.1%top 22% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-21.9%bottom 38% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
1.9/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

bottom 19% of 20 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 19th percentile among 20 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Astrotech Corporation's newest year against its own record: revenue of $913 thousand in fiscal 2026 came in 26.4% below the $1 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 8% of its family); net income of $14 million against a prior three-year average of $12 million (bottom 43%); a net margin of a loss larger than its revenue against losses larger than its revenue before (bottom 8%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-26.4%bottom 8% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average-23%bottom 43% of its family
  • net margin against its prior averagedown more than 100 pointsbottom 8% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton ASTC · research, not advice