All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.
All nine metrics read as filed from the record.
What did they actually do?
Has it survived what it has been through?
3 warning events since 2017; the latest 2023-03-08.
From the record
Astec Industries, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 3 warning events of 2 kinds: an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, the latest 2023-03-08); a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, 2 times, the latest 2020-03-03) (its current reports).
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What has it actually done, year after year?
+2.3% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 8 of 10.
From the record
Astec Industries, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $1.1 billion in fiscal 2016 to $1.4 billion in fiscal 2025, up 2.3% a year; it rose in 5 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 14% from fiscal 2017 to fiscal 2020; net income was positive in 8 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How has it treated the people who own it?
Share count grew 0.5% a year. 32% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 1 sales, 0 purchases.
From the record
Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Astec Industries, Inc.'s diluted share count grew about 0.5% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 32% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 1 sale and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-03 (their Form 4 filings).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are they doing right now?
Is it financially healthy right now?
ROE 6%: 6¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 50%: owes 50¢ per asset dollar.
From the record
Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Astec Industries, Inc. earned about 6 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 27 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 50 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 1.1% over the year (the filed statements).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How strong is its position in its industry?
bottom 44% of 8 in its family; net margin 2.8%.
From the record
Astec Industries, Inc.'s standing among 8 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $1.4 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 44% by size; a net margin of 2.8% ranks in the bottom 44%; revenue growth of 3.4% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 44% (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are the people in charge doing?
bottom 32% of 5 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2023.
From the record
Astec Industries, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Merwe, Jaco Van Der (Chief Executive Officer, as filed), filing under that title since 2023-03-01, 3.7 years (top 50% of its family); the 17 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 3.3 years (bottom 10%); 9 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 17 people in charge now (bottom 36%; 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
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are they set up to do next?
How much room does it have to grow?
top 50% of 8 in its family for room to expand.
From the record
Astec Industries, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $72 million against debt of $320 million leaves -18.1% of its assets as net cash, top 31% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 1.5% of revenue (top 44%); a gross margin of 26.5% (bottom 31%); research spending of 1.9% of revenue (bottom 44%) (its annual report).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What could actually drive growth from here?
top 44% of 8 in its family for growth drivers.
From the record
Astec Industries, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 3.4% a year over the last three filed years against 2.3% over all 10, speeding up (top 19% of its family); the newest year grew 8.1% (top 44%); research spending grew -5.1% a year (bottom 31%); capital spending grew 0% a year (top 44%) (its annual reports). Astec Industries, Inc. reported 2 lines of business in fiscal 2025: Infrastructure Group at $857 million (61%), Material Solutions at $553 million (39%); 2 of 2 grew against the year before (its annual report).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?
top 21% of 7 in its family for expectations against reality.
From the record
Astec Industries, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $1.4 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 6.8% above the $1.3 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 36% of its family); net income of $39 million against a prior three-year average of $13 million (top 7%); a net margin of 2.8% against 0.9% before (top 21%) (its annual reports).
What it rests on
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