Astec Industries (ASTE) Q3 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Adjusted EPS
- -$0.01
- Estimate
- $0.47
- Surprise
- -102.1%
- Revenue (period 2026-09-30)
- $352.4M
- Score today
- 4.8/10
Revenue source: xbrl.
How the report landed
Astec Industries (ASTE) reported a wider loss than forecast — adjusted EPS of -$0.01 against the $0.47 estimate (a 102.1% shortfall).
Coverage in the report window
- Astec Industries Q3 2026 Earnings Call Transcript — benzinga, 2026-11-05
- Astec Industries, Inc. Reports Third Quarter 2026 Financial Results — fiscal.ai, 2026-11-05
- Astec Industries Q3 Adj. EPS $(0.01) Misses $0.53 Estimate, Sales $352.400M Miss $377.567M Estimate — benzinga, 2026-11-05
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates ASTE Sell at 4.8/10; no pre/post engine snapshot brackets this report.
1 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's -102.1% surprise compares with a -29.8% four-quarter average.
What argues against it
- Quality below floor (3.3 < 4.0)
- Momentum score 1.1/10 — below 4.5 minimum
- Death cross — 50-day MA below 200-day MA
This section and the ones below it reflect TrendMatrix’s latest engine read — they update after the report date and are not frozen to it.
The levels TrendMatrix's engine tracks
- Current price
- $35.09
- Price target
- $57.16
- Stop
- $34.00
- Upside to target
- +62.9%
- Reward-to-risk
- 7.4:1
The stock trades at 70.7× trailing but 9.0× forward earnings — consensus estimates already build in a substantial earnings recovery.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-11-06 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.
ASTE at TrendMatrix's latest read
Industrial quarters are order-book stories — backlog and book-to-bill color how the market reads the reported number.
- Industry
- Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery
- Market cap
- $814.2M
- P/E (fwd)
- 9.0
- P/E (ttm)
- 70.7
- 52-week range
- $35.05–$65.69
- Off 52-week high
- 46.6%
- RSI (14)
- 34
- Volume vs avg
- 0.24×
- Score today
- 4.8/10