Astec Industries vs Terex
ASTE and TEX side by side, both in construction, mining, and materials handling. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How ASTE and TEX compare
Terex is the larger company, worth 7.5 times as much as Astec Industries ($6.5B against $863M).
On earnings, Terex is cheaper: it trades at 29.1× trailing earnings, against 75.0× for Astec Industries.
Terex grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (40.1% versus 13.8% for Astec Industries).
Terex keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 2.6% compared with 0.74% at Astec Industries.
Both pay dividends: Astec Industries yields 1.0% and Terex 0.89%.
Terex scores higher on the StockData Score (9 against 8 for Astec Industries), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | ASTE | TEX |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $863M | $6.5B |
| Share price | $37.48 | $57.61 |
| Change, 1 year | −18.5% | 26.4% |
| Change, 5 years | −46.0% | 24.5% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.14 | 1.37 |
| Employees | 4,468 | 11K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 8 | 9 (better) |
| Valuation score | 2 (better) | 1 |
| Growth score | 1 | 2 (better) |
| Performance score | 0 | 2 (better) |
| Health score | 2 | 2 |
| Dividend score | 3 (better) | 2 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 75.0× | 29.1× (better) |
| P/S | 0.6× (better) | 0.9× |
| P/B | 1.3× (better) | 1.3× |
| EV/EBITDA | 11.3× (better) | 12.0× |
| P/FCF | 15.6× | – |
| FCF yield | 6.4% | – |
| Fair value | $33.55 | $41.43 |
| Margin of safety | −11.7% (better) | −39.0% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 13.8% | 40.1% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 6.6% | 12.0% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | −75.8% | 26.9% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | −76.0% | −15.7% (better) |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | −3.5% | – |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 25.5% (better) | 17.1% |
| Operating margin | 3.1% | 5.7% (better) |
| Net margin | 0.74% | 2.6% (better) |
| FCF margin | 3.6% | – |
| Return on equity | 1.7% | 5.7% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | 2.5% | 6.4% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.55 | 0.52 (better) |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 2.98 (better) | 3.02 |
| Interest coverage | 1.7× | 2.2× (better) |
| Current ratio | 2.31 (better) | 1.76 |
| Altman Z-score | 2.86 (better) | 2.06 |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 | 6 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 1.0% (better) | 0.89% |
| Payout ratio | 103% | 34.8% |
| Years of dividend growth | 0 | – |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 3.4% | – |
| Buyback yield | – | 1.2% |
| Shareholder yield | 1.0% | 2.1% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 98.1% | 104% |
| Held by insiders | 6.2% | 1.6% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$59.5K (better) | −$2.4M |
| Short interest, % of float | 3.1% | 7.6% |
Go deeper
- ASTE stock overview
- ASTE income statement
- ASTE valuation and score
- TEX stock overview
- TEX income statement
- TEX valuation and score
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