Astec Industries, Inc. ASTE

Competitive advantage analysis · industrials

Corporate Default
Overall moat score
60/100
Moderate

Ranked against 28 peers in Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery

About Astec Industries, Inc.

Astec Industries, Inc. designs, engineers, manufactures, markets, and services equipment and components used primarily in road building and related construction activities worldwide. The company operates in two segments, Infrastructure Solutions and Materials Solutions. The Infrastructure Solutions segment offers asphalt plants, cold central plant recycles systems, and soil remediation plants; concrete batch plants, liquid asphalt terminals, and thermal fluid heaters; asphalt … Full ASTE analysis →

Key strengths

  • Margins Stable Across Cycles Operating margin volatility is low (stability score 0.87), demonstrating pricing resilience across cycles.
  • Revenue Growth Consistent Revenue growth volatility is low (stability score 1.00), suggesting sticky customer base.

Key risks

  • Inconsistent Cash Generation Cash generation is inconsistent (score 0.48), indicating operational challenges.

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Pricing Power

Moderate
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Where ASTE ranks in Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery

Astec Industries, Inc. ranks #12 of 29 scored companies in Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery by moat score — the top 41%. The widest moat in the group is Caterpillar, Inc. (CAT) at 80/100.

# Company Moat score Rating
8 CNH Industrial N.V. CNH 65/100 Moderate
9 PACCAR Inc. PCAR 65/100 Moderate
10 REV Group, Inc. REVG 64/100 Moderate
11 Terex Corporation TEX 63/100 Moderate
12 Astec Industries, Inc. ASTE 60/100 Moderate
13 Wabash National Corporation WNC 51/100 Moderate
14 AGCO Corporation AGCO 50/100 Moderate
15 Art's-Way Manufacturing Co., In ARTW 47/100 Developing
16 Manitowoc Company, Inc. (The) MTW 45/100 Developing

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How ASTE scores on the Corporate Default defenses

Pricing Power

Score 70 · 20% of the moat score

Pricing power is the ability to raise prices without losing volume.

Cost Advantage

Score 44 · 15% of the moat score

A cost advantage means delivering the same product for structurally less — better purchasing, denser distribution, a more automated process.

Customer Stickiness

Score 72 · 15% of the moat score

Stickiness is what makes revenue repeat without being re-won every year.

Capital Efficiency

Score 54 · 18% of the moat score

Capital efficiency asks what the company earns on the money tied up in the business.

Resilience

Score 60 · 17% of the moat score

Resilience is the capacity to get through a bad year on its own terms — enough liquidity, enough interest cover, and enough cash generation to avoid a rescue financing or a forced sale.

Scale & Market Position

Score 56 · 15% of the moat score

Scale matters only when it converts into economics.

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Understanding ASTE's moat

What is Astec Industries, Inc.'s moat score?

Astec Industries, Inc. (ASTE) scores 60 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as moderate. It ranks #12 of 29 scored companies in Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery, the top 41%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 28 companies in Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery. Its strongest defense is Customer Stickiness (72/100) and its weakest is Cost Advantage (44/100).

How does Astec Industries, Inc. compare with other Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery companies?

Astec Industries, Inc. ranks #12 of 29 scored companies in Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery by moat score. The widest moat in Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery is Caterpillar, Inc. (CAT) at 80/100. The companies ranked closest are Terex Corporation (TEX) at 63 just above it and Wabash National Corporation (WNC) at 51 just below it.

How is the moat score calculated?

Each company is scored with an industry-specific template — Corporate Default in this case, chosen because the defenses that matter to a bank are not the ones that matter to a software company. Every defense combines several financial signals, and each signal is measured as a percentile against a peer group of 28 companies in Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.

Why is Astec Industries, Inc. scored with the Corporate Default template?

Most public companies sell a product or a service at a margin, so the moat question is whether that margin survives contact with competitors. The Corporate template scores the six defenses that show up in a general operating company's financial signature: whether it can hold price, produce more cheaply than rivals, keep its customers, earn a return above its cost of capital, withstand a downturn, and turn size into economics.

Which competitive defenses are measured for Astec Industries, Inc.?

The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and ASTE scores: Pricing Power (70), Cost Advantage (44), Customer Stickiness (72), Capital Efficiency (54), Resilience (60), Scale & Market Position (56). Each is scored independently as a percentile against peers, so a company can be strong on one and weak on another — the overall score reflects how those defenses are weighted for this industry.

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