---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000792987-21-000121"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ASTE"
cik: "0000792987"
company_name: "ASTEC INDUSTRIES INC"
filed_at: "2021-11-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T14:42:10.378570+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Astec Q3 net sales $267M (+15% YoY); EPS $0.41 vs $0.07; backlog record $620.5M

## Summary
- Net sales $267.0M, +15.4% YoY; gross margin 23.3% (+160 bps).
- Net income $9.3M vs $1.6M; diluted EPS $0.41 vs $0.07; adjusted EPS $0.50 vs $0.19.
- Record backlog $620.5M, +184% vs $218.5M prior year; domestic backlog +236%.
- Adjusted operating income $9.4M vs $3.8M; adjusted EBITDA $16.8M, +58.5% YoY.
- Company cites pricing, sales volumes, and manufacturing efficiencies despite headwinds.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000792987-21-000121
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ASTE
- cik: 0000792987
- company_name: ASTEC INDUSTRIES INC
- filed_at: 2021-11-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/792987/000079298721000121/0000792987-21-000121-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/792987/000079298721000121/aste-20211103.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000792987-21-000121.txt

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