---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000792987-22-000045"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ASTE"
cik: "0000792987"
company_name: "ASTEC INDUSTRIES INC"
filed_at: "2022-08-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-24T06:10:27.363826+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Astec Q2 net loss $3.9M; sales up 14.6% to $318.2M; backlog record $837.4M

## Summary
- Net loss of $3.9M vs income of $8.3M; diluted EPS $(0.17) vs $0.36; adjusted EPS $0.19 vs $0.46.
- Gross margin 19.0% down 480 bps; operating loss $4.0M vs income $10.3M; adjusted operating income $6.6M.
- Record backlog $837.4M, up 92% YoY; domestic backlog up 108.1% to $705.1M.
- Acquired MINDS Automation Group in April 2022; transformation program costs $6.4M in Q2.
- Supply chain disruptions and inflation pressured margins; long-term demand supported by IIJA.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000792987-22-000045
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ASTE
- cik: 0000792987
- company_name: ASTEC INDUSTRIES INC
- filed_at: 2022-08-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- 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/792987/000079298722000045/0000792987-22-000045-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/792987/000079298722000045/aste-20220802.htm

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