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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000792987-26-000039"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ASTE"
cik: "0000792987"
company_name: "ASTEC INDUSTRIES INC"
filed_at: "2026-08-05T11:01:30+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-05T11:06:50.812539+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Astec Q2 sales up 23.6% to $408M; cuts FY 2026 adjusted EBITDA guidance to $160-175M

## Summary
- Net sales $408.1M (+23.6% YoY); GAAP diluted EPS $0.45, adjusted EPS $0.94.
- Backlog $601.1M (+57.9%); Materials Solutions orders strong, book-to-bill 142.2%.
- FY 2026 adjusted EBITDA guidance cut to $160-175M from $170-190M due to macro-driven asphalt plant shipment delays.
- Infrastructure Solutions implied orders declined 20% sequentially; book-to-bill 89.5%.
- Dividend maintained at $0.13 per share; YTD free cash flow $37.3M.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000792987-26-000039
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ASTE
- cik: 0000792987
- company_name: ASTEC INDUSTRIES INC
- filed_at: 2026-08-05T11:01:30+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/792987/000079298726000039/0000792987-26-000039-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/792987/000079298726000039/aste-20260805.htm

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